Category: Gender & health

By Zambia Medical Association Media Team THE Zambia Medical Association (ZMA) is in the process of developing a 100 Bed capacity specialized private hospital to sit on the 5-acre piece of land located on the road frontage of Mumbwa road, 7 km from Lusaka CBD. The project is estimated to cost $15m, and being a not-for-profit organization, ZMA has facilitated the formation of an autonomous business entity called the Zambia Medical Association Cooperative (ZMAC) that will partner with ZMA members and the business community to capitalise this project, and oversee the subsequent construction and development of the hospital. In light of...

By Linda Kasonde Executive Director, Chapter One Foundation Signed for and on behalf of the following CSOs: We, the undersigned civil society organisations, note the proposed changes to the law regulating the cyber space in form of the Cyber Security and Cyber Crimes Bill of 2021. While it is imperative to ensure the safety of the public at large against cyber security threats, this must invariably be balanced with the right to freedom of expression and the need to maintain the right to privacy enjoyed by all members of the public. We wish to state from the outset that while several...

  By Derrick Sinjela and Francis Maingaila Bank of Zambia (BoZ) Governor Christopher Mphanza Mvunga has adjusted the Monetary Policy Rate upwards by 50 basis points to 8.50 %. In a Wednesday 17th February 2021 Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) Statement, Mr. Mvunga explained that the decision to adjust the Monetary Policy Rate upwards by 50 basis points to 8.50% was arrived at during a February 15 – 16, 2021 Monetary Policy Committee Meeting in Lusaka. Franked by BoZ Deputy Governor – Operations Dr. Francis Chipimo and Deputy Governor -Adminstration Ms. Rekha Chifuwe-Mhango, Mvunga reiterated that the adjustment had been necessitated...