{"id":4230,"date":"2014-01-09T07:20:38","date_gmt":"2014-01-09T05:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/?p=4230"},"modified":"2014-01-09T07:20:38","modified_gmt":"2014-01-09T05:20:38","slug":"what-is-so-golden-about-zambias-jubilee-asks-oasis-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/index.php\/2014\/01\/09\/what-is-so-golden-about-zambias-jubilee-asks-oasis-forum\/","title":{"rendered":"What is so \u201cgolden\u201d about Zambia\u2019s jubilee? Asks Oasis Forum!"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Oasis<\/a>Over 70 people from various Churches, NGO\u2019s and the media responded to the invitation of Oasis Forum for a Press Conference which took place at the Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia (EFZ) in Lusaka on the 8th<\/sup> January 2014 at 9:30 hours. The theme of the conference was about the kind of political leadership Zambia needs in the coming Year of its Golden Jubilee, 50th<\/sup> year of independence. <\/span><\/i><\/address>\n
The panellists did not hesitate to use straight forward words: \u201cpoor political governance\u201d, \u201cwe need a clear vision\u201d, \u201cwe expect changes in governance\u201d, \u201cwe are experiencing a leadership of abuse aiming at personal interests\u201d, \u201cwe need now a people driven constitution\u201d, \u201cmediocrity will not be accepted\u201d, \u201cwe want to celebrate a Jubilee without fear\u201d, \u201cthe new constitution has to be brought to a referendum in 2014\u201d, \u201cthe actual constitutional review is not transparent\u201d, \u201ctime has come to unite\u201d, \u201cwe need to strategize peacefully the best way to force the Government to take up its promises to come out with a new constitution\u201d, \u201cwe are determined to fight and get what we want\u201d, \u201cwe are at a crossroad\u201d, \u201cthe new constitution is a moral issue to be preached from the pulpit in all our churches\u201d, \u201clet\u2019s arise!\u201d.<\/i><\/span><\/address>\n
Reporter: Serge St-Arneault, M.Afr<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/address>\n
As we soldier on in this Golden Jubilee Year in Zambia, kindly find herewith attached a Press Statement from the Oasis Forum with regard to the constitution making process in Zambia and lack of true leadership by successive regimes.<\/i><\/span><\/address>\n
Wishing you God’s continued guidance and many blessings in the New Year 2014.<\/i><\/span><\/address>\n
Fr. Cleophas Lungu<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/address>\n
PRESS STATEMENT<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/a><\/address>\n
WHAT IS SO \u201cGOLDEN\u201d ABOUT ZAMBIA\u2019S JUBILEE?\u00a0 ASKS OASIS FORUM<\/i><\/b>!<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/address>\n
The year 2014 marks Zambia\u2019s Golden Jubilee having attained independence in 1964. Reflections on the quality of political governance experienced throughout this period clearly shows that this country\u2019s development has been consistently undermined by a self-centred political leadership. The current PF government has not been any different and has gone further to exhibit a less than high calibre of leadership. For this reason, the Oasis Forum would like to state the following and urges all Zambians, especially the political elite, to seriously ponder on these messages: \u2026 FULL TEXT<\/a><\/i><\/span><\/address>\n
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