Africa deserves UN voice
AFRICA, the second-largest and also the second most populated continent in the world, after Asia, has been marginalised by the United Nations by denying it representation on the UN Security Council. (more…)
IN MAY 2014, a technical committee constituted by Government to evaluate the performance of Konkola Copper Mines found that capital projects totalling US$2.8 billion were financed through Konkola’s own cash flow, lease finance and short-term bank loans.
PICTURE: MATTHEWS KABAMBA
KCM creditors seek voice
CHOMBA MUSIKA, Lusaka KONKOLA Copper Mines (KCM) creditors who are owed millions of dollars want to be heard in the winding up petition of the mining company. Four creditors have…
Constitution-making process requires citizens’ voice
THREE months after the National Dialogue Forum (NDF) acrimony over the constitution, debate has heightened with lobby groups urging Government to withdraw the document from Parliament. (more…)
THE Livingstone Deaf Association choir performing a song in sign language during the commemoration of the International Day of People Living with Disabilities recently.
PICTURE SHIKANDA KAWANGA
Listening to voice of the deaf
SHIKANDA KAWANGA, Lusaka
AMERICAN jazz pop singer and songwriter Mandy Harvey made headlines around the world last year after being put straight through to the finals of America's Got Talent, a talent show featuring singers, dancers, magicians, comedians, and other performers of all ages competing for the top prize.
MRS Agnes Chirwa (second left) with other Libala Church Choir members during the 50th celebration in Lusaka recently. PICTURE: MACKSON WASAMUNU
Voice of a septuagenarian
Sunday Profile:
MACKSON WASAMUNU, Lusaka
THREE years after the country’s independence, Agnes Bukuluma Chirwa was among Seventh-day Adventist Church (SDA) pioneers that founded the Libala SDA Church choir in 1967, a singing group dedicated to evangelising the gospel of Jesus Christ through music.