By DERRICK SINJELA, SAEED SIMON BANDA and HENRY CHUNZA GO Back to the Land Zambia has appealed to the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development to incorporate, in the new Constituency Development Fund guidelines, Civil Servant who are working and doing business in rural areas such as farming, to access the CDF Loans.…
By DERRICK SINJELA, Saeed Simon Banda and Henry Chunza Zambian Empowerment hub for Entrepreneurship and Skills training (ZEHEST) Executive Director Clarence Monde Muzyamba is calling for more women and Girls to be self-reliant through Empowerment schemes so as to end the scourge of men taking advantage of their vulnerability. Zambia is commemorating the 16 Days…
By SAEED SIMON BANDA, HENRY CHUNZA and DERRICK SINJELA US Ambassador to Zambia Micheal C. Gonzales has urged the Zambian government to operationalize the Anti Gender Based violence Fund as this is vital in supporting GBV victims. Mr. Gonzales notes that a number of GBV victims have gone unsupported due to the lack of…
By DERRICK SINJELA, HENRY CHUNZA and SAEED SIMON BANDA Gender Activist Beauty Katebe has noted with concern revelation by the United Nations that every 11 minutes, a woman or girl is killed by an intimate partner or family member around the world. Ms. Katebe has observed that incidents such as the Headman in Southern Province…
ACTIONAID & TAX EDUCATION ALLIANCE HOLD INDABA …as they lobby to increase funding to education sector Thursday, 1st December, 2022 ACTIONAID Zambia has urged authorities to amend the law regarding the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) as it has been identified as the biggest hindrance contributing to the current low absorption of the fund across the…
THE remains of Charles Lwanga, a Uganda martyr killed for his faith in Christ Jesus lies at the altar in this dome below, which is the center of prayer and adoration in Namugogo, Kampala, Uganda. Between 31st January 1885 and 27th January 1887, 45 people were brutally executed for accepting Jesus Christ in…
Join me John T Ñjovu on Pan African Radio 96.1FM from 8:00 to 9:00 hrs as I join Zambian Children, Young People and Women in Development (ZCYPWD), on Saturday, 3rd December, 2022 and other advocates commemorating the 29th International Day of Persons with Disabilities. The focus is: Transformative solutions for inclusive development: the role…
By Rainbow Newspaper Zambia Limited (RNZL) Parliamentary Journalist Friday, 2nd December, 2022 ENERGY Minister Peter Chibwe Kapala (PCK) has announced that, effective December 15, 2022, a Thursday, Zesco will begin electricity load-shedding for a period of six (6) hours each day for residential houses. Mr. Kapala says the six-hours of load-shedding daily is a worst…
MINISTRY OF FINANCE AND NATIONAL PLANNING Speech by Hon. Dr. Situmbeko Musokotwane, Minister of Finance and National Planning, during the signing ceremony of the Restructuring and Institutional Development Programme Phase Seven (RIDP VII) between the Government of the Republic of Zambia and Sweden Friday 2nd December, 2022, 15:00 hours • His Excellency, Mr. Johan Hallenborg…
Press Release Thursday, 1st December 2022 THE MultiChoice Group, an official African media broadcast partner for The Earthshot Prize, will air the prestigious competition’s annual awards ceremony which will be filmed on Friday, 2 December at the MGM Music Hall in Boston, United States. Award-winning broadcaster, podcaster and television presenter Clara Amfo returns for…
