Monthly Archive: March 2020

Business / Latest News

March 31, 2020

OFFICIAL LAUNCH OF ABSA BANK ZAMBIA PLC SPEECH BY FRANCIS CHIPIMO (PhD) DEPUTY GOVERNOR – OPERATIONS, BANK OF ZAMBIA MONDAY, 10TH FEBRUARY 2020 SAROVAR NEELKANTH HOTEL, LUSAKA

By Dr. Francis Chipimo Good morning to you all Ladies and Gentlemen. Let me begin by recognising:  The Absa Bank Zambia PLC Managing Director, Mrs Mizinga Melu;  His honour, the former chief Justice, Mr Sakala, the former Cabinet Minister Mr Shamenda, the former advisor to our first republican President Mr Mapoma and other senior citizens;  Senior Government Officials present;  Senior Staff at the Bank of Zambia;  Senior Staff at Absa Bank Zambia PLC;  Distinguished guests; and  Members of the press. We gather this morning to witness the official name change of Barclays Bank...

Gender & health / Latest News

March 31, 2020

MQHZ HAPPY WITH NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MEASURES AGAINST COVID-19

MQHZ PRESS STATEMENT – MONDAY 30TH MARCH, 2020. MQHZ HAPPY WITH NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MEASURES AGAINST COVID-19 Medical for Quality Healthcare in Zambia (MQHZ) is satisfied with preventive measures put in place by the government, the church and other entities in efforts to stop the spread of the dreaded COVID 19. The organization is particularly happy that the Republican President addressed the nation to announce wide ranging measures to help combat the virus. We hope that all the bars, gyms, night clubs and the three international Airports will strictly comply with the presidential decrees. MQHZ would also want to salute the...

Business / Gender & health / Latest News

March 31, 2020

Absa Bank Zambia MD Mizinga Melu unveils a new branch in Monze Town, Southern Province

By Derrick Sinjela and Ted Jilapi Absa Bank Zambia PLC has today Wednesday March 4, 2020 unveiled its newly launched branch in Monze Town. With an investment of K2 million. The Bank is set to serve its customers in the ultra-modern branch that is characterized by the vibrancy that the Bank has become known for since its name change launch on 10 February 2020. Speaking during the branch launch event, Absa Bank Zambia PLC Managing Director Mizinga Melu reiterated the Bank’s commitment in providing customers with best in class service that meets their needs. “As Absa Bank Zambia PLC, we...

Business / Gender & health / Latest News / Sustainable Development

March 29, 2020

STATEMENT BY THE CHURCH MOTHER BODIES ON THE CORONAVIRUS DISEASE (COVID-19) Saturday 28th March 2020

STATEMENT BY THE CHURCH MOTHER BODIES ON THE CORONAVIRUS DISEASE (COVID-19) 28th March 2020 Preamble We, the leaders of the Church Mother bodies namely the Council of Churches in Zambia (CCZ), the Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia (EFZ), the Independent Churches of Zambia (ICOZ) and the Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB), greet you, as we pray together for one another, for our loved ones, and indeed for all God’s people in these trying times of the Coronavirus disease (COVID19) pandemic. We acknowledge the measures government has put in place and the call to the nation made by President Edgar C....

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March 29, 2020

Media and Press Self – Regulation in Sweden

A LAW APPROVED on 2nd December 1776 and Incorporated in the Constitution firmly places Sweden as the first country to recognize the right of information. This country is also a pioneer in self-regulation. The three professional organisations – the Journalist Union, the Swedish Association of Newspaper Editors, and the Journalists Club – gave life to the Pressen opinionsnamind (press council) in 1916, which is a court of honor that monitors journalism practice. Any person or organisation that feel that they were wronged in their right of information by a published story may ask the intervention of this court. The press...

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March 29, 2020

ZICTA advises consumers to sanitise ICT gadgets and use Digital Payment Platforms, prods Hanford Chaaba

ZICTA advises consumers to sanitise ICT gadgets and use Digital Payment Platforms It is undeniable now that Information Communication and Technologies (ICTs) have become indispensable in our lives, for instance, we always move with mobile phones with us now just the way we move with wallets and handbags, noted Zambia Information Communication Technology (ZICTA) Corporate Communications Officer, Hanford Chaaba (Mr) in a Media Statement issued on Thursday March 26, 2020 In view of this global and national concern of the coronavirus diseases, Mr. Chaaba reiterated that it is important that members of the public remember to sanitise their key ICT...

COVID19- A DRIVER FOR “DEGLOBALISATION”

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March 27, 2020

COVID19- A DRIVER FOR “DEGLOBALISATION”

COVID19- A DRIVER FOR “DEGLOBALISATION” By Lewis Mwape At the dawn of Covid-19, I wrote about how a pandemic could affect a global Economic Systems and how at national level we needed to focus on both health care system particularly developing prevention measures against the spread of Covid-19 among the citizens and creating a resilient economy driven by locally supported economic activities. *As a nation we need to devise economic measures that would respond to a “World Without Others”….* *In just few months, the World has experienced a surprisingly major Global Economic contraction.* Economists have projected that the Global Economy...

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