World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has embarked on a project aiming to restore at least 10 thousand hectares of land through the Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR) technique in Mazabuka District. WWF Chief Conservation Officer Isabel Mukelabai says through effective land restoration, the project would impact positively on sustainable food production, timber production and […]
By MAIMBO MWEEMBA Information and Media Minister Chushi Kasanda has engaged labour and Social Security minister Brenda Tambatamba to find a solution to the debt that the three public media institutions owe the National Pension Scheme Authority (NAPSA). The media houses are Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC) Times of Zambia and Zambia Daily Mail. Ms […]
By Ireen Mulenga Foundation for Democratic Process (FODEP) Executive director George Chimenbe has commended President Hakainde Hichilema for his continued travel with a lean delegation. Mr Chimembe said that this is meant to serve public resources that can be channeled to key sectors like Health and Education where is committed to employ more staffs. “The […]
Future pandemics could be more lethal than the current Covid crisis, one of the creators of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine has warned. Prof Dame Sarah Gilbert, delivering the 44th Richard Dimbleby Lecture, said there needed to be more funding for pandemic preparedness to prevent the advances made from being lost. She also warned vaccines could be […]
The Gambia’s President Adama Barrow has easily won re-election, authorities there said, in the first vote for decades held without long-term leader Yahya Jammeh. President Barrow received around 53% of Saturday’s vote, with nearest rival – a lawyer, Ousainou Darboe – on 28%. Mr Darboe and other candidates earlier said they could not accept the […]
By Mercy Chewe Nkana are celebrating after thumping Forest Rangers 2-0 in Saturday’s FAZ Super Division match played at Nkana Stadium in Kitwe. This was Nkana’s first win in their last four matches. A goal each from Patrick Gondwe and Derrick Mukombozi propelled Nkana to victory in Wusakile. Gondwe put Nkana in front after 75 […]
Burkina Faso has given details of a major regional security operation launched with Ghana, Ivory Coast and Togo last week. The aim was to stem the jihadist insurgencies ravaging parts of West Africa. Burkinabe Defence Minister Maxime Kone said almost 6,000 troops had been deployed in the four countries’ borderlands, arresting 300 people and seizing […]
By IREEN MULENGA Chingola District Commissioner Raphael Chimupi has urged Health workers to continue giving accurate information on HIV and AIDS pandemic. Mr Chimupi also urged women and men to make healthy decisions by addressing social norms that discriminate against people living with HIV and AIDS. Speaking during the commemoration of World AIDS Day, Chingola […]
By MAIMBO MWEEMBA The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has described President Hakainde Hichilema’s 100 days in office to a driver of a brand new truck and trailer with a knocked engine who decides to start by fixing the tyres. NDC Chairperson for Media and Information and Party Spokesperson Muliyunda Lilembalemba said that President Hichilema had […]
By MAIMBO MWEEMBA Chingola Correctional facility officer In-charge Kennedy Samakayi says that World AIDS day highlights the urgent need to end the pandemic. Speaking during the commemorations of World AIDS day at the Correctional Facility organized by In But Free, Mr Samakayi said through the sensitization activities by In But Free, there has been a […]
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