Republic of Zambia 4TH NATIONAL ADDRESS ON COVID-19 BY HIS EXCELLENCY, DR EDGAR CHAGWA LUNGU, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA 8TH MAY, 2020 STATE HOUSE 1 FELLOW COUNTRYMEN AND WOMEN; 1. I WOULD LIKE TO START MY ADDRESS TODAY BY THANKING YOU, THE PEOPLE OF ZAMBIA FOR THE UNDERSTANDING, RESILIENCE AND SUPPORT MY ADMINISTRATION HAS RECEIVED SINCE I ANNOUNCED THE FIRST MEASURES AIMED AT PROTECTING OUR LIVES FROM THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. 2. I KNOW AND FULLY UNDERSTAND THAT IT HAS NOT BEEN EASY TO LIVE OUR LIVES IN A WAY THAT IS DRASTICALLY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE HAVE...

By Derrick Sinjela With statistics showing that North Western Province has remained poor for years with poverty levels standing at 76 per cent, 61 per cent being extremely poor while 15 per cent are moderately poor, are statistics prompting Leadership Movement (LM) National Chairperson David Kalumba to extend social support to the area. Mr. Chanda says the Leadership Movement under Dr. Richard Silumbe, a leader with a heart for the poor people and team will extend Social Cash Transfer (SCT) programmes to Chavuma, Zambezi, Manyinga, Solwezi and Kasempa districts that have been hit by hunger, a direct consequence of floods...

By Derrick Sinjela LEADERSHIP Movement (LM) President Dr. Richard Silumbe has called on the Electoral Commission of Zambia to pull up its electoral management sockings to ensure that that programmes are done in transparent as Zambia votes in 459 days. Dr. Silumbe says a transparent programming will help restore electoral confidence in Doubting Thomasses ahead of the Thursday 12th August 2021 Tripartite elections. On Sunday 10th May 2020, Zambia remained with a year, three months and two days in which the Electoral Body has to win the confidence of the electorate. Dr. Silumbe said in an interview in Lusaka that...

Friday 8th May 2020 By Engwase Banda Mwale THE Non-governmental Gender Organisations’ Coordinating Council (NGOCC) has noted the compensation by the State, of Kwacha five Hundred Thousand (K500,000.00) as settlement to the Shimunzhila family for causing the death of the University of Zambia (UNZA) student Ms Vespers Shimunzhila. According to an inquest conducted to establish the cause of death in 2018 for the then fourth year UNZA student, Vespers, the Coroner found that she died of asphyxia. The Coroner established that the asphyxia was as a result of the tear gas smoke fired by the Zambia Police into her room....