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Launch Speech by Tonse Youth Network Zambia (TYNEZ) Chairperson Guess Nyirenda delivered @ a Press Briefing @ Four Pillars Lodge, Lusaka on June 9, 2021

  TONSE YOUTH NETWORK ZAMBIA (TYNEZ)     LAUNCH SPEECH BY THE CHAIRPERSON GUESS NYIRENDA Delivered @ a Press Briefing @ Four Pillars Lodge On June 9, 2021 9th June, 2021: Media Statement by the Tonse Youth Network Zambia (TYNEZ) on the Launch of the Youth Focused/Youth Led Organisations – Network The Board Members of the Youth Focused/Youth Led Organisations in the TYNEZ present; The Executive Directors of the Youth Focused/Youth Led Organisations in the TYNEZ; The Members and Secretariats of the Youth Focused/Youth Led Organisations in the TYNET present; The Members of the Media and Comrades; All protocol observed;...

Mutisunge Zulu resigns as EAZ National Secretary and Board Member

Mutisunge Zulu resigns as EAZ National Secretary and Board Member Wednesday 9th June 2021 The Economics Association of Zambia No. 6232 Chanda Road Thornpark LUSAKA To the Economics Association of Zambia Board: REF: RESIGNATION FROM ECONOMICS ASSOCIATION OF ZAMBIA BOARD Reference is made to the above subject matter. I wish to announce my resignation from the Economics Association of Zambia – EAZ as both Board Member and National Secretary on account of concerns that are incompatible with my values. This is a personal decision I have made as I move onto another chapter of my life. From a corporate governance perspective and...

EAZ Board Member Philippe C. Masengo resigns

EAZ Board Member Philippe C. Masengo resigns Wednesday 9th June 2021 NOTICE OF RESIGNATION To: The Economics Association of Zambia General Membership Re: Resignation as Board Member – Philippe C. Masengo It is unfortunate for me to announce my resignation as a board member of the Economics Association of Zambia (EAZ) or (the association) effective 9th June 2021. I have chosen to concentrate on my personal developmental agenda and give chance to others to move EAZ forward. Nevertheless, I wish to advise the current and future boards to work on three areas: Firstly, normalise the EAZ status from limited company...

Zambians must invest in emeralds, prods Charles Chanda

Zambians must invest in emeralds, prods Charles Chanda By Derrick Sinjela in Mansa, Luapula Province, Zambia PREACHING a self-reliant message of reaping from natural resources, United Prosperous and Peaceful Zambia (UPPZ) President Charles Chanda is prodding citizens to invest in emerald mining, a mineral he tags as profitable. In encouraging citizens to invest in emerald exploration and mining. Mr. Chanda regrets that foreign investors continue to reap, while communities in which natural resources are dug, mined remain, poor, if not destitute. Aside from Luapula, rich in Manganese, through her ten (10) provinces; Central, Copperbelt, Eastern. Lusaka, Muchinga, Northern, North-Western, Southern,...

*CLRI WORRIED WITH “DETERIORATING SPACE OF CIVIL RIGHTS AND LIABILITIES”*

*CLRI WORRIED WITH “DETERIORATING SPACE OF CIVIL RIGHTS AND LIABILITIES”* The continental Leadership Research institute (CLRI) says it is concerned with what it has termed as “deteriorating space of civil rights and liabilities” in the country. Commenting on the allegations that police in Chingola shot at opposition United Party for National Development On Sunday, CLRI Executive Director, Paul Mundia Hakoola, said the alleged attack on the opposition leader was a direct assault on the rights of assembly and movement. He said in the recent past the country has seen a number of incidents were rights of movement and assembly have...

*Hakainde Hichilema(HH) UPND President, never deprived the Zambian Government in the Privatization of Zambian assets.

*HAKAINDE HICHILEMA(HH) UPND PRESIDENT, NEVER DEPRIVED THE ZAMBIAN GOVERNMENT IN THE PRIVATIZATION OF ZAMBIAN ASSETS. ….as we will learn in my summarised investigation of how privatisation was done..* *……Without fear or favor* *By: Dr. Edgar Ng”oma Political Analyst/Philosopher* Three weeks ago, I advertised on social media that I was going to analyse the involvement of Hakainde Hichilema UPND President on his involvement in the privatisation of Zambian government assets by a company in which Mr. Hakainde Hichilema was a partner. In the early 1990s, the number of countries seeking financial help from the IMF dramatically increased. The IMF continued its...

African transnational trade policies should be revised!

African transnational trade policies should be revised! By Kelvin Chisanga, ZAMBIAN Economist and Communications Specialist +260979305194 AFRICAN states need strong reformations of some seemingly attractive policy levers to spur transnational trade growth within the continent. However, it is imperative that most governments across the African continent should be allowed to push for more transformative dreams of policy levers on the key agenda of African intra-trade with a specific role and focus to drive strongly on local industrializations and capacity building for the full benefits of all. The transformation policy levers of the African trade dreams should be highly entwined with...

Zambia’s borrowing appetite worries UPPZ President Charles Chanda

Zambia’s borrowing appetite worries UPPZ President Charles Chanda By Derrick Sinjela in Kasama, Northern Province, Zambia UNITED Prosperous and Peaceful Zambia (UPPZ) President Charles Chanda is worried over increased borrowing by the Zambian Government led by Dr. Edgar Chagwa Lungu and Vice President, Ms. Inonge Mutukwa-Wina. Responding to information attributed to Chinese Ambassador to Zambia, Mr. Li Jie that the Xi Jinping leadership will provide a US&28.8 million grant toward debt repayment, Chanda found the reality as regrettable. In opposing the noted increaser in Zambia’s debt burden, Chanda cited Psalms 37: 21-22: “The wicked borrows but does not pay back,...

Charles Chanda’s Northern Province land acquisition empowerment reduces Zambia’s 1.5 million housing units deficit

Charles Chanda’s land acquisition empowerment reduces Zambia’s housing deficit By Derrick Sinjela in Kasama, Northern Province, Zambia A WORKING visit to the Northern Province had resulted in United Prosperous and Peaceful Zambia (UPPZ) President Charles Chanda acquiring a 400 hectare farm block and a 250 plot site land in Kasama. A practical Mr. Chanda is in the Northern Province inspecting UPPZ projects, bragging that the party is the only one in Zambia with a countrywide infrastructure project in Central, Copperbelt, Eastern, Luapula, Lusaka, Muchinga, Northern, North-Western, Southern and Western provinces. In addition, Chanda has secured 1,900 hectares of land in...

CiSCA condemns arrest of peacefully protesting former police officer, demands his immediate release

CiSCA condemns arrest of peacefully protesting former police officer, demands his immediate release

CiSCA condemns arrest of peacefully protesting former police officer, demands his immediate release  By Judith Mulenga CiSCA Chairperson Lusaka, 03 June 2021: The Civil Society Constitution Agenda (CiSCA) condemns the unconstitutional arrest of former police officer, Jeyson Musonda Chipepo for staging a peaceful one man protest at the police headquarters. On Wednesday 2nd June 2021, Mr. Chipepo staged a one-man protest which he said was against what he considers the intimidation of citizens and the abuse of the police service by the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Kakoma Kanganja. As a movement which advocates for and promotes the supremacy of our Constitution and the rights and...

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