Category: Gender & health

By Alfred A. K. Ndhlovu THE imprisonment of opposition politician, Dr. Nevers Sekwila Mumba, sent shock waves to some of us who know him as a pastor and politician. Even the charge of trespass at ZNBC premises shocked us because we do not ordinarily and necessarily obtain formal permission to enter those premises as sources of news. A heavier charge of “Criminal Trespass” cannot hold because Dr. Mumba was not armed with any lethal weapon or device to cause havoc at ZNBC. There are, of course, some politicians who walk armed with guns, but Dr. Mumba may not be one...

  By Matthews Mulenga in Luanshya, Copperbelt Province Patriotic Front (PF) Copperbelt Youth Chairperson Nathan Chanda says those that have moved a motion calling for the impeachment of President Edgar Chagwa Lungu only want to paint Zambia black. Mr. Chanda, currently serving as Luanshya Mayor says opposition parties wants to make the international community to think that they have garnered sufficient numbers backing what he termed a selfish motion to impeach President Lungu. Chanda says some politicians want to use the back door to get into power the Head of State is difficult to beat using ballots hence a selfish...

By Chibaula David Silwamba, Ministry of National Development Planning Spokesperson in Bamako, Mali, Friday, 6th April 2018 NATIONAL Development Planning Minister Alexander Chiteme says the Green Climate Fund support to Zambia’s agriculture and renewable energy sectors will contribute to accelerating development aspirations. Mr. Chiteme is delighted that the 19th Board Meeting of the GCF in February this year approved two Zambian projects in the agriculture and energy sectors, which are within the priority sectors of the 2016-2021 Seventh National Development Plan (SNDP). Chiteme, currently serving as Patriotic Front (PF) Nkana Member of Parliament (MP), is elated that the GCF Board...

By Natasha Maimuna Banda Saturday 6th April 2015 CHILD Rights Activists have restated a need for global society to embrace disabled persons as their physical status is not a choice. Activists reiterated during a Easter Saturday 4th April 2015 Pan African Radio 105.1FM Zambian Children and Young People and Women in Development (ZCYPWD) that time had come for society to appreciate disabled persons as people differently abled. During the interactive programme Zambian Children and Young People and Women in Development, the panel and callers emphasised that disability must not be regarded as inability to contribute to personal, national and international progress. The...