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Official Launch of the 10th ZUFIAW Annual Sports Festival at OYDC

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Brenda M. Tambatamba, officially opened the 10th ZUFIAW Annual Sports Festival at OYDC in Lusaka today. The speech delivered by the Minister highlighted the importance of a healthy workplace and a healthy worker with the following highlights:
• The festival’s theme, “Championing a Collaborative and Healthy Working Environment in the Delivery of Financial Services for Economic Growth,” aligns with the Government’s vision of fostering a progressive, healthy, happier, and productive workforce in Zambia.
• The Minister emphasized the critical link between the quality of the working environment and the broader economic outcomes, underscoring that collaborative and healthy workplaces are key to ensuring employees are motivated and engaged to deliver high-quality services.
• The festival symbolizes unity, teamwork, and individual well-being, values crucial for Zambia’s national development.
• The Minister highlighted the role of sports in promoting physical and mental health, which is important in all areas of human activity.
• Employers and trade unions were urged to develop and implement policies promoting a healthy and active lifestyle for workers through events like the sports festival.
• The Government reaffirmed its commitment to sports development due to its critical role in uniting the country, creating employment, and contributing to economic development.
• The Minister encouraged the application of teamwork, mutual respect, and dedication—principles learned through sports—to the workplace, fostering a healthy working environment where every person feels valued and motivated.
• The Minister officially declared the 10th ZUFIAW Sports Festival open, encouraging participants to engage actively and embrace the festival’s lessons.
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The launch of the Human Resource Excellence Awards

Honourable Brenda Mwika Tambatamba, MP, Minister of Labour and Social at Radisson Blu Hotel in Lusaka.

In the speech, the Minister:
– Emphasizes the importance of recognizing and promoting best practices in human resource management.
– Discusses the role of human resources in shaping the workforce and emphasizes the significance of nurturing and empowering employees.
– Highlights the Government’s support for the initiative and its commitment to creating a world-class labour market.
– Encourages the organizers, sponsors, and partners involved in the awards and stresses the role of human resources in driving organizational culture, values, innovation, growth, and profitability.
– Concludes with a call to acknowledge excellence in human capital management and visionary leadership through the Human Resource Excellence Awards.

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AfriSAFE 2024

This Year Zambia is hosting the AfriSAFE Awards which will happen in November of 2024. AfriSAFE 2024 will attract over 15, 000 delegates from various countries in a two-day event.
As we look forward to this great opportunity let us remember that the Safety of Workers at work should be top priority at every workplace, whether in a domestic, office, farm or industrial setting.
Today, don’t miss an exclusive interview with the CEO of AfriSAFE, Femi Da-Silva, where he will be sharing valuable insights about the prestigious AfriSAFE Awards and Africa Safety Congress.
Mark your calendar for August 1, 2024, at 13:00hrs (Zambian Time) or 12:00hrs (Nigerian Time). Don’t miss out – subscribe and hit the notification bell using the link below to be promptly notified when the interview begins.