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...

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...

  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...

About Us The Centre for Trade Policy and Development(CTPD) is a non-profit, membership based trade policy think tank established in 2004. Formerly known as the ‘Civil Society Trade Network of Zambia’ (CSTNZ), the organisation has progressed from being a network to being a think tank. The organisation is affiliated to Africa Trade Networks (ATN), Our World Is Not For Sale Network (OWINFS), Southern African People Solidarity Network (SAPSN) and has a membership of 16 local Non-governmental Organisations and individual members. CTPD aims to promote equitable pro-poor trade policies and practices in Zambia through trade reform at national, regional and international...

THE DEATH OF A YOUNG LION…James Kasanda Musendeka Lukuku By Dr. Cephas Mukuka Political Researcher I WOKE up early on the Sunday 1st November 2020 not to exercise as I do on daily basis, but to write my assignments from school. Suddenly I went into a trance,I saw myself writing a message of condolence; it was on James Kasanda Musendeka Lukuku, and that he had died. Slightly after 5 minutes I got a call from my elder brother, Charles Mukuka , from Ndola. The message was that the Republucan Progressive Party (RPP), President Lukuku had died. I then explained the...