Community voices and good governance
The use of local language by community radios makes it easier for the community to access information on governance issues and also to express their opinions and concerns. Community media have the potential to promote participatory governance, development and social change by addressing issues such as gender inequality, HIV and AIDS, and high poverty levels.
Good governance news from our chapters
COVID-19 – Placing communities at the heart of the response efforts
Covid-19 pandemic has led to economic and emotional stress to rights holders and overburdening the Zambian government. Protecting lives and livelihoods, sustaining health-care systems and the resetting the economy have rightly become the most pressing priorities for...
Extractive Transparency and Accountability Initiative Bill; A step in the right direction
JOINT MEDIA STATEMENT For Immediate Release Saturday, March 28, 2020. Extractive Transparency and Accountability Initiative Bill; A step in the right direction LUSAKA –...
Residents cry foul over uncompleted Nalubumba Bridge in Kalomo
Every trip to Kalomo boma is a constant struggle for motorists and commuters using the Kalomo - Mapatizya road as works on the damaged Nalubumba Bridge remain uncompleted after one year of its collapse. Nalubumba is one of the bridges in Kalomo that collapsed due to...
Choma’s RLC intervention brings two teachers to a school
Macha Alvin Hamecha on the right Two Senior teachers have been transferred to Chomas’s Simunzele Basic School in Chief Mapanza’s area of Southern Province after community intervention. Members of Simunzele Radio Listening Club RLC recorded a programme discussing the...
German envoy stresses importance of accountability of governments
German Ambassador to Zambia Bernd Finke stated that in a democratic system, the actions or omissions of the government must be subject to the close scrutiny not only of the legislative and judicial authorities but also of public opinion. He was speaking at the launch...