{"id":2976,"date":"2026-03-12T20:57:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T18:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/?p=2976"},"modified":"2026-03-12T20:57:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T18:57:34","slug":"youths-urged-to-work-hard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/?p=2976","title":{"rendered":"YOUTHS URGED TO WORK HARD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Hakainde Hichilema today led the country in celebrating the 2026 Youth Day, which started with laying of wreaths at North-Western Province Cenotaph in Solwezi District.<\/p>\n<p>During the ceremony, President Hichilema led\u00a0dignitaries to lay wreaths in dedication for freedom fighters who lost their lives during the country&#8217;s struggle for independence.<\/p>\n<p>The Service chiefs, men and women in uniform, Ambassadors, youths, and other officials also laid wreaths.<\/p>\n<p>Ministry of Defence Chaplain General, Henry Matifeyo shared a homily emphasizing youths must be visionary and aim at reaching great heights in their quest for leadership, economic emancipation, or opportunities of life.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s National Youth Day commemoration has been held in Solwezi District of North-Western Province under the theme &#8220;Rise and Soar.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Hakainde Hichilema today led the country in celebrating the 2026 Youth Day, which started with laying of wreaths at North-Western Province Cenotaph in Solwezi District. During the ceremony, President Hichilema led\u00a0dignitaries to lay wreaths in dedication for freedom fighters who lost their lives during the country&#8217;s struggle for independence. The Service chiefs, men and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":2977,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,13,15],"tags":[26,25],"class_list":["post-2976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latestnewsright","category-local","category-onlyzanis","tag-ineverycornerofzambia","tag-zanis","entry","has-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2976","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=2976"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2978,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2976\/revisions\/2978"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}