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Gender & health / Latest News

December 5, 2020

2020 IDPD theme cheers ZAFOD President Catherine Kasola Chiseketi


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2020 IDPD theme cheers ZAFOD President Catherine Kasola Chiseketi By Derrick Sinjela ZAFOD President Catherine Kasola Chiseketi We are truly excited to celebrate the International Day for Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) under the theme: “Building Back Better: toward a Disability inclusive, accessible and sustainable post COVID-19 Zambia,” said an elated Zambia Federation of Disability Organisations (ZAFOD) President Musola Cathrine Kaseketi. Ms. Kaseketi regards the Thursday 3rd December 2020 IDPD theme as an empowering one on account of its envisaged mission to embrace a diversity of voices on matters and concerns facing persons with disabilities. According to Ms. Kaseketi persons with...

Gender & health / Latest News

December 5, 2020

World Youth and Leadership Foundation Limited (WYLF-LTD) IDPD Statement Media Friday 4th December 2020


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As Zambia Joins the rest of the world in commemorating the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, the World Youth and Leadership Foundation Limited would like to call on all stakeholders, individual youths to look into the plight of persons living with disabilities. As an organisation we note with concern that among thousands of challenges our Youths and children with disabilities are facing desclimination has remained one of the issues as alot of people still not willing to associate with persons with disabilities. According the research and interaction with stakeholders organisations and persons living with disabilities, the World Youth and...

Gender & health / Latest News

December 4, 2020

Voter Registration will not be extended, insists Kryticous Patrick Nshindano


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By Derrick Sinjela in Lusaka, reporting for Kwilanzi News Zambia ELECTORAL Commission of Zambia (ECZ) Chief Electoral Officer Kryticous Patrick Nshindano insists that the electoral body headed by Justice Essau Chulu and Ms. Emily Munthali-Sikazwe will not extend the Countrywide Voter Registration beyond the on-going Sunday 9th November to Saturday 12th December 2020 threshold. Franked by ECZ Acting Public Relations Manager Sylvia Bwalya, Nshindano an economist by profession assured citizens that the Commission is on course as the registration task reached a fourth and final phase ending on the Saturday 12th of December 2020. Responding to a question posed by...

Business / Latest News

November 9, 2020

Early Christmas as 25 Shoprite Zambia customers win 25 red single cab Isuzu D-MAX pick-ups


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By Derrick Sinjela in Lusaka, Zambia FRIDAY 6th November 2020 can be summed as an early Christmas gift day, as 25 Shoprite customers won 25 red single cab Isuzu D-MAX pick-ups, following a competition designed to celebrate the firm’s silver jubilee existence on the Zambian market. Franked by brand ambassador Brandina Lubili, and Isuzu Action Auto Limited Zambia dealer principal, Michael Bentley, a delighted Shoprite Zambia General Manager Charles Bota explained that the genesis of the prize giving event was to give sustainable empowerment and mobility to lucky customers. Beckoning a mining engineer, recently retired, an optimistic Mr. Bota acknowledged...

Business / Gender & health / Latest News / Sustainable Development

November 3, 2020

Democratic Party President Harry Kalaba outlines agriculture and industrialization as priority sectors to Zambia’s economic recovery


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Democratic Party President Harry Kalaba outlines agriculture and industrialization as priority sectors to Zambia’s economic recovery By DP Media Team Monday 2nd November, 2020 DEMOCRATIC Party (DP) has reiterated that Zambia has enough resources that if put to good use can improve the economy and subsquent end the high poverty levels being experienced in the country. This is achievable once right policies are put in place. The Party believes that agriculture and industrialisation agenda remains the solution to the problems the country is currently facing. DP President who is also the 2021 Presidential candidate Mr. Harry Kalaba observes that Zambia’s...

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November 2, 2020

STATEMENT BY THE YOUNG AFRICAN LEADERS INITIATIVE (YALI) ON THE FAILURE OF THE CONSTITUTION OF ZAMBIA (AMENDMENT) BILL NO. 10 OF 2019 AND THE WAY FORWARD. DELIVERED MONDAY, 02 NOVEMBER 2020 AT MIKA LODGE, JESMONDINE, BY ANDREW NTEWEWE, YALI PRESIDENT


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STATEMENT BY THE YOUNG AFRICAN LEADERS INITIATIVE (YALI) ON THE FAILURE OF THE CONSTITUTION OF ZAMBIA (AMENDMENT) BILL NO. 10 OF 2019 AND THE WAY FORWARD. DELIVERED MONDAY, 02 NOVEMBER 2020 AT MIKA LODGE, JESMONDINE, BY ANDREW NTEWEWE, YALI PRESIDENT On Thursday last week saw the failure by the National Assembly of Zambia to open up the Constitution of Zambia (Amendment) Bill No. 10 at Second Reading for any further amendments and passage further passage at Third Reading. When the Bill was tabled in Parliament, two things were expected to happen: either pass the Bill with or without amendments or...

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Business / Gender & health / Latest News

November 2, 2020

Global crimes against journalists worry Zambia’s Media Liaison Committee Chairperson Enock Ngoma


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Global crimes against journalists worry Zambia’s Media Liaison Committee Chairperson Enock Ngoma By Derrick Sinjela THE Zambian Media Liaison Committee (MLC) joined the rest of the world in commemorating ‘The International Day to end Impunity for Crimes against Journalists which falls annually  on November 2, under the auspices of the United Nations, desiring a better and safer reporting environment for pen-pushers and media workers. The Zambian Media Liaison Committee Chairperson Enock Ngoma called on political players, the police and the general citizenry to desist from harassing journalists during the course of their reporting duty. In a Monday 2nd November, 2020...

Business / Latest News

November 1, 2020

U.S. Invests K4.5 million in Women-Owned Businesses, Launches Second Phase of Women Entrepreneurship Training


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EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA LUSAKA, ZAMBIA The United States and Zambia Partnering Together NR/1252/10/29/2020 CONTACT: Sean McIntosh FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Public Affairs Officer October 29, 2020 Phone: 357000 U.S. Invests K4.5 million in Women-Owned Businesses, Launches Second Phase of Women Entrepreneurship Training LUSAKA – The U.S. Embassy, in collaboration with the United States African Development Foundation (USADF) and Women’s Entrepreneurship Access Center (WEAC), has today awarded nine women entrepreneurs a total of K4.5 million ($225,000) in seed funding to support women’s entrepreneurship and women’s economic empowerment. Each of the winners received K500,000 ($25,00) from USADF following a...

Business / Gender & health / Latest News / Sustainable Development

November 1, 2020

United States Enables Zambia’s Leadership Role in SADC Regional Seed Export Policy


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The United States and Zambia Partnering Together EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA LUSAKA, ZAMBIA NR/1251/10/27/2020 CONTACT: Sean McIntosh FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Public Affairs Officer October 27, 2020 Phone: 357000 United States Enables Zambia’s Leadership Role in SADC Regional Seed Export Policy LUSAKA – Today, U.S. government, through its Agency for International Development (USAID), and the Southern African Development Community (SADC), in close partnership with the Government of the Republic of Zambia, commissioned a pilot seed export from Zambia to Mozambique produced by emerging seed company, Lake Agriculture. The USAID-funded Feed the Future Southern Africa Seed Trade Project awarded...

Business / Gender & health / Latest News

November 1, 2020

Civil Society Constitution Agenda (CiSCA) Acting Chairperson Judith Mulenga’s Statement on the ‘Fall of Bill 10’


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  CiSCA Statement on the Fall of Bill 10 Lusaka, Friday 30th October 2020: The Civil Society Constitution Agenda (CiSCA) joins the rest of Zambia in celebrating the fall of the infamous Bill 10. The fall was the only logical conclusion because the National Dialogue Act and its accompanying National Dialogue Forum gave birth to a stillborn Bill 10. We further resoundingly applaud the patriotic judicious Members of Parliament that refused to betray the people of Zambia. By defeating Bill 10 in Parliament after so many ploys by the PF Government and their cronies to hoodwink Zambians into believing that if...

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