Category: Sustainable Development

By Mukuka Jackson Nawa – Poet, Writer, Political commentator, Youth Activist, Good governance Activist Definition +260 95 5199447 STREET children are poor or homeless children who live on the streets of a city, town, or village. Homeless youth are often called street kids or street child ; the definition of street children is contested, but many practitioners and policymakers use UNICEF’s concept of boys and girls, aged under 18 years, for whom “the street” (including unoccupied dwellings and wasteland) has become home and/or their source of livelihood, and who are inadequately protected or supervised. NOTE: In everyday speech, people may...

…as CLRI opposes deployment of soldiers By Derrick Sinjela CONTINENTAL Leadership Research Institute (CLRI) Executive Director Mundia Paul Hakoola has described recent violence witnessed in Lusaka’s densely populated Kanyama Township as a retrogressive occurrence. With barely a few nine (9) days towards the Thursday 12th August 2021 Presidential, Parliamentary and Local Government Election, a worried Hakoola expressed regret over the noted politically instigated fight involving the Patriotic Front (PF) and the United Party for National Development (UPND). In Tuesday 3rd August 2021 Media Statement, Hakoola says aside from deterring active citizen participation in politics, electoral and political violence ultimately results...

FRA buys 22,350 x 50 bags of white maize in Chadiza By Daniel Bili in Chadiza, Eastern Province reporting for ZANIS The Food Reservce Agency has bought 22,350 by 50 Kg bags of white maize in Chadiza District of the Eastern Province since the opening of the 2021 marketing season. ZANIS reports that K1.5 million has been paid to farmers that sold their commodity to the Food Reserve Agency. Chadiza District Commissioner George Phiri confirmed the purchase of maize in various FRA depots to ZANIS on Friday 30th July, 2021. Mr. Phiri appealed to the rest of farmers to bring...