Category: Gender & health

By Ashton Kelly Bunda KWILANZI NEWSPAPER ZAMBIA 🇿🇲 (KNZ TV) National Pension Scheme Authority (NAPSA) Director General Muyangwa Muyangwa has assured that the authority has sufficient liquidity to meet all its liabilities including payments of the pre-retirement lump sum as opposed to assertions from some sections of the society that NAPSA is on the verge of liquidation.   Speaking during a Press Briefing at NAPSA head office on 26th October 2023, a delightfully confident Mr. Muyangwa said some properties and land parcels being sold was in a bid to to raise funds due to liquidity challenges caused by the payment...

Date of Finalization/ Publication: (Month, 2023) Authors: Brenda Chitindi, Executive Director – Tobacco Free Association of Zambia Chisanga Mfula, Program Manager – Tobacco Free Association of Zambia. This report is an invaluable resource for policymakers, advocates, and the public at large, as it sheds light on the insidious ways in which the tobacco industry interferes with public health policies, and provides concrete examples of how the Zambian government has responded to their influence. The 2023 Zambia Tobacco Industry Interference Index is the 3rd in the series of the Index that Zambia has produced. Acknowledgement: This report has been made possible...

By Fulman Mukobeko Local Government and Rural Development (Administration) Maambo Haamaundu has directed all the 116 Local Authorities in Zambia’s ten (10) provinces; Central, Copperbelt, Eastern, Luapula, Lusaka, Muchinga, Northern, North-Western, Southern and Western to ensure that they enforce Public Health Regulations fight Anthrax disease, an infectious disease caused by gram-positive, rod-shaped bacteria known as Bacillus anthracis. Anthrax occurs naturally in soil and commonly affects domestic and wild animals around the world and people contract it once in contact with infected animals or contaminated animal products. Mr. Haamaundu has directed local authorities to sensitize members of the public on the...

CONTENT PIRACY: MAKING CAREERS DISAPPEAR … MEDIA RELEASE Content piracy is reducincsg opportunities for young creators to earn a living from their work. But the most insidious impact of entertainment content theft is how it undermines Africa’s ability to tell its own stories. As content channels have evolved to provide entertainment on a plethora of devices and platforms, content piracy has evolved along with it. Where piracy once involved banks of recording devices and cassette tapes, today, sophisticated stream-ripping technology is used to illegally redistribute content from online platforms. Producers, studios, and rights-holders find themselves in a technology arms race...