{"id":2789,"date":"2026-02-24T15:19:30","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T13:19:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/?p=2789"},"modified":"2026-02-24T15:41:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T13:41:31","slug":"president-hichilema-has-arrived-in-botswana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/?p=2789","title":{"rendered":"PRESIDENT HICHILEMA HAS ARRIVED IN BOTSWANA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">President Hakainde Hichilema has arrived in Botswana for a one-day working visit.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">The aircraft carrying the President touched down at Kasane International Airport at 09:47 hours.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">President Hichilema is in Botswana to jointly launch the Kazungula Bridge Authority alongside his counterpart, Duma Boko.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Upon arrival, the President was received by Botswana\u2019s Minister of International Relations, Phenyo Butale.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Zambian delegation that welcomed the Head of State at the airport included Minister of Infrastructure and Urban Development, Charles Milupi and Minister of Home Affairs and Internal Security, Jack Mwiimbu.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">The launch of the Authority is being held in Chobe District, bordering Kazungula District on the Zambian side.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">The authority is expected to enhance the management and operations of the strategic Kazungula Bridge that runs across the Zambezi River.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Hakainde Hichilema has arrived in Botswana for a one-day working visit. The aircraft carrying the President touched down at Kasane International Airport at 09:47 hours. President Hichilema is in Botswana to jointly launch the Kazungula Bridge Authority alongside his counterpart, Duma Boko. Upon arrival, the President was received by Botswana\u2019s Minister of International Relations, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":2792,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,36,14],"tags":[79,26,67,63,25],"class_list":["post-2789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latestnewscentre","category-construction","category-international","tag-electoralcommissionofzambia","tag-ineverycornerofzambia","tag-investment","tag-presidenthakaindehichilema","tag-zanis","entry","has-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2789"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2789\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2791,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2789\/revisions\/2791"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}