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Council Churches of Zambia (CCZ) Social and Economic Justice Programme Officer Andisen Zulu has bemoaned the low percentage of Zambians who have birth certificate documents. Mr. Zulu says the low percentage of Zambians who have birth certificates is due to the fact that the system is not decentralized. He has urged Zambians to realize that acquiring a birth certificate is an important process which must be given attention. Meanwhile Mr. Zulu says so far over  one thousand  six hundred  have been issued with birth certificates since the program started early this year. This year Council of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) in partnership with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) launched children welfare hubs project that are being implemented in Lusaka province. The project is being hosted by CCZ member churches namely united church of Zambia-mount olive in Chongwe, reformed Church of Zambia in Chawama, Reformed Church of Zambia in Liba...

Lusaka Water and Sewerage Company has shut down water supply to some parts of the city which are supplied through the main transmission line from Iolanda Water Treatment Plant in Kafue in order to facilitate emergency repair works at the intake station. LWSC Public Relations Manager Patson Phiri says the interruption will result from ZESCO maintenance works in Chilanga which will affect the LWSC booster station. He adds that as a result of the shut down some parts of the city will experience water supply interruptions mainly on Sunday 21 st October 2018 from 06 hours to 18 hours. Mr. Phiri further adds that other parts of the city which are supplied through LWSC industrial boreholes will not be affected. He says the works being undertaken are part of the us $355 million Lusaka water supply, sanitation and drainage project with support from the millennium challenge corporation. Mr. Phiri has encouraged residents to store enough water for use on Sunday and Monday...

TV owners have threatened to plug off their signals from Topstar by 31st of August this year if the signal carrier does not address their demands. Among the demands they want to be addressed include revenue sharing, Scroller, Quality and transmission costs as they have ascertained that Topstar is exploiting them. They have also complained that running TV is an expensive venture and that there is no way they can be providing Topstar free content when they are reaping through subscription. Speaking during a Stakeholder Meeting Organized by Topstar, Revelation TV owner Stanford Chifitah proposed that local TV stations on the Topstar Platform switch off their signal if their demands are to be taken seriously. Dr. Chifitah feels that some TV owners are entering into contracts with Topstar without the knowledge of their colleagues in the TV industry. And Prime TV proprietor Gerald Shawa says Topstar is not serious in engaging with TV owners to address the many concer...

Some opposition political parties have welcomed the conviction and sentencing of former  Ministry of Health Chief Human Resource Officer Henry  Kapoko and four others for corruption and theft involving k 6 million. Mr. Kapoko who was arrested by the ACC in 2009 following the unearthing of a scam involving corruption, theft, and money laundering at the Ministry of Health was on Thursday with four others sentenced to 18 years imprisonment for corruption and theft involving k 6 million. The sentence includes five years each for theft, 5 years for money laundering and a further nine for theft by public servant. But Opposition United Party for National Development UPND Secretary General Steven Katuka says the trial and sentencing of Kapoko and four others for corruption and theft for embezzling public funds should serve as a lesson to government officers to shun from engaging in corruption. Mr. Katuka says such a punishment would serve as a deterrent for Zambians who want to ...

Zambia Religious Council (ZRC) Executive Director, Howard Banda has expressed concern at the increasing levels of tribal tension in the Country. Mr Banda says contrary to the perception that there is political tension in the country, what is there is tribal tension. He says there is need therefore to address tribal tension. Mr Banda says the church should demonstrate leadership and address the issue of tribalism openly which he says is affecting progress and unity. And Mr. Banda has doubted if the pending dialogue will achieve its intended purpose stressing that the three mother bodies namely Council of Churches in Zambia (CCZ), Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia (EFZ) and Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB), are divided.

The Prisons Care and Counseling Association (PRISCCA) has called on the Electoral Commission of Zambia to start registering remandees and convicted prisoners as voters. PRISCA Executive Director, Dr Godfrey Malembeka says despite the ruling by the Constitutional Court that remandees and convicted prisoners who have appealed their cases will now be allowed to vote in elections, nothing is being done to ensure that these people are registered as voters. Dr. Malembeka says there is need for the Zambia Correctional Service Commissioner General to undertake a vigorous mobilization exercise and sensitize the prisoners on the need to register as voters. He says his organization expected prisoners to participate in the forthcoming Mayoral by-election and other elections the country is having. Dr. Malembeka says the ECZ should have used the Mayoral by-election as an opportunity to perfect the tools they are developing so that they know what to do as 2021 draws closer. In August Last Year ...

The Federation of Free Trade Unions of Zambia (FFTUZ) has expressed concern at the high number of Unions mushrooming across the Country. FFTUZ President Chingati Msiska says the mushrooming of trade unions has weakened the labor movement's voice in the country. And Mr. Msiska has advised the Trade Unions to stop fighting among themselves but concentrate on improving working conditions for the workers. He has emphasized that what unions should strive is to ensure that they champion a labor awareness programs to advocate for improvement of working conditions and policies as well as creating knowledge about workers rights. Mr. Msiska has reminded trade unions in the country that their main goal is to improve living standard of workers through awareness on rights for workers at workplace and through good policies and working conditions.