Speaker of the National Assembly Rt. Hon Justice Dr Patrick Matibini, SC, FCIArb, MP says Zambia and South Africa enjoy warm and cordial relations from way back and therefore it is imperative that their Parliaments learn from each other by sharing best practices.  Dr Matibini said this when a delegation from Kwazulu Natal Legislature of South Africa paid a courtesy call on him at Parliament Buildings in Lusaka, on Tuesday, 10th July, 2018.

Clerk of the National Assembly of Zambia Mrs Cecilia Nsenduluka Mbewe has said it is indisputable that national development is only achievable through the labour force, which is a factor of production in every industry.
Speaking during the National Assembly of Zambia 2018 Labour Day Awards presentation ceremony on Friday, 29th June, 2018 at Parliament Buildings in Lusaka, Mrs Mbewe stated that human resource is the most indispensible of all factors of production.  She congratulated all members of staff for their devotion to duty and urged them to even do more.  

Speaker of the National Assembly, Dr Patrick Matibini, SC, MP has called on Members of Parliament to embrace the ideals and principles of the Inter- Parliamentary Union (IPU) which include safeguarding peace and driving positive democratic change through political dialogue and concrete action.

On Saturday 16^th June, 2018, parliamentarians joined the rest of the country in bidding farewell to Hon. Victoria Kalima who died at Maina Soko Hospital on Monday 11^th June, 2018. MPs from both the ruling party and the opposition turned up in numbers during the burial ceremony of the late Minister of Gender who was put to rest at Leopards Hill Memorial Park.