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Covid-19 and the escalating assault on press freedom across Southern Africa By Tatenda Mazarura• 25 May 2021 With the world’s attention focused on combating Covid-19 governments in Southern Africa have taken advantage of the health crisis to escalate censorship, overlook or allow ill treatment of journalists and impose restrictions to silence free speech. (Photo: medpagetoday.com/Wikipedia) With the world’s attention focused on combating Covid-19 governments in southern Africa have taken advantage of the health crisis to escalate censorship, overlook or allow ill-treatment of journali...

Let’s respect the consideration rather than ECL, PF, Sangwa nor Constitution Court. Law is law. Hats off Sangwa. Kamba ought to watch himself PF arrogance. Zambia does not belong to PF or ECL, we not PF Animal Farm. We fir you and your club President. 1 32 Corruption scandals: 48 Houses Social Security Cash Luxury Presidential Jet Ambulances Fire Trucks Mukula Trees Ndola-Lusaka Rd Malawi Maizegate Fuelgate Swaziland landgate Zesco Loans I know Lungu appointed these ConCourt charlatans to do his bidding. But they have an opportunity to redeem themselves and do right by the country and sta...

. She writes in her personal capacity. Zambia is scheduled to hold presidential elections on 12 August 2021 and voter verification is under way. For the first time, digital platforms have been used for both voter registration and verification, necessitating an assessment and review of this strategy once the entire process has been completed. The chairperson of the Electoral Commission of Zambia, Justice Esau Chulu, launched the verification exercise using the SMS facility for registered voters to verify their registration details. After the close of voter registration and verification, a new ...

Globally there has been an exponential rise in the use of digital technology. The information that individuals put into the digital space has now been commoditised. We see personal information being processed, used and transmitted in a way that infringes on the right to privacy. With this, countries worldwide recognise the need to create laws that protect and promote privacy rights of individuals. In an attempt to protect personal data, Zambia passed its first Data Protection Act, Number 3 of 2021 (the Act) on the 24th of March 2021. The Act was created with the aim of governing the use of in...

THE Zambia Medicines Regulatory Authority (ZAMRA) and Zambia Medicines and Medical Supplies Agency (ZMMSA) have denied exposing citizens to substandard medicines and medical supplies through failure to perform their statutory duties. ZAMRA and ZMMSA have further denied the claims by Chapter One Foundation Limited that they failed or neglected to ensure that the public was provided with accurate description of all recalled substandard medicines and medical supplies procured from Honeybee Pharmaceuticals. ZMMSA has argued that the said information was provided to the entities which required to ...