Category: Gender & health

2023 BUDGET ADDRESS BY HONOURABLE DR. SITUMBEKO MUSOKOTWANE, MP, MINISTER OF FINANCE AND NATIONAL PLANNING DELIVERED TO THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY 2023 BUDGET ADDRESS BY HONOURABLE DR. SITUMBEKO MUSOKOTWANE, MP, MINISTER OF FINANCE AND NATIONAL PLANNING DELIVERED TO THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ON FRIDAY, 30TH SEPTEMBER, 2022 1. Madam Speaker, I beg to movethat the House do now resolve into Committee of Supply on the Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure for the period 1st January, 2023 to 31st December, 2023 presented to the National Assembly on Friday, 30th September, 2022. This is pursuant to Article 202 of the Constitution of Zambia (Amendment)...

A bus travel in a Lusaka Thursday 29th September 2022 by Derrick Sinjela Rainbow Zambia Kwilanzi New Zambia https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1431301514031553&id=1065490466 CFAO-Stanbic (Z) in car ownership agreement  Editor 9 hours ago …Ursic says the agreement opens the doors to a new car for the emerging middle class of aspiring young professionals and families who will be able to get on the road and their broader horizon. Ursic By Francis Maingaila Lusaka (29-09-22-Zambia24) – CFAO Motors Zambia road and Limited, the country’s largest car distributor has signed a car ownership agreement with one of Zambia’s leading financial institutions, Stanbic Bank Zambia. CFAO Motors...

  By Derrick Sinjela PERHAPS taking cognizance of high poverty, high unemployment and high income inequality, and invariably lower interest rates, have resulted in Toyota distributor, CFAO Motors and STANBIC to actualize a loan vehicle ownership partnership. Speaking moments before a Nangwenya Road launch, CFAO Motors Zambia Limited National Sales and Marketing Manager, responsible for Toyota Automark brands, Andreja Ursic emphasized that lower interest rates had accelerated a new partnership between CFAO Motors and STANBIC Bank, enabling people to realistically own a dream car. On his part, STANBIC Bank Head of Vehicle and Asset Finance, Horis Mainza painted the enviable...

THE NATIONAL BUDGET [The Required Case of its Character and Emphases] _________________ It is called the national budget for a reason. It is OUR budget. We are Zambia’s nationals. Our voices, irregardless of how acerbic and unpleasant they might be, are required and should be heard Collectively, we are the employers of Hakainde HICHILEMA and his government. We remain the masters. They serve us Situmbeko MUSOKOTWANE, Zambia’s finance minister, will on Friday, 30th September, 2022, present to the nation our 2023 budget through parliament. The performance of his last United Party for National Development (UPND) budget puts egg on his...

Tuesday, 27th September, 2022 Press Release For Immediate Release THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION STATEMENT ON THE SITUATION OF LESBIANS, GAY, BI-SEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, QUEER AND INTERSEX (LGBTQI) IN ZAMBIA By Mudford Z. Mwandenga CHAIRPERSON HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION The Human Rights Commission (the Commission) has, in the recent few days, received correspondence from various stakeholders expressing fear about the safety of suspected or real members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex (LGBTQI) community in Zambia. The expression of fear emanates from public statements made against perceived or real LGBTQI individuals following the alleged increased cases of sodomy. The Commission is...