Category: Gender & health

Kafue, Thursday, 24th October 2024 – Helga Matanda Anscombe Foundation today, Thursday, 24th of October, 2024 decided to gift ZC Kafue marketeers with chitenge materials dawning colours of the Zambian flag, which are red, green, black and orange. The foundation which was established a year ago gave out 100 2×1 meter chitenge materials to women marketeers that were busy selling a range of food stuffs at ZC market in Kafue district, in celebration of this year’s independence day. “We thought of putting a smile on the faces of the hardworking mothe’s by giving them chitenge materials,” explained Helga Tessa Matanda,...

Zambian’s 60th Independence Anniversary Message By Mwizenge S. Tembo, Ph. D. Emeritus Professor of Sociology Monday October 21, 2024 I was 10 years old when I attended the Tamanda Dutch Reformed Mission Boys’ Boarding School in the remote district of Chipata right on the border with the Southern African country of Malawi on 24th October 1964. This was 58 years ago from 1964 to 1966 when I did my Standard 3 (now Grade 5) to Grade 7. Mr. Elisa Phiri was a short Headmaster who had red fierce eyes, also my great English teacher. This was two years after the...

Chilanga Cement PLC Plants 600 Fruit Trees in Schools in Chilanga and Ndola to Commemorate Zambia’s 60th Independence Anniversary Mwembeshi, Chilanga – 17 October 2024: In celebration of Zambia’s 60th Independence Anniversary, Chilanga Cement Plc, in partnership with CSR Network Zambia, hosted a tree-planting initiative today at Mwembeshi Secondary School. The event, which saw the planting of 300 fruit trees, was attended by several distinguished guests, including government officials, local leaders, and members of the community. This initiative is part of Chilanga Cement’s broader commitment to environmental sustainability and the fight against climate change. It follows similar activities held last...