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By Council of Churches in Zambia   THE Council of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) has commended the move by traditional leaders to reject the land policy which they feel disregards their role as traditional leaders. CCZ General Secretary Fr Emmanuel Chikoya says the proposal by Government to side-line Chiefs in the administration of land will result in more Zambians being displaced from their pieces of land in their own country. In a Media Statement issued by CCZ COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER Michael Mazakaza (Mr), Fr Chikoya says so far a lot of Zambians have been displaced from their pieces of land which...

By Chileshe Kandeta For/MINISTRY OF FINANCE www.mof.gov.zm Monday, 5th March, 2018 IN FEBRUARY, 2018, the Treasury released a total of K5.63 billion for developmental programmes and Government operations. Of this amount, a total of K2.14 billion was for personal emoluments for public service workers, K1.5 billion went towards debt service, and K799 billion was released for grants while the remainder of K1.22 billion went to other key programmes including capital projects. K341 million was disbursed to Ministries Provinces and Other Spending Agencies (MPSA’s) for operations and for implementation of planned programmes and activities. The Auditor General was given K15 million...

By Cibiya Magande I ENROLLED at Namaila Primary School in August 1954 as Cibiya Magande and started attending school in Sub A at the age of seven years. Namaila School had only four grades of Sub A, Sub B, Standard I and Standard II. To get to the school on time, I woke up very early in the morning. With a packed meal of either left-over nsima called mbuba, some roast maize or cibwantu, I and other pupils from my village jogged all the way to school. On the way, we washed our faces, hands and legs in the Simaila River....