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First Quarter Bulletin 2024: Environmental Management in Zambia
(2024-06-28)The first quarter bulletin of the JCTR focuses on climate change and the need for decentralization in Zambia's response to environmental crises such as drought, deforestation, soil erosion, and land degradation. It emphasizes ... -
Fourth Quarter Bulletin 2023: The Importance of Citizen Participation
(2024-03-15)There are articles in this edition which emphasise the importance of the work civil society does, as CSOs engage with government as partners in development and encourage citizens to do the same. Civil society has a significant ... -
JCTR Second Quarter Bulletin 2023
(2023-10-17)In July 2023, Zambia's Cabinet gave approval in principle for a bill granting public access to information, marking a significant step towards transparency and accountability. This bulletin discusses the importance of the ... -
First Quarter Bulletin 2023
(2023-06-27)The current climate crisis has resulted from, amongst other things, development models that are unsustainable. Zambia cannot squander both its natural and financial resources in its quest for economic growth. But corruption ... -
JCTR Bulletin 4th Quarter 2019
(2019)January 2020 marks the beginning of the implementation of the new JCTR strategic plan. As JCTR we want to continue to be active in promoting an enculturated faith, values, environmental stewardship, human rights and ... -
JCTR Bulletin 3rd Quarter 2019
(2019)We are blessed with articles traversing a wide range of issues. We encourage JCTR readers to take time to read all the articles presented in this issue of JCTR Bulletin. In this editorial allow me to briefly share with ... -
JCTR Bulletin 2nd Quarter 2019
(2019)Like in our previous issue of JCTR Bulletin, we are once again blessed with articles traversing a wide range of issues. We encourage JCTR readers to take time to read all seven articles presented in this issue of JCTR ... -
JCTR Bulletin 3rd Quarter 2011
(2011)A few weeks ago Zambia witnessed yet another relatively peaceful change of government, the first having been in 1991 when multiparty democracy was introduced. Needless to say, this phenomenon is unprecedented in the African ... -
JCTR Bulletin 2nd Quarter 2011
(2011)Three months ago, the constitution making-process in Zambia came to another halt when the proposed Constitution Bill did not get the two-thirds endorsement it required to pass in Parliament. This was an inauspicious ... -
JCTR Bulletin 3rd Quarter 2010
(2010)The key event in the third quarter of 2010 at JCTR was the blessing of the new JCTR Offices and the installation of the new JCTR Director, Fr. Leonard Chiti, S.J., on 10 September. After working as JCTR Director for ... -
JCTR Bulletin 2nd Quarter 2010
(2010)The second quarter of 2010 in Zambia presented very interesting challenges in the governance situation in Zambia. Three key situations presented themselves. First, the Draft Zambian Constitution was released on 18 June ... -
JCTR Bulletin 3rd Quarter 2009
(2009)As I stood on a dusty, sunny, and crowded arena in Chikuni Mission, Monze, watching the flamboyant dance and attires of the Mukanzubo Kalinda Cultural Centre, I couldn’t refrain from thinking about how culture (traditional ... -
JCTR Bulletin 3rd Quarter 2017
(2017)Leadership has always been in the limelight when it comes to addressing issues at any level of organisation. We speak of leadership in a home, or in a local community, or in a nation, and amongst a group of nations. Most ... -
JCTR Bulletin 2nd Quarter 2017
(2017)The lead articles in this issue of JCTR Bulletin address the issue of ecological crisis from the point of view of offering some response to this global issue. The authors of the three lead articles suggest how to address ... -
JCTR Bulletin 1st Quarter 2018
(2018)This is the first issue of JCTR Bulletin this year. This year, 2018 marks 30 years of the JCTR’s dedicated service to promoting the fullness of human life for all, as the Centre was established in 1988. Beginning with ...