STATE OF THE MEDIA IN ZAMBIA 4.4 Other Developments 4.4.0. Positive Developments In the period under review, Minister of Information and Broadcasting Services Dora Siliya called tertiary institutions to revise their curricula to incorporate technology in their trainings36. The Minister was suggesting that that way, students will be equipped enough to set up their own enterprises. Minister of Information and Broadcasting services Dora Siliya has called for revision of the journalism training curriculum to incorporate technology. Ms. Siliya said this will equip students with the required skills and knowledge to set up their own enterprises. 4.4.1. Negative Developments This quarter (October – December, 2018), saw Times of Zambia publish some articles in Chinese. On 9th October, Times of Zambia published an article in Chinese, which sparked some debates and saw viral posts on social media. Speaker of the National Assembly was on 12th October expected to give a ruling following a point of order raised by Jack Mwiimbu, who stated that the Times of Zambia was not in order to publish an article in Chinese when majority Zambian languages are not published in the paper37. Speaker of the National Assembly Patrick Matibini is today Friday October 12 set to rule on the Chinese articles running in the Times of Zambia Newspaper. This follows a point of order raised by leader of the opposition Jack Mwiimbu who wanted to know why the publication has been sidelining Zambians by publishing the Chinese language and not any other Zambian language. 36 Zambia Daily Mail – State Calls for Journalism Curriculum Revision – 28th October, 2018 Lusaka Times – Speaker to rule on why Times of Zambia is publishing articles in Chinese Language – 12th October, 2018 37 23