By: Augustine N. Myers – A 2-day intersive Training in Peace Building for security personnel and community residents has simultaneous taken place in Careysburg, Salala and Totota in Montserrado and Bong Counties. The Workshop was organized by the Lutheran Church in Liberia Trauma Healing and Reconciliation Programme. The Trauma Healing and reconciliation interactive Security-Community Dialogue Training Workshop brought together over 30 participants, including Joint Security personnel, local Animators and other Community Stakeholders in each of the sessions. It was designed to Assess Security-Community Settings and Survey-Mapping, Analyze Ongoing Security-Community Potential Conflict, Conduct Facilitation on Conflict and Conflict Resolution, Host... Continue Reading
By Nawa Mutumweno – Economic growth is expected to remain robust in 2012 at around 7.7 percent and inflation to remain close to 6 percent, with the Government planning to widen the fiscal deficit (but reduce net domestic borrowing) and have tightened monetary policy in line with achieving these objectives. Economic conditions remain favourable and there has been little impact to date from the European crisis. Zambia has achieved sustained high growth and macroeconomic stability over the last decade, but poverty remains high. Inflation has declined to single-digit levels, international reserves have grown to a comfortable position, and debt is... Continue Reading
By Nawa Mutumweno – Zambia is on course to achieve economic prosperity with a number of pragmatic steps being put in place to facilitate sustainable development. Minister of Information and Broadcasting Kennedy Sakeni told the media recently that the Patriotic Front (PF) has scored a number of successes since taking over Government in September 2011. ‘’The re-instatement of the Abuse of Office Clause in the Anti-Corruption Act is one such achievement by the current Government. The clause has not only strengthened the fight against corruption but has restored donor and investor confidence in the country’s economy and governance,’’ he pointed... Continue Reading
The slow pace of economic growth along with government delays in awarding tenders continue to limit the recovery of the local infrastructure and construction sector. The downturn may have given some respite to the scarce skills shortage. However, South Africa is not training enough engineers, artisans and technicians to deliver the long-awaited R845-billion government infrastructure projects in the pipeline. This is the conclusion of the 2012 Infrastructure Sector Research Survey, carried out by executive search firm, Landelahni Business Leaders Amrop SA. “Across the world, crucial infrastructure schemes are competing for a dwindling skills pool amid fears that the skills shortage... Continue Reading
LUSAKA, 10 August 2012 (IRIN) – “This is like a prayer answered for me. Our government has really done well to remember us, to think about us,” Priscilla Mwemba, a domestic worker in the Zambian capital Lusaka, told IRIN after the government imposed non-negotiable minimum wage scales that will more than triple the 22 year old’s monthly salary. “Since I am a resident maid, I am paid 150,000 Kwacha [about US$30] per month. My friends [other domestic workers] who report [for work] every morning and knock off in the evening receive up to 250,000 Kwacha (US$50) sometimes. Madam says I... Continue Reading
