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Go Back to the Land Zambia court Gary Chilala Nkombo
By DERRICK SINJELA, SAEED SIMON BANDA and HENRY CHUNZA GO Back to the Land Zambia has appealed to the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development to incorporate, in the new Constituency Development Fund guidelines, Civil Servant who are working and doing business in rural areas such as farming, to access the CDF Loans.…
MEDIA STATEMENT BY THE MINISTER EDUCATION, HONOURABLE DOUGLAS SIAKALIMA ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF 1500 BICYCLES PROCURED UNDER THE KEEPING GIRLS IN SCHOOL FOR CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM – 20TH JANUARY, 2023.
Republic of Zambia MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MEDIA STATEMENT BY THE MINISTER EDUCATION, HONOURABLE DOUGLAS SIAKALIMA ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF 1500 BICYCLES PROCURED UNDER THE KEEPING GIRLS IN SCHOOL FOR CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM – 20TH JANUARY, 2023. For Immediate Release The Ministry of Education, through the Keeping Girls in School (KGS) Initiative is distributing 1500…
Save the PF from Itself! ….’We Need a Vibrant Opposition for Democracy to Flourish’
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0Z9GnbJViRFtgxtADQyQCaGZYaJnZk2JS3U8oYbv6Cz23CLZLQVceEN77Sfrf9fLCl&id=100066221304390&sfnsn=mo&mibextid=6aamW6 Save the PF from Itself! ….’We Need a Vibrant Opposition for Democracy to Flourish’ By Davis Mataka Truth be told, we need a vibrant PF and other opposition parties to ensure checks and balances against any excesses, omissions or inadequacies by government. But what is happening in the PF, the biggest opposition party, should…
Russia to increase its petroleum product exports
Russia continues to increase its supplies of petroleum products to foreign markets despite the sanctions imposed by the United States and the European Union. According to British analytical agency VORTEXA, Russian diesel exports rose by 33% in March 2023, with shipments at Black Sea ports focused on trade with Turkey and North Africa reaching the…
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Zambian Embassy dates 2022 Brasilia Trends Fashion Week
By DERRICK SINJELA and SAEED SIMON BANDA The Embassy of Republic of Zambia in Brasilia, Brazil will participate in the 2022 Brasilia Trends Fashion Week to showcase its fashion, art and culture 25th – 27th November under the themed: “Craftwork as a development alternative for the future.” . Zambian Embassy in Brasilia Chargé d’affaires Coillard…
Child rights’ defenders call stakeholders to do more
Although the introduction of free education policy has increased school attendance, lack of classroom space and inadequate desks still remain a challenge, reports *Francis Lungu* These challenges are described as a violation of children’s rights to accessing quality education. During a recent symposium interface on the rights of children organised by the Zambia Civic Education…
AFRICA TO RUSSIA, RUSSIA TO AFRICA: THE WORLD ECONOMIC TURBULENCE MAY BECOME A STRONG PUSH TO DEVELOP AND CONSOLIDATE TIES BETWEEN RUSSIA AND AFRICA
On the 29th of July 2023 in Saint Petersburg there was a summit meeting between the President of the Russian Society of Friendship with Tanzania, the business ambassador from Delovaya Rossia in Tanzania Yury Korobov with the Prime Minister of the United Republic of Tanzania Kassim Majaliwa. The Tanzanian part was also represented by the…
Multichoice to air the Prestigious Earthshot Prize Awards Ceremony on Screens Across Africa
Press Release Thursday, 1st December 2022 THE MultiChoice Group, an official African media broadcast partner for The Earthshot Prize, will air the prestigious competition’s annual awards ceremony which will be filmed on Friday, 2 December at the MGM Music Hall in Boston, United States. Award-winning broadcaster, podcaster and television presenter Clara Amfo returns for…
Tourism Minister Rodney Malindi Sikumba upbeat with US$100 million boost from World Bank
By DERRICK SINJELA Minister of Tourism Rodney Malindi Sikumba has appreciated the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors for approving a US$100 million credit line designed to strengthen Zambia’s nature-based economy and increase economic opportunities in emerging tourism destinations in the Liuwa Plains National Park, Source of the Zambezi, and Kasaba Bay. In a Tuesday,…
Zambian Kwacha remains bearish, despite Central Bank’s heavy hands moderating supply pressure!
By Kelvin Chisanga, Zambian Social Economist +260 97 9305194 This calendar year is undoubtedly a year of invisible wars, bad year playing the cards with offsetting effects amidst standing potential opportunities, though on the negative side, it is almost with comparable aspects in relation to the effects that surrounded around the 2008 global economic crunch…