FROM: JCTR TO: MEDIA HOUSES DATE: Thursaday 2nd MARCH 2017   RE: JCTR WELCOMES GOVERNMENTS’ INTENTION TO RE-TABLE THE ACCESS TO INFORMATION (ATI) BILL IN PARLIAMENT.   THE Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR) is delighted that the Zambian government through Minister of Justice, Hon. Given Lubinda, has reaffirmed its resolve to re-table the Access to Information (ATI) Bill in Parliament. JCTR equally re-affirms a consistent position that the Access to Information law is necessary as it fits well in democratic governance system which Zambia has always aspired to become, since the re-introduction of Multi-party democracy. AS JCTR, we believe...

Press Release For Immediate Release 26th  February 2017   The Non Governmental Organisations’ Coordinating Council (NGOCC) has noted the ongoing debate that has engrossed the country on whether government should regulate or abolish the payment of bride price commonly referred to as “Lobola” in Southern Africa. As an organization, we note that payment of bride price in Zambia called “Lobola”, “Chimalo”, “Impango”, “Lubono“ and so forth, depending on what part of the country one comes from, is a tradition that defines how we as a people celebrate our marriage rite. However, NGOCC is deeply concerned with the commercialisation of “Lobola”...

By Tendai Posiana CHILDREN are often the hardest hit vulnerable age-group by poverty, as it causes lifelong damage to their spiritual minds and physical bodies. Like women, children especially the girl-child carry the brunt of poverty coined in the slogan ‘feminisation of vulnerability.’ Poverty becomes to greater extent an inheritance as impoverished people are more often than not likely to pass on to their biological children, thus perpetuating the poverty cycle. It is against this backdrop that poverty reduction work must begin with children, by teaching or imparting life-living skills. In addition, I concur with a school of thought imploring...