Category: Gender & health

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...

By Kwilanzi News Zambia COUNCIL of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) General Secretary Reverend Father Canon Emmanuel Chikoya prods Zambian government thoroughly scrutiny mining investors, in an apparent reference to Mopani Copper Mines Plc is a Zambian registered copper mine owned by Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines (ZCCM-IH) with10 per cent shares, Glencore Plc at 73.1 per cent shares and First Quantum Minerals Limited with 16.9 per cent shares. Rendering a pastoral advice, Canon Chikoya spiritually viewed happening at Mopani Copper Mines (MCM) in Kitwe and Mufulira on the Copperbelt Province as a lesson to Government through Mines Minister, Richard Musukwa to...

Quotes by Steve Biko Archive Category: Quotes “The blacks are tired of standing at the touchlines to witness a game that they should be playing. They want to do things for themselves and all by themselves.” Letter to SRC Presidents, I Write What I Like, 1978. “Black Consciousness is an attitude of the mind and a way of life, the most positive call to emanate from the black world for a long time. Its essence is the realisation by the black man of the need to rally together with his brothers around the cause of their oppression – the blackness...

Fellow countrymen and women, My Government, through the Ministry of Health, has continued to effectively implement the COVID-19 Contingency and Response Plan by heightening surveillance and contact tracing; while undertaking mass screening and testing within communities and points of entry, among others. The above-mentioned continuous COVID-19 interventions where undertaken in the last 24 hours, and revealed that; Zambia recorded zero (0) COVID-19 positive cases during the period (i.e. the last 24 hours). The country has 39 active cases of COVID-19 in admission and receiving treatment. I am heartened by the five (05) new recoveries from COVID-19 which were recorded in...

CHURCHES ARE FREE TO DECIDE By Isaac Chipampe Special Assistant to the President (Press And Public Relations) State House LUSAKA, (Saturday, 25th April, 2020)—–State House would like to clarify that His Excellency, Dr Edgar Chagwa Lungu, President of the Republic of Zambia, has not directed churches to open. In his address to the nation Friday, the President said; “I have decided that some activities such as the following may continue being undertaken normally subject to adhering to public health regulations, guidelines and certification: 1) Places of Worship may congregate while observing social distancing, mandatory face masks, hand sanitising, and hand...

By Kwilanzi News Zambia The National Democratic Congress, NDC, President Dr. Chishimba Kambwili says President Edgar Chagwa Lungu does not deserve to remain in power as Head of State as he has made decisions that are at variance with those of citizens. In a Friday 24th April 2020 Press Statement issued by NDC Spokesperson- Saboi Imboela in Lusaka, Dr. Kambwili protested that President Lungu continues making decisions that politically benefit him as an individual and not those that are collectively good for all Zambian citizens. In an apparent response to President Lungu’s partial unlocking of some economic sectors, Dr. Kambwili...