THE NATIONAL BUDGET [The Required Case of its Character and Emphases] _________________ It is called the national budget for a reason. It is OUR budget. We are Zambia’s nationals. Our voices, irregardless of how acerbic and unpleasant they might be, are required and should be heard Collectively, we are the employers of Hakainde HICHILEMA and his government. We remain the masters. They serve us Situmbeko MUSOKOTWANE, Zambia’s finance minister, will on Friday, 30th September, 2022, present to the nation our 2023 budget through parliament. The performance of his last United Party for National Development (UPND) budget puts egg on his...

Tuesday, 27th September, 2022 Press Release For Immediate Release THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION STATEMENT ON THE SITUATION OF LESBIANS, GAY, BI-SEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, QUEER AND INTERSEX (LGBTQI) IN ZAMBIA By Mudford Z. Mwandenga CHAIRPERSON HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION The Human Rights Commission (the Commission) has, in the recent few days, received correspondence from various stakeholders expressing fear about the safety of suspected or real members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex (LGBTQI) community in Zambia. The expression of fear emanates from public statements made against perceived or real LGBTQI individuals following the alleged increased cases of sodomy. The Commission is...

  Tuesday, 27th September, 2022 – Happy World 🌎 Tourism Day, Rodney Malindi Sikumba courts tourists to visit Zambia 🇿🇲  By Rodney M. Sikumba, MP Minister Of Tourism 🇿🇲 “The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” – St. Augustine Happy World Tourism Day Tuesday, 27th September, 2022 This year’s World Tourism Day is under the theme “Rethinking Tourism. In the words of the UNWTO Secretary – General, Zurab Pololikashvili, at #WorldTourismDay official celebration from Bali: “The most important assets in tourism are its people and the planet. We must ensure the best...

  By Jeff Kapembwa AFRICA must unify in a Pan African manner to overcome the gurgling effects of Climate Change, COVID 19, conflicts amid frightening loses in taxes spurred by Illicit Financial Flows dwarfing the continent’s economic growth, a leading tax think tank has warned.   The threatening shocks buffeting the continent urgently demand quality and determined leadership to respond to shocks across multiple domains through adaptations and built resilience in a concerted manner to alleviate the drivers of such crises to delay their effects on the already fragile and highly indebted economies.   Speaking at a four-day-conference for African...