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T Njovu words of Wisdom   Last Sunday afternoon, I hosted five of my male church mates at my home. About ten of us men in our small Christian community were supposed to have met in November to organise the distribution of used items to vulnerable members of our community that we had contributed. The long delay was due to most of us being too busy. Last year we had resolved to be regularly meeting as men in our St Anthony Christian Community as a way of bonding, knowing each other better and being proactive to resolving issues of our...

ZAMBIA AIRPORTS CORPORATION AND ZTE ZAMBIA SERVICES DONATE TOWARDS COVID-19 FIGHT   The Ministry of Finance has today received substantial donations of surgical-quality facial masks from the Zambia Airports Corporation, and ZTE Zambia Services. The masks are for use by staff under the Ministry.   The donation from Zambia Airports Corporation consists nineteen-thousand-nine-hundred-and-fifty (19, 950) surgical-quality facial masks worth K150, 000, approximately, while ZTE Zambia Services has also donated surgical-quality facial masks whose value is estimated at K75, 000. Zambia Airports Corporation sent the donation via courier.   Meanwhile, receiving four (4) carton boxes containing a total of ten-thousand (10,...

REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE www.mof.gov.zm STATEMENT ON COVID-19 DONATIONS Lusaka, Friday, 15 MAY 2020 Through the Office of the Accountant General and the Controller of Internal Audit, the Ministry has been collecting reports on Covid-19 donations from other Ministries, Provinces and Agencies. In this regard, we have compiled a consolidated report of donations made to the Government of the Republic of Zambia for the period 1st March 2020 to 30th April 2020. The assessment of donations made towards the Covid-19 fight in Zambia has been done in accordance with the Public Financial Management Act, 2018, audit standards and...

ISSUED BY: Chileshe Kandeta Spokesperson MINISTRY OF FINANCE (MoF) IN a letter addressed to Finance Minister Dr BWALYA NG’ANDU, International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) Regional Director for East and Southern Africa SARA MBAGO-BHUNU has announced that Zambia is one of 59 selected countries that will benefit from IFAD’s newly established Rural Poor Stimulus Facility. Dr. MBAGO-BHUNU has also communicated that as a contribution to Zambia’s handling of economic challenges beset on rural communities by the Covid-19 pandemic, IFAD will initially give Zambia, K18.5 million.   IFAD has put in US$40 million of its own funds as seed money for...

REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA Speech By His Excellency Dr. Edgar Chagwa Lungu, President of The Republic of Zambia, at The Handover of The Ministry Of Home Affairs Housing Project Housing Units to The Zambia Correctional Service in Monze, Southern Province Saturday, 4th July, 2020 State House Lusaka     The Minister Of Home Affairs, Hon. Stephen Kampyongo, MP; The Minister For Southern Province, Hon. Dr. Edify Hamukale, MP; The Provincial Chairperson, Patriotic Front, Southern Province; Permanent Secretaries Present; Commissioner General, Zambia Correctional Service; The District Commissioner, Monze; Senior Government Officials; All Senior Officers, Superior And Subordinate Officers In The Zambia Correctional Service; Distinguished...