Category: Gender & health

SACCORD Statement on Congratulating the Ruling Patriotic Front (PF) and the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) for Winning and Conducting the Nangula ByElection

Monday 6th April, 2020 SACCORD Statement on Congratulating the Ruling Patriotic Front (PF) and the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) for Winning and Conducting the Nangula By-Election The Southern African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (SACCORD) would like to congratulate the ruling Patriotic Front (PF) for winning the Nangula ward by-election in the Western Province of the Republic of Zambia. SACCORD would also like to congratulate the ruling PF and opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) for participating in the by-election as it is such participation that makes Zambia a competitive multi-party democratic dispensation. The participation of...

Bachelorhood has confused me – Frederick Titus Jacob Chiluba (FTJ) laments

The rally was at Kitwe’s Freedom Park and was broadcast live on national TV. He was in high spirits and, as usual, at his lyrical best. Introducing candidate Mwanawasa, he began: “Ba Mwanawasa te bashimbe nga ine.” He then broke into song: “Ubushimbe nabumpesha amano mayo ubushimbe…” After the musical interlude, he turned to how he dribbled all the presidential hopefuls in the MMD and settled for Mwanawasa. “Ala muma politics bane mwabe njuka. Nalibadilibula bonse,” he told the cheering crowd, praising himself as a ‘political engineer.

Chilenje Church of Christ preaching on ‘The Week that Changed the World’ Sunday 5th March 2020

Chilenje Church of Christ preaching on ‘The Week that Changed the World’ Sunday 5th March 2020

The Week That Changed The World Posted by Chilenje Church of Christ on Sunday, April 5, 2020     Bible Reading Mark 11:1-11.1 As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives,… Posted by Chilenje Church of Christ on Sunday, April 5, 2020           Bible Reading Mark 11:1-11.1 As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives,… Posted by Chilenje Church of Christ on Sunday, April 5, 2020  

Ministry of Finance (MoF) Zambia Budget Release Report for March 2020

  Zambia’s Ministry of Finance Budget Release Report for March 2020  By Favourite Jenala Kalando IN MARCH 2020, the Zambian National Treasury K5.64 billion to finance various developmental and public service delivery programmes, says Ministry of Finance Spokesperson, Chileshe Kandeta. Mr. Kandeta explains that of the K5.64 billion, K1.07 billion went towards both domestic and external debt service, while K2.2 billion was allocated to the public service wage bill, and K1.1 billion was released for transfers, subsidies and social benefits. In a Ministry of Finance (MoF) Zambia Budget Release Report for March 2020, Kandeta says K819.2 million was on financing...

Statement by Operation Young Vote (OYV) on The Alleged Censored/Cooked Information on Status of Covid 19

By Guess Nyirenda (Mr.)  Executive Director    OPERATION YOUNG VOTE (OYV) It is quite sad and appalling to note that leaders and specifically those from government have opted to give Zambians incomplete information on the status of Zambia and Zambians regarding the deadly Covid 19 epidemic. The fact that the Minister of Health and the government generally chooses to censor information given to the nation on a matter of life and death is vexing, as we heard on the live streaming on facebook. This is not only a confirmation of our leaders irresponsibility but also an indication that they are ready to...

PROTUZ General Secretary Kangwa Musenga backs a total lockdown of Zambia to keep Coronavirus at bay

By Favourite Jenala Kalando PROFESSIONAL Teachers Union Zambia (PROTUZ) General Secretary (GS) Kangwa Musenga has called for a total lockdown as a most effective means of combating the global outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID 19). Mr. Musenga is worried that once a total lockdown is not enforced by the Zambian Government once schools will be opened, pupils, students, teachers and families will remain susceptible to contracting Coronavirus. Mr. Musenga observed in an interview in Lusaka that due to the global outbreak of Coronavirus the curriculum at all levels beyond exam classes has been disturbed, with pupils, students and teachers confronted with...

National Union for Small-scale Farmers of Zambia Acting Director Noel Simukonde cries for a good maize price

National Union for Small-scale Farmers of Zambia Acting Director Noel Simukonde cries for a good maize price

By Favourite Jenala Kalando THE National Union for Small-scale Farmers of Zambia (NUSFAZ) is urging the Zambian government through Agriculture Minister Michael Katambo to consider to peg the price of a 50-kilogram bag of maize to 150 Kwacha during the 2019-2020 farming season. As Zambia awaits announcement of the floor price of grain, NUSFAZ Acting Director Noel Simukonde insisted in an interview in Lusaka that the union is not expecting less than a 130 Kwacha price of a 50kg bag of maize. An optimistic Mr. Simukonde says a price range of 130 to 150 kwacha will be more economically appropriate...

Zambia will not end poverty by 2030, predicts Action Aid Zambia Country Director Nalucha Ziba

By Favourite Jenala Kalando ACTION Aid Zambia Country Director Nalucha Ziba says it is impossible for the country to meet the global United Nations (UN) target of ending poverty by 2030 because resources meant to address achieve the goal continue being diverted to debt servicing. A worried Mrs. Ziba argued in an interview in Lusaka that the diversion of poverty alleviation resources to debt servicing has put a strain on delivery of social services such as Health, Education and Agriculture to name but three sectors. Mrs. Ziba has therefore appealed to government through Finance Minister Dr. Bwalya Ng’andu to consider...

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