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PRESS STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRETORIA -Friday, 18th June, 2021 The South African government has declared 10 days of National Mourning with immediate effect in honour of Dr Kenneth Kaunda. President Cyril Ramaphosa said flags would fly at half mast at all flag stations to pay tribute to the fallen leader. In a statement made…

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies -IFRC- says it has raised over one point five (1.5) million Swiss francs for its humanitarian activities in Zambia. Head of IFRC’s Southern Africa cluster office Michael Charles says the funds were raised after the Societies launched an international appeal for three point five (3.5)…

Mines and Minerals Development Minister Richard Musukwa has called on the international investor community to invest in Zambia’s local mining value chain for the country to stimulate growth of the manufacturing industry. Mr. Musukwa says Zambia’s current procurement value chain for the mining sector was between two and four billion United States dollars. He was…

Over two hundred seventy eight million United States dollars is expected to be injected in the Zambian economy by different South African investors operating in Zambia. Zambia’s High Commissioner to South Africa Major General Jackson Miti says about one thousand jobs will be created once the investment portfolios are fully actualised. He mentioned that twenty…

Pretoria 22nd November 2019 Former Republican President His Excellency Mr. Rupiah Bwezani Banda has called on farmers across the country to fully participate in food production in order to make Zambia food secure. Mr. Banda says small scale farmers should take advantage of this year’s farming season to grow a variety of food crops as…

Government says about 800 youths across the country have been trained in aquaculture skills as part of youth empowerment program. Sports, Youth and Child Development Minister Mr Emmanuel Mulenga says about 400 out of 800 have since graduated from Mwekera training centre on the Copperbelt. Mr Mulenga said government through his Ministry and Ministry of…

The Public Service Commission says it is working closely with Smart Zambia to ensure ghost workers are removed from the payroll. Commission Secretary Geoffrey Kamfwa says the Commission has discovered that some civil servants on the Copperbelt are drawing more than one salary from different paypoints. Speaking in Pretoria, South Africa when he paid a…

PRESS STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Pretoria – 6th November,2019 Zambia’s High Commissioner to South Africa Major General Jackson Miti says the 2nd South African Investment Conference was a good platform to show case Zambia’s economic potential to investors. Major General Miti said the investment conference provided a platform for exhange of information on how to…

PRESS STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Pretoria, Wednesday, 16th October 2019. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has described Zambia’s High Commissioner to South Africa Major General Jackson Miti as an esteemed representative of the country whom he is looking forward to working with. President Ramaphosa said the presence of Gen. Miti in South Africa was a…