Category: Gender & health

Zambian opposition parties are vision less By Theresa Kalenga United Party for National Development (UPND) Alliance Media Director Thabo Kawana is laughing at opposition politicians for lacking foresight. In an apparent reference to delayed appointment of Cabinet Ministers and Senior Civil Servants, Mr. Kawana argued that it is both ridiculous and ludicrous for such sentiment to be raised. Kawana says the uncoordinated outbursts from the opposition are not worthy debutting, stressing that clearly indicating that the Patriotic Front (PF) and it’s surrogates have not settled down in opposition politics “The UPND Alliance Administration is still in transition and not in...

Wednesday August 25, 2021 LUSAKA-Zambia is getting ready and positioning itself to be an agricultural hub and food basket for the southern African region. The country which has been predominantly a copper mining economy, is now embracing partnerships from agricultural advanced countries such as Russia, Portugal and China in a stride to diversify its productive sectors. Economic experts have observed that during the first decade of the 21st century Zambia’s economy posted one of the fastest rates of growth in Africa, with its capital Lusaka being among the fastest growing cities on the African continent. Decrease in copper prices has...

By Derrick Sinjela CONTINENTAL Leadership Research Institute (CLRI) Executive Director Mundia Paul Hakoola says a rigging complaint attributed to Dr. Edgar Chagwa Lungu is an undemocratic stance. Mr. Hakoola is aggrieved that hearing excuses from a sitting Head of State and Government that the Thursday 12th August, 2021 Presidential, Parliamentary and Local Government elections were not conducted in a free, fair and credible manner raise more eyebrows than outright answers. In a Saturday 14th August, 2021 Press Statement after Special Assistant to the President for Press and Public Relations, Mr. Issac Chipampe had issued a Dr. Lungu’s complaint, Mr. Hakoola...

By Derrick Sinjela Zambia Chamber of Mines, a body representing mining and allied companies led by President, Dr Godwin Beene noted with concern the major electricity outage that occurred on Sunday, 8th August, 2021. Dr Godwin Beene regretted that the power outage adversely impacted the day’s mining operations in the midst of the prevailing Copper bull market, still yearning for more supplies. Though employees across the Chamber membership completed shifts without incident of injury or worse,” Dr. Beene expressed sadness that  open pit production in the North-Western Province was adversely affected. “Chamber member operations there have since returned to normal....