ADDRESS By HIS EXCELLENCY MR. EDGAR CHAGWA LUNGU PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA On The PROGRESS MADE IN THE APPLICATION OF THE NATIONAL VALUES AND PRINCIPLES Delivered TO THE FOURTH SESSION OF THE TWELFTH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY On FRIDAY, 6TH MARCH 2020 INTRODUCTION SPEAKER, BEFORE I PROCEED WITH MY ADDRESS, LET ME TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY […]
By Staff WriterThe 300 MW coal-fired power plant of Maamba Collieries Limited has resumed full capacity operations and is supplying the full contracted power to ZESCO. The country’s largest independent power producer is now supplying almost 25 percent of the nation’s power, based on the estimated 1,080 MW of power currently being distributed in Zambia. […]
By Emmanuel Mwamba “The country is suffering loadshedding for up-to 12hrs a day.” “This is the worst power crisis our country has ever faced in the last 30 years!”. I said. “So why won’t ZESCO take the power, negotiated from South Africa?” I asked with genuine desperation. It was late 2015. The country was facing […]
The Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) has developed an online payment solution for road tax and road worthiness application that will enhance service delivery. The new online payment solution will be accessed through the RTSA website and interfaced with various electronic payment provider platforms and the electronic Zambia Transport Information System (e-ZAMTIS) system. RTSA […]
By Mike Sichula On Tuesday, January 29, 2019 the annual global corruption perception for the year 2018 will be released by Transparency International, a global graft watchdog. The corruption perceptions index ranks countries and territories based on how corrupt their public sector is perceived to be. From our position, we have seen the results which […]
Police Victim Support unit has so far made strides in sensitizing women to be reporting GBV cases so that their safety is guaranteed and as a result of this sensitization, GBV stats are spiking.
But the regressive approach of the Minister will dampen the trend thereby defeating what the cops have been battling to achieve.
Minister of Finance Margaret Mwanakatwe has strongly expressed the Government’s concern about the reported financial irregularities surrounding the Social Cash Transfer Programme and the Education Sector Budget Support Programme. Speaking this afternoon in parliament when she responded to questions by Choma Central Member of Parliament Cornelius Mweetwa, Mrs. Mwanakatwe was said that Mr. Mweetwa asked […]
OFFICIAL OPENING of the THIRD SESSION of the TWELFTH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY by HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA, EDGAR CHAGWA LUNGU on Friday, 14th September, 2018 INTRODUCTION SPEAKER, I COME HERE TODAY COGNISANT OF THE FACT THAT THE HOPE OF OUR NATION RESTS, IN GREATER PART, WITH US THE HONOURABLE MEN AND WOMEN IN THIS AUGUST HOUSE. […]
Zambia has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the blockchain land registry subsidiary of American retail giant Overstock. Under the agreement, Overstock’s Medici Land Governance (MLG) will work with the Zambian government on overhauling land ownership, allowing rural landowners to legitimize their estates and gain access to the financial world. Medici Land Governance signed […]
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Alice Nachilembe
