Category: Gender & health

Elias Chipimo Jr. (born September 1965) is a Zambian politician and the president of the National Restoration Party. He previously worked as a corporate lawyer and human rights activist.[1]   Personal History   Chipimo is the third boy in a family of seven. He grew up in Lusaka, but also lived in the United Kingdom, where his father served as a diplomat in the late 1960s. Chipimo’s father (and namesake) made a speech to the Law Association of Zambia in 1980 which marked the start of his confrontation with the leadership of the ruling UNIP led by Kenneth Kaunda. Professional...

30th August, 2017                                                                           Royal Crown Prince Bryce Mfune, Hon. Lawrence J. Sichalwe,                                                     Head of Chief Mphamba Royal Minster of Chiefs and Traditional Affairs,                                          Family of the Tumbuka people, Lusaka                                                                                     Mphamba Royal Village, Zambia                                                                                                P.O BOX 530033, Lusaka. CELL: 0955 771 143 Hon. Minister, TUMBUKA SUBJECTS DEMAND DISMISSAL OF MORRIS NDHLOVU AS CHIEF MPHAMBA A unanimous call by Tumbuka Subjects have demanded that Morris Ndhlovu Crown Chief Mphamba should be dismissed from his throne due to his senseless crude rule.  (Find attached letter from Tumbuka subjects). I as Head of the Chief Mphamba Royal family have been...

Friday, 23rd September, 2016 The House met at 0900 hours The Clerk read the Proclamation ELECTION OF SPEAKER, FIRST DEPUTY SPEAKER AND SECOND DEPUTY SPEAKER The Clerk of the National Assembly (Mrs D. K. K. Mwinga): Hon. Members, allow me to preface my address by congratulating you, on behalf of the National Assembly of Zambia and, indeed, on my own behalf on your successful election to this august House in the 11th August, 2016, General Election. I also congratulate those who have been nominated to be hon. Members of this House. Hon. Members: Hear, hear! The Clerk of the National...

By Dr. Canisius Banda – Public Health Specialist [The Illustrative and Repeating Case of His Vessels] We come. And we go. What really matters is what we do in between. As Father Charles Chilinda of St Ignatius Catholic Church puts it, what matters is whether we are goats or sheep. That is what counts. He was here. And now he is gone. He was born Joseph Mwenya, without a title, an unknown from a remote village whose name only its inhabitants know in Mporokoso, the son of a teacher. Like his father, he eventually became a teacher. Without one at...

By Mildred Kaunda | +260 977 989545 | mildred@cuttingedge.co.zm and Andrew Chinambu   CHIPATA, Zambia. August. 30, 2017–Cargill has reached agreement withParrogate Ginnery Ltd.to purchase Cargill’s cotton gin, maize mill as well as land, buildings and equipment associated with Cargill’s operationsin Chipata, Zambia. The transaction is subject to clearance by the relevant competition authorities.   In Parrogate Ginnery Ltd., Cargillhas found a buyer who will secure a future for the cotton and maize operations in Chipata. Parrogate Ginnery Ltd.’s extensive experience with cotton origination and ginning operationsin Zambia, Zimbabwe and Malawi, as well as its considerable network in the region...