SPEECH BY BISHOP MOSES HAMUNGOLE AT THE HAND OVER CEREMONY OF DONATED ITEMS FROM C&S INVESTMENTS LTD TO ZCCB IN RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC TUESDAY 14TH APRIL 2020 On behalf of the Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB) and indeed on my own behalf, I wish to take this opportunity, first of all, to extend our Easter greetings to you: “May the grace and joy of the Risen Christ be with you all!” As Christians, the Resurrection of our Lord Jesus gives us a sure hope that God is with us and will lead us from the darkness that...

LUSAKA, Monday, 13 April 2020  Treasury Statement For Immediate Release – Zambia and South Africa have formed a private sector working group to create a framework that is targeted at ensuring the smooth flow of essential goods and services, during the Covid19 lockdown of most Southern African Development Community [SADC] countries. Deputy Secretary to Cabinet CHRISTOPHER MVUNGA will chair the working group. At the economic sustainability and emergence purpose meeting held in Lusaka, Thursday, the two countries discussed the necessity of ensuring that South African Chain Stores operating in Zambia open their doors wider to local producers and suppliers to...

PRESS STATEMENT: By Dr. Richard Silumbe – President Leadership Movement (LM) – Mining Sector in a Crisis Monday 13th April, 2020. Lusaka. Fellow countrymen and women – As the Leadership Movement ( LM) we have observed that currently our mining sector is in a serious crisis, lacking professional leadership. As an action oriented Political Party with a Mission to Reclaim the Zambian Vision we want remind Glencore and Mopani Management over its plans to place Mopani Plants in Kitwe and Mufulira on Care and Maintenance due to COVID19 Outbreak for us as LM this is illegal and unfair. “Sending over...

Laura Miti Executive Director  Alliance for Community Action The Alliance for Community Action, ACA would like to join other concerned organisations and individuals in expressing deep concern over the continued harassment and repeated withdrawal of the Prime Television broadcasting license. The ACA would like to remind the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA), through whom the latest abuse of Prime TV has been perpetrated, that Zambia’s democracy, which the right to expression and information are a vital part of, is a critical public resource whose management must be carried out accountably and indeed in the public interest. The IBA therefore needs to...