Category: Gender & health

CHASEFU EMPOWERMENT SUPPORT TRUST – (ChEST) DONATES TOWARDS THE FIGHT AGAINST CORONA VIRUS. Chasefu district receives a short in the arm from a renourned NGO operating in the district towards the fight against COVID 19 or Corona virus that has claimed thousands of lives world over and Zambia has since recorded two (2) deaths to date. The fight against this desease can not be left to Government alone as the effects of the pandemic are so devastating and overwhelming to the people and the economy. It is for this particular reason that the board of ChEST lead by Mr Misheck...

Open letter from Addis Ababa How We Love Foreign Things! By Ambassador Emmanuel Mwamba OUR most eminent persons in the economic sector have issued an uncharacteristic open letter and in summary said Zambia should rush back to the IMF to obtain a financial package and programme and halt any borrowings as a panacea solution to our “economic crisis”. So one would be persuaded to respond to this missive in a similar manner. When you invite the gallery through an open letter, anyone can respond to the issues raised. So I’ve taken the privilege to respond. Let’s start with the assertions...

JCTR Press Statement on Measures to Cushion Poor Households in the Wake of COVID-19 April 15, 2020 For Immediate Release The Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR) is of the view that amidst the fight against COVID-19, there is a need for mechanisms to be put in place that will protect and safeguard human dignity. The JCTR is therefore appealing to the Government to utilize the Disaster management and Mitigation Unit (DMMU) to ensure that vulnerable and poor households do not face starvation as Government implements restriction of citizens’ movements and operations of some businesses to curb spread of COVID-19....

SPEECH BY BISHOP MOSES HAMUNGOLE AT THE HAND OVER CEREMONY OF DONATED ITEMS FROM C&S INVESTMENTS LTD TO ZCCB IN RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC TUESDAY 14TH APRIL 2020 On behalf of the Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB) and indeed on my own behalf, I wish to take this opportunity, first of all, to extend our Easter greetings to you: “May the grace and joy of the Risen Christ be with you all!” As Christians, the Resurrection of our Lord Jesus gives us a sure hope that God is with us and will lead us from the darkness that...

LUSAKA, Monday, 13 April 2020  Treasury Statement For Immediate Release – Zambia and South Africa have formed a private sector working group to create a framework that is targeted at ensuring the smooth flow of essential goods and services, during the Covid19 lockdown of most Southern African Development Community [SADC] countries. Deputy Secretary to Cabinet CHRISTOPHER MVUNGA will chair the working group. At the economic sustainability and emergence purpose meeting held in Lusaka, Thursday, the two countries discussed the necessity of ensuring that South African Chain Stores operating in Zambia open their doors wider to local producers and suppliers to...