Category: Sustainable Development

“Zambian and Global Journalism is Under Surveillance.” cries Brenda Nglazi Zulu

Brenda Nglazi Zulu u06Sp01goh6ic2a0o8eh  ·  Journalism Is Under Surveillance when : Publications are banned TV stations are shut down Radio stations are shut down Online publications are blocked Internet is shut down Social Media is restricted SMS is blocked Websites are hacked Websites are blocked Emails for Journalists are hacked Journalists are searched and arrested Equipment is searched, broken and confiscated Loadshedding of power is the order of the day Newsrooms are raided by caders, politicians etc Computers and Mobile phones for Journalists are hacked Listening devices are placed in newsrooms Frequencies are not allocated to some TV and Radio stations...

World Vision Zambia (WVZ) watering 50,000 Isoka residents

By Freddy Phiri in Isoka District, Muchinga Province World Vision Zambia (WVZ) Luswepo- Suwila Cluster Area Programme (LSCAP) Manager Samuel Chanda is targeting to provide water to 50,000 Isoka residents in Muchinga Province. Officiating at the 2022 World Water Day commemoration, Making Water invisible visible,’ Mr. Chanda said World Vision International (WVI) aims at bettering the livelihood of rural people beyond Zambia’s Isoka residents. Citing Kalungu, Sansanamwenje, Kantenshya, Chinyonga and Kapililonga  areas where people now have piped water, Chanda said the community-based organisation and peers continue working towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goal Number Six (6) which states: ‘Water and...

*Statement for Immedia”Ban Tobacco Adverts, Sales near Schools,” pleads ZATC’s Vice President Aaron Chansa

*Statement for Immediate Release* Kafue – Saturday, 9th April, 2022 °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° *BAN TOBACCO ADVERTS, SALES NEAR SCHOOLS – ZATC* In light of the swelling enrolments in public schools as a result of implementing Free Education, the Zambian Alliance for Tobacco Control (ZATC) is appealing to Government to ban advertising and selling of tobacco products near school premises if learners are to concentrate on school without being swayed into deviant behaviour of smoking. Display of tobacco products at points of sale near schools constitutes, in itself, advertising and promotion of the products to school-going children. This *indiscriminate and* *careless advertising* and...

Eng. Collins Njovu on resumption of issuance of timber export permits

By Rainbow Reporter Issuance of timber export permits will resume next week says Green Economy and Environment Minister Engineer Collins Njovu. Notifying members of the public and stakeholders in the timber industry Eng. Nzovu explained that resumption of issuance of Timber Export Permits (TEPS) follows remarkable progress made in the audit process instituted a few months ago on the operations of the forestry department, as well as the printing and delivery of timber export permit accountable documents (TEPADS) by the Ministry of Finance and National Planning (MoFNP). Eng. Nzovu, equally serving as UPND Alliance Nangoma Member of Parliament (MP) in...

National Health Insurance Management Authority (NHIMA) Director General James Kapesa chats with Luchi on Phoenix FM ‘Let The People Talk!’ Friday 8th April 2022

https://www.facebook.com/RadioPhoenixZambia/videos/320531206840000/?app=fbl The National Health Insurance Management Authority (NHIMA) is established pursuant to section 4 of the National Health Insurance (NHI) Act No. 2 of 2018. The compulsory National Health Insurance scheme seeks to provide for a sound and reliable healthcare financing for Zambian households and the entire health sector. The NHI Act enables NHIMA to promote Universal Health Coverage (UHC) through continuum of care that encompasses: Health promotion, Prevention of Disease, Quality curative services and Palliative and rehabilitative care.       NHIMA Registers 1m Members MICHAEL KAUMBAMARCH 22, 2022036400 Lucky Phiri-The National Health Insurance Authority – NHIMA – has...

MTN Mobile Money partners with MultiChoice Zambia to reward DStv and Gotv customers

By Rainbow Reporter ZAMBIA’S largest Mobile payment Platform, MTN Mobile Money and MultiChoice Zambia, have announced a new partnership that will allow DStv and GOtv customers win prizes for subscription payments done via MTN Mobile Money (MoMo). The competition is open only to DStv and GOtv customers who pay with MTN Mobile Money. The competition requires customers to dial *115# and select option 3 for pay bill followed by pay TV to pay instantly. Customers are also able to use the DStv/ GOtv platforms to pay for their subscriptions using MTN Mobile Money. Speaking during the launch of the partnership,...

‘Commemorate Armistice Day by Advertising Zambia’s Lake Chila

  By Ashton Kelly Bunda MOTHER Zambia and every government of the day should step-up and   impose herself  to the world by   rewrite  her successful milestone achievements  through Commemorating ‘Armistice Day’ that      remembers world war 1 and world 2 heroes ,heroines and Lake Chila in the deadliest conflict, which was fought between 1914 and 1945. Educationists and economists, the Military, hospitality industry and the media in Zambia must embark on a vigorous campaign to help market and advertise the great lake Chila situated in Mbala, formerly Abercorn, where the last gun shots of the World War 2 were fired and...

Access to Information Bill: is this the start of New Dawn summersaults?

By Nicholas Bwalya It is 20 years since proponents of the Access to Information (ATI) Bill begun their advocacy to have this important law enacted. Governments have come and gone, MMD and PF regimes all leaving the Bill to gather dust on the shelves of the Ministry of Information.   The PF government was even more daring than the MMD because in its manifesto of 2011 to 2016, the party pledged to enact the Bill into law. But as they say the rest is history. In a country that is among the top of the Corruption Perception Index, enacting the...

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