Zambia: Ineffective Law Enforcement Weakens Child Protection Enforcement
(July 2, 2008) AFP reported on June 18, 2008, that Catherine Namugala, Zambia's Minister of Community Development and Social Services, has blamed the failure of child protection efforts in Zambia on...
View ArticleZambia: New Law to Regulate NGOs
(Sept. 2, 2009) It was reported on August 26, 2009, that Zambia's Parliament passed into law the 2009 NGO Bill, to regulate the activities of non-governmental organizations that operate in Zambia. The...
View ArticleZambia: Penal Code Provision Criticized for Restricting Freedom of Expression
(June 15, 2010) On June 8, 2010, Pansy Tlakula, the African Union's special rapporteur on freedom of expression and access to information in Africa, urged the Zambian government to repeal section...
View ArticleKenya; Zambia: Judiciaries Turn to Technology to Improve Efficiency
(Oct. 7, 2010) It was recently reported that as part of a project to modernize the judiciary and automate certain court activities in Zambia, 30,000 court records have been digitized and certain court...
View ArticleZambia: High Court in Lusaka Throws Out Case Questioning Citizenship of...
(Aug. 11, 2011) On August 9, 2011, the High Court in Lusaka, Zambia, threw out a petition by the main opposition party, the Patriotic Front (PF), seeking a declaratory judgment to enjoin the Movement...
View ArticleZambia: Draft Constitution to Include Press Freedom
(May 7, 2012) Zambia released a draft constitution on April 30, 2012, that has been praised for its provisions on freedom of the press. The document also contains a bill of rights and establishes a...
View ArticleZambia: Mines and Minerals Bill and Related Income Tax Amendment Bill Tabled...
(July 8, 2015) On June 25, 2015, Zambia’s Minister of Mines, Energy and Water Development submitted the Mines and Minerals Development Bill, 2015 to the National Assembly (parliament) for a first...
View ArticleZambia: Constitutional Changes on Citizenship, Elections
(Jan. 13, 2016) Zambia’s President, Edgar Lungu, approved a new Constitution for the country on January 5, 2016. Among other changes, the new document permits dual citizenship and sets a date for the...
View ArticleZambia: Parliament Makes Further Cuts to Royalty Rates on Production of Minerals
(May 23, 2016) On May 4, 2016, Zambia’s 158–member unicameral Parliament passed the Mines and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill, 2016, to amend the Mines and Minerals Development Act 2015....
View ArticleZambia: Cannabis Act and Industrial Hemp Act Enacted
On May 20, 2021, Zambia enacted two laws, the Cannabis Act, 2021 and the Industrial Hemp Act, 2021. Their enactment follows a 2019 cabinet decision to permit the production and export of cannabis for...
View ArticleZambia: Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act Enacted
On May 20, 2021, Zambia enacted the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act of 2021, repealing and replacing the 1993 act of the same name. According to its preamble, the objectives of the new...
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