Zambia and Angola will soon sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) where a railway system will be built to directly connect the two countries’ mining towns.
This came to light when Angolan Minister of Transport and Communications Augusto da Silva Tomás held bilateral talks with his Zambian counterpart Christopher Yaluma at his office yesterday.
Mr. Tomas da Silva, who was in the country to represent Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, said his country was committed to ensuring a railway line is built soon in order to enhance trade between the two countries.
He disclosed that the two countries will also sign an MoU to create a direct link by constructing a road from Shangombo to Ruvungu in Angola.
He said once the project is in place, it will not only benefit the residents of the two towns but their countries as a whole.
And Zambian Transport and Communications Minister Christopher Yaluma said a railway would be the shortest link between Zambia and Angola.
Mr. Yaluma said the railway and road projects were key projects which need to be completed in the shortest possible time.
He said Angola was rich in oil and hence Zambia can tap this commodity from that country at a cheaper and faster rate than it was doing now.
He said there was need to create self reliance in the region because this was the only way to accelerate Africa’s development.
The Angolan Transport and Communications Minister arrived in the country yesterday to analyse matters related to the reinforcement of bilateral co-operation, mainly in the field of transport and communications.
He flew back to Angola the same day after meeting President Michael Sata and holding bilateral talks with his Zambian counterpart.
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Thats the way forward! VIVA ANGOLA VIVA ZAMBIA!! 40 yrs plus and this is when people are thinking in the right direction! Am glad to see African countries committed to self enhanced development…pliz do not attribute this to the useless politics happening in this region,attribute this to basic economics.BRAVO!
But remember Angola was at war for a long time. This is what peace times can achieve – progress for both peoples. I hope the Barotseland issue will not derail our peace as a ONE Zambia ONE Nation sovereign and free state. We need peace through out our region so we can improve the lives of everyone…!
Cacitikanalelo ; peace benefits it is…what we also need also to start auctioning our metals within our region so we can determine our own prices rather taking everything to London metal exchange…that way,we can also boost our Zimbabwe family.Development is only sustainable if it is enhanced within the region by its citizens. VIVA SADC
ni down yivi ndiye ve bazungu siba funa uza ona America yiza ngenelamo
Why mentioning Zambia and yet the railine will end up in BAROTSELAND? Because it will mean Zambia has to pay tax to BAROTSE GOVT. Anyway Prof. Chirwa will soon migrate to Angola, cos zambians are too BACKWARD , a man of international credentials to be treated the way people are tossing him around? How many professors are in zambia? let alone Phd engineers??
Zambia is one single state. We don’t have a state within a state for us to be paying tax to an imaginary country you are calling barotse
We are a country comprising of ten provinces
ANYOKO please sto allucinating!!There is no state and there will be no state called Barotseland in Zambia no matter how much you keep dreaming!!There are a lot of professors in Zambia and Chirwa is not the first Professor Zambia has.If the man has messed up the law must visit him,period!!
It s a rich for PF cadres to be singing about One Zambia when their leader is busy building a corrupt tribal nation centred around his ethnicity! Sata and his minions, one would have thought, would be far much happier with a country consisting only of his allied ethnic groups. Honestly the government he leads is a tribal govt.
Thanks and long over due.
That is what will enhance regional integration.
That is what will enhance regional integration and development subsequently.
and you call PF CNP.
How about an oil pipe line as well while you still at it.
Eeya eeh! e bola.
zambians u ar bring isues of tribes & states were its not necesary ,one swet da
ay u face wat u tok abt & remeber a war is easy to state bt dificuit to end.u wil destrol
IN BAROTSELAND, WE ARE PROUD OF THIS DEVELOPMENT, NOT UR INSULTS DAY AND NIGHT …….. IT IS OUR DUTY TO SEE TO IT THAT THERE IS SUCH DEVELOPMENT
Its only a memorandum of understunding, how quickly this will be followed up by works remains to be seen, they signed one about oil pipeline a couple years back, nothing has happened since.
i agree with you waint and see. pf is n nolonger capable of achieving anything. soon we will have little manila in lusaka to do work for us.