THE Lusaka High Court has stayed the Department of National Parks and Wildlife’s decision to grant Tourism Concession Agreements in the Lower Zambezi National Park. Lusaka High Court Judge Ruth Chibbabbuka has also granted Chapter One Foundation and Conservation Advocates Zambia Limited, both ex parte parties, leave to apply for judicial review of the state’s decision to grant Tourism Concession Agreements in the park. In this matter, Chapter One Foundation and Conservation Advocates Zambia Limited have cited the Attorney General as the respondent. According to the notice of application for leave to apply for judicial review, the two organisations stated that they wanted an order of mandamus directing the Minister of Tourism and Arts, Rodney Sikumba, compelling him to perform...