By Luswepo Mutepuka – Kwilanzi News Zambia Photo-Journalist FEDERATION of Free Trade Union of Zambia President Chingati Msiska has welcomed the cancellation of Friday May 1st 2020 Labour Day celebrations at National, Provincial and District Level due to Covid 19 on account of social gathering measures which limit such attendance to 50 people at a time. On March 25th 2020, President Edgar Chagwa Lungu announced measures to combat the spread of Coronavirus among them public gatherings such as conferences, weddings, funerals, which should be restricted to at least 50 people subject to complying with public health authority guidelines, whose time-frame...

By Luswepo Mutepuka – Kwilanzi News Zambia Photo-Journalist OPPOSITION Leadership Movement President Dr. Richard Silumbe says the outbreak of Coronavirus known as Covid 19 should have been an opportunity for Zambia to procure and export masks to SADC and COMESA markets using the Mulungushi Textiles. Dr. Silumbe has told Kwilanzi News Zambia in an interview in Lusaka that in some countries there are reports of masks being in short supply and Zambia should have benefited from meeting this short-fall Common Market for East and Central Africa and the Southern African Development Community regions. Dr. Silumbe says though government is diligently...

By Luswepo Mutepuka – Kwilanzi News Zambia Photo-Journalist THE National Council for Construction says the global outbreak of the novel Coronavirus ( covid 19) pandemic has negatively affected the construction sector in the Zambia. NCC Executive Director Mathew Ngulube says it is difficult to get accurate vulnerability statistics as a lot of people on construction sites owing to the Practice Social Distancing (PSD) measures put in place by President Edgar Lungu. Mr. Ngulube has noted that construction sites with over 300 people are difficult to monitor on account of the geographical landscape and partial Lockdown measures imposed by the Zambian...

Digital Future by Brenda Ngilazi Zulu #Bogging101 contact: +260 977 891 431   Be organised in 2020 and create a Social Media Calendar. #SocialMediaCalendar #2020     ZICTA advises consumers to sanitise ICT gadgets and use Digital Payment Platforms   It is undeniable now that Information Communication and Technologies (ICTs) have become indispensable in our lives, for instance, we always move with mobile phones with us now just the way we move with wallets and handbags, noted Zambia Information Communication Technology (ZICTA) Corporate Communications Officer, Hanford Chaaba (Mr) in a Media Statement issued on Thursday March 26, 2020   In...