Dr. Tax noted that the SADC Chairmanship for the organ on Tax, Defense and Security Corporation, is not an easy task as it calls for serious commitment, time and resources.

She was speaking in Lusaka today when she paid a courtesy call on President Lungu at State House.

Dr. Tax stated that the meeting with President Lungu was aimed at briefing the Head of State on important issues that come with the SADC Chairmanship and also to provide guidance.

She added that her visit also involves exchanging views on the role of the Chairmanship as well as how to relate with other structures within the community.

The SADC Executive Secretary said other issues of importance that needed to be discussed with President Lungu include the general political situation in the region and consolidation of democracy among the SADC member countries.

And Special Assistant to the President for Press and Public Relations Amos Chanda told journalists that the meeting also looked into the security situation in the region and also focused on the electoral process in Zimbabwe.

Mr. Chanda said Dr. Tax is hopeful that the two political parties in Zimbabwe will resolve their post-election situation in a civilized manner that would stabilize peace in that country.

He also said the SADC Executive Secretary further revealed that President of the Democratic Republic of Congo Joseph Kabila assured SADC that he would abide by the country’s constitution that bars him from contesting in the December elections.

Meanwhile, Mr. Chanda said President Lungu who takes up the SADC Chairmanship this month pledged his commitment to promoting democracy in SADC member states.

Mr. Chanda said President Lungu made an assurance to offer the experience that Zambia has demonstrated during transitions to promote and maintain peace in the region.

He added that among other things, President Lungu pledged his commitment to ensure that all parties taking part in the December DRC elections, campaign freely and that the election unifies the people in that country.

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Are you interested in watching The Bachelor or The Bachelor in Paradise? Do you remember the beauty who gave a tough competition to other bachelorettes in the season for both the live shows? Yes, we are talking about Taylor Nolan, the American personality of reality shows.

Popular as an American Television personality, Taylor Nolan also serves as a Mental Health Counselor. She was first known by her participation in the game show, The Bachelor Season 21.

It was Taylor’s step-father who pressured and encouraged her to enter the game show The Bachelor in the same season Nick was going to participate.

Taylor Nalon was born in Seattle, Washington, on 10^th of July, 1993. She comes with an ethnicity of North America, while has a nationality of America. When it comes to her family, Taylor has remained quite reserved about declaring it. However, according to the sources, her mother also carried an American citizenship, and Jason, her step-father, was in the Air Force for the United States. There is no information still revealed about her biological father. Born and brought up in Seattle, she completed her graduation with Johns Hopkins University, and also grabbed the M.A. certification in Mental Health Counselling. For adding some surprise to the education list, she is also certified with QPR Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper. She was also listed in the list of the Deans while she was at Stevenson and the Psi Chi International Honors Society too.

Surprisingly, Taylor Nolan along with a reality star has also served as a model for a various number of magazines.

Her interest list includes reading and boating, while her list of favorite eatables includes chocolates and pizzas. She is also passionate about reading books, and her hit list comes with books like The Art of Loving written by Erich Fromm, Brene Brown’s Rising Strong, The Lucifer Effect, Not that kind of Girl by Lena Dunham, and many more. There are also some of her favorite podcasts like On Being, Relationship Alive, Dear Sugar Women of the Hour, This American Life, The #staymarried Postcast, etc.

Taylor also is socially active on sites like Twitter and Instagram and has nearly 30.5k and 264k followers, respectively. Her Facebook account has around 1k followers too.
Taylor Nolan Loves Wallpics Mixtiles Stickable Photo Tiles For Walls got herself listed in the top popular television personalities when she entered the contest of The Bachelor from ABC, Season 21. The show was premiered on ABC on 2^nd of January, 2017. In the show, she tried her best for impressing Nick Vail, who is a software sales executive from a private firm in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Among the strong participants in the show, she proved herself hard to defeat. However, she failed to impress Nick Vail and was rejected from the show. However, she didn’t quit by this defeat and gave a grand come back in the game show The Bachelor in Paradise Season 4. She not only played well with an effective strategy in the show, but also won this show. The season also came up with a scandalous conflict with Corinne Olympios, for which she mentioned some emotional intelligence lines, just as an expert doctor does. This shows her dedication to the profession and her passion too.

When it comes to the love life of Taylor Nolan, there are no rumors of Taylor being in relation with any of the celebrity at present. Her only time period of controversy was when she had a controversy with Corinne Olympios. But the sets of The Bachelor in Paradise came with love in her life. From the very moment, Taylor Nolan and Derek Peth met each other, they both had the same feelings for each other. During the season, both hardly left each other alone and enjoyed each other’s company in Mexico.

Both Taylor and Derek also got engaged on the sets of The Bachelor in Paradise, after which, they also discussed their future with the people. While interacting with the people, they also mentioned that their relationship went through a roller-coaster of various emotions with various crazy weeks before they finally got engaged.

This might surprise you, but Taylor Nolan has never had a drop of liquor.

Taylor also mentioned about the first impression Derek had on her, revealing that she thought Derek was not for her. She thought that no one would like her in Paradise. On the first day of the show, they both had very reserved conversations with each other as they discussed normal life, without even thinking of actual date they would be having. When they both were attracted towards each other, with an increase in conversation, they both fell in love with each other.

According to Taylor, Derek doesn’t complete her but complements her.

Taylor lived in Seattle, while Derek in Iowa, but still they had hours of communication, with same time for refreshing mornings and sweet nights. They would continue each routine activity with each other like brushing, breakfast, etc. As a result, before the production headed, they actually had booked Taylor’s ticket for Iowa to pay a visit. After that, they continued with the production. Taylor also enjoyed her visit to Iowa, where they had an opportunity to meet and roam with each other as normal couples do. After that, Derek also paid a visit to Seattle that lasted for nearly 3 weeks.

No doubt, the couple met in the popular show The Bachelor in Paradise, Derek didn’t propose her during the show, but at the reunion of the show, which was accepted by Taylor, after which they got engaged.

When Taylor was asked about the physical portion of their relationship, she was quite bold to answer it. She mentioned that people have started visualizing them as Tanner and Jade, which is quite stressful for her, as they have not moved towards that part yet. According to her, moving to sex would end the romantic excitement, and would bring solid emotions like spiritual and emotional connection.

Taylor Nolan is currently enjoying the engagement phase, along with which, she is also focusing on her modeling and mental health consultant career paths.

Hip Hop icon Slapdee – AKA the “King of Zed Hip Hop” – shared the limelight with the undisputed King of Beers in front of over 150 A-list celebrities and guests during the unveiling of Budweiser Lager in Lusaka this week.
After an intensive activation campaign for the latest addition to its portfolio, Zambia Breweries formally unveiled AB InBev’s leading global brand Budweiser Lager on August 2, 2018 at Lusaka’s The Other Side venue at Latitude 15.
Budweiser is a medium-bodied beer with subtle aroma notes of malt and Noble hops with a fruity nose giving it a clean smooth taste. The American lager has the world’s largest brand value and the most expensive brewing process designed to produce a drink that is as close to a perfect balance of flavour as a beer can get.
It has been launched in Zambia with a full launch event planned for later in the month.

The King of Beers is no stranger among football lovers as it was the official sponsor of the just-ended 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.
Speaking at the launch of the premium beverage, Zambian Breweries Country Director Jose Moran said he was excited by the Zambian Breweries portfolio continuing to grow, giving beer lovers across Zambia a wide variety of world-class beverages to choose from.
“As Zambian Breweries, we want to offer our consumers quality and prestigious global brands which will expand our current portfolio while also indulging the passion of beer connoisseurs in the country,” said Mr Moran.
The Budweiser launch demonstrated the company’s desire to come up with fresh ways to engage directly with its consumers and forge new friendships by bringing people together for a better world, he added.
The country director also encouraged consumers to enjoy the brand responsibly.
“As Zambian Breweries, we would like our consumers to enjoy this brand responsibly by avoiding drunk-driving and underage drinking.
Zambia Breweries products are all about bringing people together thus we decided to introduce our latest product to the people by embracing this philosophy and going out to directly engage with our customers and share our mutual love for world class beer through these events.”
Budweiser, which now has a presence in over 80 countries across the globe, is being brewed for the first time in Africa at the AB InBev brewery in South Africa.

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Mr. Sampa took the Oath of Office, which was administered by Lusaka Magistrate David Simusamba at Nakatindi ground within the Civic Centre.

And Vice President Inonge Wina, who witnessed the Installation Ceremony called on Mr. Sampa to come up with income generating activities, that will allow the council to pay its statutory obligations.

The Vice President said Lusaka has the capacity to raise enough money and run its affairs.

Mrs. Wina also urged the Mayor to ensure the demands of the people are meet.

She said Mr. Sampa is hardworking and people in Lusaka will benefit from his experience.

Mrs. Wina said the issue of integrated planning, sanitation and solid waste management should be taken seriously.

Meanwhile, the Vice President has disclosed that Lusaka is one of the fastest growing cities in Africa with the huge challenge of urbanization.

She said there is need for integrated development planning to curtail important issues such as HIV/ AIDS which comes with urbanization.

She explained that Lusaka is one of the initial 13 global cities that is committed to ending HIV/AIDS by the year 2030.

She noted that the City signed the 2014 Paris declaration to fast track the response to ending AIDS by 2030 and achieve the UN-AIDS 90-90-90 global targets by 2020.

And Speaking earlier Lusaka Mayor Miles Sampa urged all stakeholders to ensure that Lusaka is transformed into an economic hub.

He said for the council to provide social services it must be run like a business enterprise through the promotion of public-private partnerships.

Mr. Sampa said the council is in the process of decentralization by establishing Mini-Civic Centers in all the seven constituencies, in line with the government agenda.

He said the devolution process will save residents time and money from moving long distances to come to Civic Centre when they can access these services from within their vicinities.

The Mayor said construction of the Mini-Civic Centers will spur the creation of jobs for most unemployed youths in the city.

PF Secretary General Davies Mwila and his Deputy Mumbi Phiri will today lead a team of PF senior leaders for a meeting with the Secretary General and senior members of UPND.

PF Deputy Media Director Antonio Mwanza confirmed that the meeting which is scheduled for 09:30 Hours shall take place at the UPND Secretariat.

Mr Mwanza said the meeting is aimed at strengthening unity, commencing dialogue and maintaining peace among other key governance issues.

There have been mutual efforts between the two rival parties in the recent past to broker peace and engagement in a effort to diffuse tension between their members.