WestMac Media : August 2018

Friday 31 August 2018

Exercise patience over delayed salaries, civil servants urged | WestMac Media

Pprovincial Permanent Secretary, Chanda Kasolo says that guidelines in the public service are clear that civil servants will be paid on the last day of the month.

Divert your energy to finding solutions to fix the broken economy, youths urged | WestMac Media

By Staff Writer

Centre for Young Leaders in Africa (CYLA) Executive Director, Jones Mulunga has called on young people to detach themselves from political issues and divert their energy to finding solutions to fix the broken economy.

I am an Agriculturist currently based on the Copperbelt province in Mufulira district. My project is at idea stage.

7 qualities a winning farmer must possess | WestMac Media

By Chaka Mumba

A farmer must strive to win the war of farming but must have certain qualities to do this. Explore with me the seven qualities of a winning farmer:

MultiChoice reveals 20 future filmmakers chosen from Southern Africa, see their names | WestMac Media

MultiChoice Africa is delighted to reveal the 60 hopefuls who have been chosen to be the first students of the MultiChoice Talent Factory Academy!

ZEMA embarks on bush fire management project | WestMac Media

By Winston Muleba JR

Zambia Environmental Management Agency (ZEMA) is piloting a fire management programme in Chitambo and Serenje districts as part of implementation of the Promoting Climate Resilient Community Based Regeneration of Indigenous Forests in Zambia’s Central Province, a project supported by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

Call for Proposals: Creative Audio- Visual Online Expression in 21st Century Southern Africa Region | WestMac Media

Deadline: September 19, 2018

Hivos Southern Africa is seeking proposals from artistic collectives, creative hubs and groups of creative content makers in the audio-visual sectors. These proposals are geared to support the production of more independently creative audio visual artistic content. Furthermore the intention is to also support these initiatives to become more independent, self-sufficient and to reach larger audiences.

Call for Proposals: ActionAid Zambia/SIDA Grants to local civil society organizations, non-governmental organizations, social movements and individual defenders of human rights | WestMac Media

Deadline: 31st September, 2018

ActionAid Zambia is pleased to announce the call for proposals under the SIDA supported Strengthening Civil Society Effectiveness in Promoting Good Governance and Increasing Citizen’s Awareness and Demand for Human Rights in Zambia project for Local CSOs in Zambia.

Did you know that SpeedPay gives 60% commission; 30% on sending fees and 30% on receiving? | WestMac Media

Don’t miss out on this opportunity to be a part of SpeedPay. Available services include money transfers, bill payments such as Zesco, DStv, sales of Talk time across all networks and many more!

By Staff Writer

Technical Education, Vocational and Entrepreneurship Training Authority (TEVETA) has certified 148 heavy mining equipment operators from Kansanshi Mine for their competence in the discipline.

By Staff Writer, Lusaka

'Be One Percent' is supporting a Village Waters menstrual hygiene programme. Be One Percent is a small charity based in Liverpool having a life-changing effect on people all over the world.

Call for Applications: 2018 Africa Centre Artists In Residency Programme | WestMac Media

Deadline: October 15, 2018

Applications for the Africa Centre Artists In Residency Programme (AIR) are now open.

4 places in Ndola with potential to generate decent revenue for the city | WestMac Media

By Winston Muleba JR

Ndola is among the five big cities in Zambia; It is apparently the cleanest town on the Copperbelt Province though others say Chingola district still is.

Call for Applications: 2018 ZICTA Innovation Programme | WestMac Media

Are you a Zambian youth?

Are you between the ages of 18 and 35 years?

Are you an innovator?

The International Trade Centre (ITC) flagship event, the World Export Development Forum (WEDF), which will be hosted by the Government of the Republic of Zambia, will be held from 11-12 September in Lusaka.

Recommendations made at the just ended 'Youth in Agriculture' regional conference | WestMac Media

By Winston Muleba JR

In the African context, the key to shared prosperity and poverty eradication is to be found through creation and expansion of decent jobs in rural and urban areas. Studies have shown that agricultural growth in Sub-Saharan Africa has a more positive impact on reducing poverty compared to growth in other sectors, implying that tapping into the reservoir of employment opportunities in agriculture is indispensable for poverty reduction.

Call for Application: 2018 Africa Code Week - Training of Trainers in Lusaka | WestMac Media

Are you passionate about technology, teaching, sharing knowledge and empowering the next generation of creators? Then this is for you!

PRESS STATEMENT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

In a quest to curb escalating unemployment through promotion of entrepreneurship in Zambia, WestMac Solutions wishes to inform its esteemed customers and followers that 'Titandizane Scheme' project is back, big and better.

Make the following documents available at any nearest Zanaco branch and become a Zanaco Xpress Agent:

A commercial fish hatchery or a commercial fish nursery is a business that is specifically set up to produce and sell fingerlings. A hatchery hatches eggs and sells the baby fish (called “fry”) while a nursery gets fry from a hatchery and grows fingerlings to a certain weight before selling the fingerlings to fish farmers.

CSO circulating recruitment advert false | WestMac Media

By Staff Writer, Lusaka

The Central Statistical Office (CSO) Acting Director of Census and Statistics, Goodson Sinyenga has informed the general public that the advert circulating on social media about the recruitment of the field staff for a survey with Ministry of Education is 'false'.

Open Call: Potatoe Production Training in Lusaka | WestMac Media

Date: Wednesday, 29th August, 2018

Entry: Free

Deadline: August 31st, 2018

The British Council has announced collaboration opportunity for digital artists and storytellers, to participate in ColabNowNow 2018. Dubbed “The Future of the Future”, ColabNowNow is held in partnership with Maputo Fast Forward (MFF).

Some factors to consider before RTSA install speed limit cameras on the roads | WestMac Media

By Dr Lubinda Haabazoka

Cameras are a very good way of ensuring that motorists abide by traffic rules. As a matter of fact in Europe, this art is so perfected that you find cameras almost every kilometer.

Call for Applications: YELF Creative Writing Workshop | WestMac Media

This is an opportunity from the Yasmin El-Rufai Foundation (YELF).

The YELF Creative Writing Workshop will consist of intensive creative and editorial workshops that will be organized every year.

By Peter Rhoda

One of the ways of dealing with mental stress is by doing what we are passionate about and one of the many ways of doing what we are passionate about is by volunteering.

Call for Participation: 2018 Campus Guru Annual National Graduate Job Fair and Conference | WestMac Media

Are you a graduate, student or school leaver? Campus Guru Zambia is pleased to invite you to its 2018 'big and better' Annual National Graduate Job Fair and Conference on 6th September, 2018.

• Time: 8:00am to 3:30pm

• Venue: Government Complex

• Entry: Free

Kofi Annan dies | WestMac Media

By Staff Writer, Lusaka

Former Secretary General of the United Nations and Nobel Peace Laureate, Kofi Annan has died today, Saturday 18th August after a short illness.

By Piscore James

I want to date you is not a marriage proposal or a visa to marriage; it just means I want to study you; I want to find out if it’s worth locking down the rest of my life with you. It means I want to test you with a small portion of my life today to determine if you are worth entrusting the rest of my life with. It means discovering who you are, your true colours; a friend about whom you learn something new every day.

16 reasons some fish farmers don't succeed in Zambia | WestMac Media

1. No market: Bad fish farmers start looking for a market for their fish when the fish are ready for sale. Meanwhile, because they are still feeding, the pond attains its maximum loading and fish stop growing.

Deadline: August 31, 2018 at 23:59 GMT.

DESCRIPTION OF THE WORKSHOP:

To strengthen the capacity of young leaders to take action in support of National Biodiversity Strategies and Actions Plan (NBSAPs) and to contribute towards the achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets, the Global Youth Biodiversity Network is hosting a series of capacity-building workshops around the world in 2018/19.

Call for Participation: KUPES chat | WestMac Media

This Saturday Kupes Young Women Network guest is Chola Lungu Mutoni. Chola is a 2014 Mandela Washington Fellow.

Barclays Zambia ink MoU with Kupes Young Women's Network | WestMac Media

By Staff Writer, Lusaka

BARCLAYS Bank Zambia has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Kupes Young Women's Network to support the Lusaka KUPES Chats for 2018.

Avoid financial transactions over social media, Police warns | WestMac Media

Zambia police has warned the public against carrying out financial transactions over social media or the internet without proper consultation.

See who is eligible to access YDF in Zambia? | WestMac Media

Youth Development Funds (YDF) are loans given to youth aged between 18 and 35 that are engaged or would like to venture in entrepreneurial activities for a profit.

The Zambian Conservation Careers Fair 2018 will bring together different potential employer conservation organizations with prominent Zambian training institutions offering environmental and conservation related study programs (e.g. UNZA, Copperbelt University, UNILUS etc), creating a platform for students and potential employers to connect.

The power of youth | WestMac Media

By Erik Solheim, Head of UN Environment

Earlier this year, I met Isabel and Melati Wijsen, teenage sisters who have started a campaign to ban plastic bags on their home island of Bali.

What you must know about YDF | WestMac Media

Have you heard of the Youth Development Fund (YDF) under the Ministry of Youth and Sport?

NCC confiscates goats from residential areas | WestMac Media

By Staff Writer, Ndola

THE NDOLA City Council (NCC) would like to send a strong warning that it will not tolerate residents to rear animals in residential areas.

Call for Applications: Youth Exchange Ideation Dialogue Forum | WestMac Media

As part of the strategies to facilitate partner engagement within the framework of the African German Youth Initiative (AGYI), the African Union Commission (AUC) and the German Federal Enterprise for International Cooperation (GIZ) will convene an Ideation Dialogue Forum on youth exchanges and volunteerism which will explore innovative approaches towards skills promoting youth exchange programs.

By Chaka Mumba

If branding is carried out poorly, it can lead to infection, muscle damage, and brands that are difficult to read.

Basics you must know if you want to run a successful business | WestMac Media

By Chibamba Kanyama

I know small ‘unstructured’ businesses that make more money than large businesses. In any case, the focus of any business is not so much about the sales volumes made annually. We have enterprises that generate turnover of close to five billion Kwacha every year but the net profit remains negative.

Two young reporters from Southern Africa dates San Franscisco | WestMac Media

By Staff Writer, Lusaka

Two young reporters, Beatrice Phiri from Zambia and Itumeleng Banda from South Africa have been chosen as delegates to attend The International Congress of Youth Voices.

NGO pledge boreholes in Monze's Nabukuyu area | WestMac Media

Choma Children Development Project Executive Director, Cornwell Haademu has said his organization is keen to put up boreholes in Monze's Nabukuyu area.

Young women, girls vulnerable to sexual and physical exploitation - Dr Ponga | WestMac Media

By Staff Writer, Lusaka

Ministry of Gender Permanent Secretary, Auxilia Ponga says young women and girls are vulnerable to the scourge as they are exposed to sexual and physical exploitation.

Why men always ask you for sex | WestMac Media

By Eddie Edwins

I want to change some ladies' mindset today. You see, men are not dogs. Not all of them are mad. They are not all sex maniacs that once they see you, they descend on you and finish up before you could open your mouth and say no. Not all the men on the street wants to get into your pants. I'm going to be real and down to earth with this article.