Daily Archives: November 19, 2022

Press Statement by the Minister of Information and Media and Chief Government Spokesperson, Hon. Chushi Kasanda, MP, ON ISSUES RAISED BY THE ZAMBIA CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS IN THEIR STATEMENT

By Hon. Chushi Kasanda, MP MINISTER OF INFORMATION AND MEDIA AND CHIEF GOVERNMENT SPOKESPERSON Saturday, 19th November, 2022. Government has taken note of the issues raised by the Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops in their statement on the ‘State of the Nation,’ dated 18th November, 2022. The statement is in line with Government’s open-door policy…

Child rights’ defenders call stakeholders to do more

Although the introduction of free education policy has increased school attendance, lack of classroom space and inadequate desks still remain a challenge, reports *Francis Lungu* These challenges are described as a violation of children’s rights to accessing quality education. During a recent symposium interface on the rights of children organised by the Zambia Civic Education…

Zambia’s Nshima Politics

By Citizen Photo-journalist Saeed Simon Banda and Derrick Sinjela, a Prisoner of Conscience (PoC) Lus4818/18 FORMER first Republican President, the late Dr. Kenneth David Buchizya Kaunda and the United National Independence Party (UNIP) ruled Zambia for 27 years from Saturday, 24th October, 1964 till Thursday, 31st October, 1991. Die-hard UNIP Zealots had a mantra: “Kumulu…