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  Bank of Zambia MONETARY POLICY COMMITTEE STATEMENT Monetary Policy Rate cut by afurther 125 basis points to 8.0% At its August 17-18, 2020 Meeting, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) lowered the Monetary Policy Rate by a further 125 basis points to 8.0% to safeguard the stability of the financial sector, peoples ‘ lives and livelihoods in the wake ofthe COVID-19 pandemic. Although projected to remain above the upper bound of the 6-8% medium-term target range, inflation is expected to steadily decline and reach the upper bound by the end of the forecast horizon]. This is premised on the expected...

    Saturday 15th August 2020 Press Statement on Council of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) Staff Work Virtually From Home (WVFH) By Rev. Canon Emmanuel Chikoya GENERAL SECRETARY Stand No. 377A, Ecumenical Centre Bishop Road, Kabulonga P.O. Box 30315 Lusaka – Zambia Tel: 260-211-267744 Tel/Fax: 260-211-267740 E-mail: irifo@ccz.org.zm View this post on Instagram Saturday 15th August 2020 Press Statement on Council of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) Staff Work Virtually From Home (WVFH) By Rev. Canon Emmanuel Chikoya GENERAL SECRETARY Stand No. 377A, Ecumenical Centre Bishop Road, Kabulonga P.O. Box 30315 Lusaka – Zambia Tel: 260-211-267744 Tel/Fax: 260-211-267740 E-mail: irifo@ccz.org.zm www.ccz.org.zm...

UPND Sunday 16th August 2020 Press Statement on Handouts cannot take PEOPLE out of poverty; create jobs By Percy Chanda United Party for National Development (UPND) – Chairperson for Mines and Freedom Fighter HANDOUTS in whatever form cannot take people out of poverty. The Patriotic Front (PF) is giving fish to people instead of teaching them how to fish. PF should consider equipping the youths with survival skills that will sustain them for the rest of their lives. PF should revamp the dead industrial base to support the mining industry in order to create jobs. Giving people pocket money is...

Saturday 15th August 2020 Press Release by The Law Association of Zambia By Sokwani Peter Chilembo Honorary Secretary – Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) THE Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) has followed with keen interest what has been prevailing in the country over the past few days in relation to the measures that have been put in place by the Government to fight Covid-19, and the enforcement mechanisms that have been adopted to this effect by the Zambia Police Service. We confirm that as LAZ, this is an issue that falls well within our mandate as prescribed in Section 4...

MINISTRY OF NATIONAL GUIDANCE AND RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS SPEECH BY HONOURABLE MINISTER, REV. MRS. GODFRIDAH SUMAILI, MP AT THE CHURCH &RELIGIOUS BODIES/ STATE DIALOGUE PLATFORM HELD ON 13TH AUGUST, 2020Government Complex, Lusaka • THE PERMANENT SECRETARIES PRESENT, • THE SENIOR CLERGY AND REPRESENTATIVES OF OTHER RELIGIOUS, ORGANISATIONS PRESENT, • ALL DIRECTORS PRESENT , • ALL SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS PRESENT, • ALL STAKEHOLDERS REPRESENTED, • THE MEDIA, • DISTINGUISHED GUESTS, • LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I AM DELIGHTED TO OFFICIATE AT THIS VERY IMPORTANT MEETING AT WHICH GOVERNMENT THROUGH THE MINISTRY OF NATIONAL GUIDANCE AND RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS, THE CHURCH AND OTHER RELIGIOUS BODIES...