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ActionAid Zambia hopes that government will trade cautiously on Zambia’s mining tax regime. Government recently proposed changes to the mining tax regime and these changes will see a varied mineral royalty rate for copper based on the prevailing copper prices. This will include a mineral royalty tax rate of 4% when copper price is less that US$4,500, 5% when the ...

Senior Chief Nkula of the Bemba people of Chinsali has hailed President Edgar Lungu for his robust push to complete the infrastructure development projects launched by late president Michael Sata. Special Assistant to the president for press and public relation Amos Chanda says the chief has also warned that he will take decisive action against anyone wishing to promote violence ...

Agriculture Permanent Secretary Julius Shawa has dismissed allegations of corruption by Zambian Voice Executive Chilufya Tayali in the selling of maize at the Food Rese4rve Agency. Mr Shawa has told a media briefing that all the proceeds realized from the sale of maize go into a Bank of Zambia account which as of 22nd April,2016 was holding K1.37 billion. He ...

Vice President Inonge Wina says the Electoral Commission of Zambia has not yet selected the printer of the ballot papers. Responding to a question during the vice president’s question time by Kabombo west Member of Parliament Ambrose Lufuma who wanted to know why government is risking the country’s peace and stability by insisting on printing ballot papers in Dubai, Ms ...

Agriculture Minister Given Lubinda has encouraged Zambian Voice Executive Director Chilufya Tayali to report him to the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) for alleged corruption. Mr. Lubinda says he is ready to provide Mr. Tayali transport to the ACC offices if indeed he has evidence that he has been corruptly facilitating the sale of FRA maize to private companies for export. In ...

Government spent a total of US$998, 375 in 2015 to send patients to India and South Africa for specialized treatment. Health Minister Joseph Kasonde has told Parliament in a ministerial statement on the health institutions Modernization Program, that government in 2014 spent US$ 915,146 to send patients for treatment in South Africa while in 2015, 21 patients were sent for ...

The 2015 living conditions monitoring survey has revealed that 40.8% of the country’s population is living in extreme poverty. The survey has also revealed that 54.4% of the country’s population is poor, while 13.6 percent of the population is moderately poor. The survey indicates that 76.6 percent of the population in rural areas is poor, with 23.4% of the urban ...

Government has u-turned on its promise to table the Access to Information Bill (ATI) in the current sitting of Parliament. Information and Broadcasting Services Minister Chishimba Kambwili says this is as a result of what he has termed as unethical reporting on national matters. Dr. Kambwili says government will not allow what happened in other countries to happen to Zambia ...

President Edgar Lungu says the over $287 million Mongu-Kalabo road project fulfills the regional aspiration to promote intra-regional trade and open markets for free movement of people, goods and services. In a facebook posting ahead of the official opening of the Mongu-Kalabo Road and the Sioma Bridge, President Lungu says the road will also open up tourism potential to the ...

ActionAid Zambia has attributed the downgrading of Zambia’s economic rating from B2 to B3 by Moody’s credit rating agency to sustained deterioration in fiscal and debt metrics. Briefing journalists in Lusaka this morning, ActionAid Zambia Country Director Nalucha Ziba says the downgrade is due to a number of factors such as the increase in the cost of living, depreciation of ...