Category: Gender & health

*Press Statement* *Sunday, 03rd May, 2020* *Lusaka.* *Electoral Commission of Zambia should engage all political players on 2021 General Elections * We wish to advise the Electoral Commission of Zambia to avoid temptations of making decisions on behalf us the Political Players. As the Leadership Movement we take opportunity to urge the elections body to call for an urgent meeting with key stakeholders namely: <Political Parties <Civil Society < Media As the Leadership Movement we demand for the commencement of National Registration Cards Issuance and Voters Registration Issuance respectively. Finally, LM joins the rest of the world in Commerating The...

*World Press Freedom Day: Advancing Journalism Without Fear or Favour* Lusaka, Sunday 03 May 2020: Today on World Press Freedom Day (WPFD), Panos Institute Southern Africa stands in solidarity with media practitioners across Southern Africa who continue to inform and educate citizens without fear or favour, despite the many hurdles caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. WPFD is commemorated globally on 3 May to enable journalists, civil society representatives, national authorities, academics and the broader public to discuss emerging challenges to press freedom and journalists’ safety, and to work together on identifying solutions. The theme for this year’s WPFD commemoration is:...

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By Luswepo Mutepuka – Kwilanzi News Zambia Sunday 3rd May 2020 – World Press Freedom Day (WPFD)! The Health Professions Council of Zambia (HPCZ) wishes all Journalists a Happy Press Freedom Day. Your work in many ways alerts the world and through you information to save humanity is disseminated. HPCZ Registrar and CEO Bwembya Bwalya says the role of the media is vital in all sectors including health. Mr. Bwalya salutes Journalists especially this time when the world is fighting a pandemic. “We don’t know how it would have been without the media…” Mr Bwalya states. Be the first to...

PRESS RELEASE DATED SUNDAY 3RD MAY 2020 IN CELEBRATION OF WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY DATED By Linda Kasonde Executive Director Chapter One Foundation – Zambia Chapter One Foundation promotes and protects human rights, human rights defenders, constitutionalism, social justice and the rule of law in Zambia. Our aim is to promote and protect the Constitution and the rights included in it and by so doing, free the space for Zambians to fully participate in the democratic governance of the country. We recognize that press freedom plays an essential role in empowering individuals, strengthening economies, and fuelling true democracy throughout the...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday 28th April 2020 ANC WISHES PRESIDENT “KK” HAPPY 96th BIRTHDAY Today marks the 96th birthday of the first President of the Republic of Zambia, Dr Kenneth Buchizya David Kaunda. The African National Congress joins the people of Zambia and the African continent as a whole in wishing this outstanding statesman, freedom fighter and humanist, President Kaunda, a very happy 96th birthday! President Kaunda holds a special place in the hearts of our movement, our country and her people. He opened up Zambia and made it the home and headquarters of the ANC for over 30 years....

  All correspondence to be addressed to the General Secretary CCZ INTERNAL MEMO To: All CCZ Church leaders Date: 25th April 2020 Ref: Extension of the Suspension of Church Gatherings in view of the continued COVID-19. Dear Church leaders, I write to advise that it is more prudent not to lift the suspension of all public Church gatherings until further notice. We have taken note of the Presidential address, however our consultations and the reality on the ground have prompted the above stated position. As Council of Churches in Zambia (CCZ), we share the challenges that our communities around the...

By Kwilanzi News Zambia ZAMBIA Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB) President the Right Reverend George Cosmas Zumaire Lungu, currently serving as Bishop of Chipata in the Eastern Province has advised Catholics to continue praying in the safety of their respective homes, as the environment is not yet conducive to worship as congregations or Small Christian Communities. In a pastoral guidance issued, a few hours after President Edgar Chagwa Lungu allowed Churches to open, while observing guidelines issued through Heath Minister, Dr. Chitalu Chilufya, Bishop Lungu prayed that his Catholic flock would continue to follow ZCCB spiritual programs on radio, television...