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Mkushi, April 14, 2023, ZANIS—Government has empowered women in Mkushi district, in Central province, with soft loans under the village bank scheme. Mkushi District Community Development Officer Priscilla Mangowani has disclosed to ZANIS that 175 women entrepreneurs have received loans under the department’s village bank loan scheme, within a period of 12 months. Mrs. Mangowani notes that the beneficiaries are mainly from Mkushi Central, Chalata and Nkumbi community development sub-centers. She says that although the principal loans involved varied amongst the beneficiaries, K80, 000 was the gross amount funded towards catering for the beneficiaries on the programme. She said that...

HH reviving Zambia’s economy, brags Mbala MP Njavwa Simutowe By Derrick Sinjela Northern Province domiciled Mbala Member of Parliament (MP) Njavwa Simutowe believes President Hakainde Hichilema’s United Party for National Development (UPND) Alliance New Dawn Administration is setting Zambia on a promising socio-economic trajectory, capable of ameliorating vulnerability and feminisation of poverty built by a tripartite woe of high-income inequality, high poverty and high unemployment. As skeptics continue to tag complacency as UPND’s biggest liability attributing economic challenges to Patriotic Front (PF) leadership of Dr. Edgar Chagwa Lungu and former First Female Vice President Inonge Mutukwa-Wina, an optimistic Mr. Simutowe...

Minister of Labour and Social Security (MLSS) Brenda Mwika Tambatamba says the United Party for National Development (UPND) New Dawn Administration’s resolve toward improvement of public services under the Workers Compensation Fund Control Board (WCFCB) Employment Injury Compensation System in Zambia, writes Derrick Sinjela. Officiating at a Friday 31st March, 2023 Mkango Golf View Hotel Handover Ceremony of Wheel Chairs to beneficiaries in Lusaka, convened by WCFCB, Ms. Tambatamba reiterated Government’s practical desire of being more responsive to the needs of disabled workers at critical stages of their lives. In a speech read by MLSS Acting Permanent Secretary, Mr. Zechariah...