Aid Watch (Denmark)
Denmark has given Zambia US$89 million for improvement of water and sanitation services in Ndola, Luanshya and Masaiti. Local Government D. Minister John Kufuna says the money will be released soon to...
View ArticleCheck Mate Collum!
Government last week took over the running of a Chinese-owned Collum coal mine after revoking its licence because of safety lapses. Mining Minister Yamfwa Mukanga says the government has cancelled all...
View ArticleZambia and First Quantum Minerals
Zambia may own 10% of First Quantum Minerals (FQM), soon if ZCCM-IH presses ahead with its plan to convert its stake in the Kansanshi mine, for FQM shares. It could end up owning about 10 percent of...
View ArticleFRA's good loss making deal
Zambia has sold 20,000 metric tonnes of maize to Tanzania at a cost of US$7 million (or US$350 per tonne). This is under a special bilateral agreement that was facilitated by the countries’ heads of...
View ArticleChikwanda on BOZ, Mines
Finance Minister Alexander Chikwanda released a statement to Parliament last week with some interesting quotes.#quote 1 - "In Zambia one would be over-stretching things to say the exchange rates are...
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Zambia Open Budget Index 2012
In 2012, Zambia scored 4 out of 100 on the Open Budget Score, well below the average score of 43 for all the 100 countries surveyed. It is also below the score of all other countries in the region:...
View ArticleZambia EITI Report 2010
Government revenues from mining in Zambia increased by almost 50% in 2010, to US $750 million. This was disclosed when Zambia published its 2010 EITI Report in Lusaka on 22 February 2013.The 50% rise...
View ArticleCost of Ministers (MMD vs PF)
A number of people asked for a comparison of ministerial costs between MMD and PF Government. I asked Prof Henry Kyambalesa to update the figures he has made available in the past (e.g here). So we...
View ArticleCadre Diplomats
I have just realised that George Mpombo has been missing from national public life because he is a Deputy High Commissioner in Nigeria. From Defence Minister to Deputy High Commissioner? Wow! That is a...
View ArticleBatoka Power Project
Zimbabwe's state utility ZESA says it has started paying a $70 million debt to Zambia, a necessary step before the two nations can embark on a joint 1,600 megawatt hydroelectric plant, which could help...
View ArticleAn impossible task?
The Government's Chief Whip Yamfwa Mukanga MP (Minister of Mines and Energy) recently warned MPs against poor attendance in Parliament. In a letter to all MPs he observes:There has also been noted, a...
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Dinner With Mugabe, By Heidi Holland (A Review)
By Chipo MuwowoA family holiday in December 1996 took us to Kariba, the Zimbabwean tourist town located a few kilometres from the border with Zambia. It is home to Lake Kariba, a vast and impressive...
View ArticleBanda's Lost Immunity Is A Golden Opportunity
By Chola MukangaParliament has lifted the 4th President's immunity from prosecution. Mr Banda will now be investigated and fully prosecuted if the case is strong. Historians and lawyers will be quick...
View ArticleZambia's Corrupt Media
By Chola MukangaDietrich Bonhoeffer at the height of Nazi German asked of German literature, "Do you know a work of literature written in the last, say, fifteen years that you think has any lasting...
View ArticleFive Reasons Why NAREP is Failing
I recently asked our Facebook Page contributors for their assessment of NAREP and why it appears to be failing to make a mark with voters. More than 110 people responded in a well mannered and...
View ArticleWhere Next for Bank of Zambia?
By Chola MukangaThese are busy times for Bank of Zambia (BOZ) Governor Michael Gondwe. The Kwacha continues to face a battering, it is now at its weakest position in 12 months and the second worst...
View ArticleIs PF failing?
Dora Siliya MP recently wrote an interesting article on the "Tragedy of Perception". I am excited to see MPs writing more. Here is the bit that caught my attention :Let me bring you back to where we...
View ArticleMulungushi Is Not Wanted!
Davies Mwila (Deputy Defence Minister) says government will lease the Zambia China Mulungushi Textiles in Kabwe if negotiations with the Chinese to re-open the plant fail. Mr. Mwila says government is...
View ArticleCorruption in Court
A Solwezi magistrate was arrested recently for corruptly receiving K7000 (rebased). Henry Aongola aged 35, a Magistrate in Solwezi was arrested alongside other two individuals. He was charged with...
View ArticleDo We Need Good Leaders or Good Institutions?
The three Church mother bodies [CCZ, EFZ and ZEC)] recently released a press briefing with a critique of the current political and economic stitution. They also made the following observation on...
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