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Mining in Protected Areas in Zambia: A Call for Sustainable Practices – Part I
For more than a hundred years, mining, especially copper mining, has been a cornerstone of Zambia’s economy. The sector accounts for more than 70 percent of the nation’s export earnings and approximately 17.5 percent of […]
Advancing a Vision for Zambia’s Gold: A Roadmap towards a Sustainable Gold Value Chain
In last week’s opinion piece, we explored the role and potential that gold as a mineral has in the transformation of Zambia’s economy. We discussed some of the challenges that the gold sub-sector faces including […]
Arctic ice export to gulf bars a concern for climate change
The world is transitioning into a myriad, conflicting sea of hitherto, unexplored human behaviors. This statement is as confusing and unbelievable as the reality that Arctic glacial ice is being imported to Gulf countries to […]
Proposed IBA Act of 2021 is a disaster for Zambia’s democracy
I read, with a deep sense of consternation, when a colleague shared parts of the proposed IBA Act of 2021 to be cited as the “Independent Broadcasting Authority 2021.” Its short introductory section reads “An […]
Using Gold as a Catalyst in Zambia’s Economic Transformation – Part 1
In the past decade, Zambia’s once rapidly growing economy, which boasted an average growth rate of 7% between 2006 and 2010, has encountered significant slowdowns. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) now projects a modest growth […]
Rate hikes are wrong medicine for Zambia’s inflation
In a quixotic attempt to tame inflation, the Bank of Zambia’s unwavering determination to increase interest rates is truly astonishing. On February 14, 2024, in the name of taming inflation in the target range of... […]
The hard road of economic reform
At midnight on 31st January 2024, a fuel price increment was effected, taking the cost of a litre of petrol and diesel to K34.19 and K32.15, respectively. The Kwacha is losing value on an almost […]
The Benefits of a Weak Currency
The Zambian currency, currently trading at what are record lows, is amongst the worst performing currencies in the world. However undesirable a weak currency may be, it is not entirely a bad thing. It does […]
Compromised by politics? A response to ‘The Judiciary of Zambia’
On 19 January 2024, I wrote a short article in which I asked why all the four cases involving the State-supported Miles Sampa versus the main opposition Patriotic Front (PF) were only allocated to judges […]
Persons with disabilities need to be carried upstairs to visit Lusaka National Museum
The Sililo Foundation keeps on raising awareness about the inaccessibility of many of public infrastructure to persons with disabilities in Zambia. And in line with this, was the organisation’s visit to the Lusaka National Museum […]
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