Category: Gender & health

  CiSCA Statement on the Fall of Bill 10 Lusaka, Friday 30th October 2020: The Civil Society Constitution Agenda (CiSCA) joins the rest of Zambia in celebrating the fall of the infamous Bill 10. The fall was the only logical conclusion because the National Dialogue Act and its accompanying National Dialogue Forum gave birth to a stillborn Bill 10. We further resoundingly applaud the patriotic judicious Members of Parliament that refused to betray the people of Zambia. By defeating Bill 10 in Parliament after so many ploys by the PF Government and their cronies to hoodwink Zambians into believing that if...

About Us The Centre for Trade Policy and Development(CTPD) is a non-profit, membership based trade policy think tank established in 2004. Formerly known as the ‘Civil Society Trade Network of Zambia’ (CSTNZ), the organisation has progressed from being a network to being a think tank. The organisation is affiliated to Africa Trade Networks (ATN), Our World Is Not For Sale Network (OWINFS), Southern African People Solidarity Network (SAPSN) and has a membership of 16 local Non-governmental Organisations and individual members. CTPD aims to promote equitable pro-poor trade policies and practices in Zambia through trade reform at national, regional and international...

THE DEATH OF A YOUNG LION…James Kasanda Musendeka Lukuku By Dr. Cephas Mukuka Political Researcher I WOKE up early on the Sunday 1st November 2020 not to exercise as I do on daily basis, but to write my assignments from school. Suddenly I went into a trance,I saw myself writing a message of condolence; it was on James Kasanda Musendeka Lukuku, and that he had died. Slightly after 5 minutes I got a call from my elder brother, Charles Mukuka , from Ndola. The message was that the Republucan Progressive Party (RPP), President Lukuku had died. I then explained the...

Zambia Airways is a game changer, brags Mutotwe Kafwaya …as CAA grants Zambia Airways Limited Aviation Operators License Certificate By Derrick Sinjela in Lusaka, Zambia TRANSPORT and Communications Minister Mutotwe Kafwaya says once she takes to the sky, Zambian Airways will change the hospitality and economic profile. Speaking as he witnessed Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Director General Gabriel Lesa hand-over an Air Operators Aviation License to Zambia Airways Limited Chief Executive Officer Bruk Endeshaw, Mr. Kafwaya rejoiced over a milestone that will anchor domestic, regional and international hospitality. Mr. Kafwaya, who is Patriotic Front (PF) Lunte Member of Parliament (MP)...

Kwacha needs strong local policy backing to act as a ‘shifting spinner’ on dynamic local market trends! …writes Kelvin Chisanga The Kwacha is on a serious sinking spin, our native currency is under some strict pressure. Its high time that the country reflected on investing in its local content, in-country industrialization processes, and also objectively look at some motivating market driven-policies to boost productivity and advance the economy to higher heights but we will have to work on strengthening regulatory and legal framework in order to encourage local brand confidence amongst the Zambian citizenry. The Kwacha’s devaluation has in the...