Category: Education

Charles Chanda’s land acquisition empowerment reduces Zambia’s housing deficit By Derrick Sinjela in Kasama, Northern Province, Zambia A WORKING visit to the Northern Province had resulted in United Prosperous and Peaceful Zambia (UPPZ) President Charles Chanda acquiring a 400 hectare farm block and a 250 plot site land in Kasama. A practical Mr. Chanda is in the Northern Province inspecting UPPZ projects, bragging that the party is the only one in Zambia with a countrywide infrastructure project in Central, Copperbelt, Eastern, Luapula, Lusaka, Muchinga, Northern, North-Western, Southern and Western provinces. In addition, Chanda has secured 1,900 hectares of land in...

CCZ calls for ‘Expeditious Investigations into How and Why the ‘Convicted Killers’ had access to details of their ‘Victmins’ Press Release Thursday 3rd June 2021 By Reverend Canon Emmanuel Y. Chikoya The General Secretary Stand No. 377A, Ecumenical Centre Bishop Road, Kabulonga P.O. Box 30315 Lusaka – Zambia Tel: 260-211-267744 TellFax: 260-211-267740 E-mail.irifo@ccz.org.zm www.ccz.org.zm The Council of Churches in Zambia has received with shock the story of two convicts reported to have gone on rampant raping and murdering innocent nine women and later burying them at Mukuyu farms after escaping custody from Mukobeko Correctional leaving the bereaved families in tears...

ZTP’s Ellen Makinishi calls for enhanced support towards Private Sector Development By Derrick Sinjela “The private sector in Zambia, like in many other developing countriesis key to spur economic growth and development,” laments Private Sector Enhancement (PSE) Specialist – ZambiaTax Platform Ellen Makinishi. If effectively managed, Ms. Makinishi says the sector has potential to address most of the economic challenges that the country grapples with. As a base, mixing human skills and investment, Makinishi tagged the private sector as critical in transforming people’s lives and addressing challenges of poverty reduction, job creation, access to critical goods and services, contributions to...

MHUNZA’s Mwisala de Villiers backs ‘COMMIT TO QUIT Smoking’ By Derrick Sinjela During a Zambia Tobacco Control Consortium Press Conference at Longacres Lodge in Lusaka on Monday 31st May 2021, Mental Health Users Network of Zambia (MHUNZA) Content and Media Manager Mwisala de Villiers reiterated that MHUNZA greatly supports the slogan ‘COMMIT TO QUIT’ as smoking affects so many people within the mental health community. While it is a known fact that many with mental illness actually smoke as a means of self medicating, Ms. de Villiers pointed out that they are new findings indicating that smokers are doubly at...

Tobacco is a silent killer, cries Prof. Fastone Matthew Goma By Derrick Sinjela THE World Health Organisation (WHO) World No Tobacco Day theme on Monday 31st May 2021 is ‘Quit tobacco to be a winner’ with Zambia Tobacco Control Consortium (ZTCC) Chairperson Professor Fastone Matthew Goma leading the fight, during commemoration Media Briefing convened by Center for Primary Care Research (CPCR) Director at Longacres Lodge in Lusaka. During an interactive briefing witnessed by CPCR Projects Manager Ms. Charity Syatalimi, Anti-Alcohol and Drug Abuse of Zambia (AADAZ) Executive Director Evelyn Moloka, Mental Health Users Network of Zambia (MHUNZA) Content and Media...

By Derrick Sinjela and Ashton Kelly Bunda SPECIAL Representative of the UN Secretary General to the African Union Hanna Serwah Tetteh, will visit Zambia read a Friday 28 May 2021 communication circulated by United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) National Information Officer Mark Maseko. According to Mr. Maseko, the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General to the African Union and Head of the United Nations Office to the African Union, Hanna Serwah Tetteh, will visit Zambia from Sunday 30th May to Friday 4th June 2021, as part of the United Nations’ continued engagement and support to Zambia ahead of the August...

  By Ashton Kelly Bunda and Derrick Sinjela UNIVERSITY of Zambia (UNZA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for Centre of Engaged Excellence (CoEE) with Road Development Agency (RDA) for the development of climate resilient infrastructure standards and codes for the transport sector in Zambia on Friday, 21st May 2021. The MoU has been signed between RDA, Ministry of Transport and Communications (MTC), Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA), National Council for Construction (NCC), UNZA, Mulungushi University (MU), Copperbelt University (CBU) and the NTU International as a consultancy firm. In a Friday 21st May 2021 Media Statement, Damaseke Chibale...

… to Derrick Sinjela and other citizens By Fresher Siwale –President of the New Labour Party (NLP) ‘Truth be Told’ the ‘Financial Sector in Zambia’ is in limbo and cannot be relied upon to undertake national development. And this ‘State of Affairs’ has a history but unfortunately the powers that be have been neglecting to address the problem either they are ignorant and do not understand the problem or it is sheer negligence. The problem of our financial sector started with the ‘Mortgage Crisis’ of 1972, which remains unresolved to date. Zambia happens to be the first nation on earth...