SUNDAY PROFILE With DOREEN NAWA, Lusaka WHEN her father died in 1984, Roselyn Kiwala’s world completely crumbled. Rejected and not cared for by relatives, Mrs Kiwala, 46, never knew that…
DANIEL SIKAZWE, Chembe
HE WAS very apt.
“If you were to bring all the widows in the Kundamfumu chiefdom of Chembe District in Luapula, they would outnumber the trees of the chiefdom,” a community organiser told this writer during a baseline survey research on challenges faced by widows. (more…)
CATHERINE MUMBA, Lusaka
VICE-PRESIDENT Inonge Wina has directed the Ministry of Gender to spearhead the commemoration of the Widows Day, whose objective resonates with the goals of the International Women’s Day.
KELVIN MBEWE, Chilanga
HABITAT for Humanity Zambia has donated two houses worth about K100,000 to two widow-headed families in Chilanga’s Mapepe township.
The organisation says it will continue helping Government to provide shelter to the less privileged in society.
CHRISTINE CHISHA, Petauke
AT THE age of 29, Rabina Njobvu was widowed and left with four children without any means to look after them.
Her life became miserable because all the years she was married, she (more…)
SYLVESTER CHISHIMBA, Lusaka
FIRST Lady Esther Lungu has called for the criminalisation of the practice of grabbing property from widows.
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SHIKANDA KAWANGA, Livingstone
WIDOWS Association of Zambia in Southern Province plans to empower 150 widows this year with entrepreneurship activities to improve their livelihood. Last year, 75 widows were empowered. (more…)
GENDER FOCUS with EMELDA MWITWA
AFTER a long break from this slot, it’s wise for me to wish our esteemed readers a happy and productive New Year.
Anyway, having been away for the past seven weeks, (more…)