Employment laws should strike a balance between promoting the rights of workers, and ensuring businesses remain profitable enough to provide for broad employment.  The Employment Code Act (ECA) has been widely criticised for disrupting this balance since it was first...
On 29 April, the World Bank, the African Development Bank, along with the United States of America and the United Kingdom, announced the provision of K2.7 billion in financial support to the Government of Zambia in the fight against...
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to sweep across the world, leaving economic devastation in its wake, leaders throughout Africa have taken decisive action to keep businesses afloat and workers in employment.  What are the key measures that are being implemented...
In this third article with renowned economist Professor Oliver Saasa, we ask for his views on the impact of Government’s COVID-19 relief measures* to date, seek his advice on possible further action, and ask for his reaction to the...
With more than 7,000 cases now confirmed across the continent, Africa is facing the reality of a ‘third wave’ of the coronavirus. Since Zambia’s first COVID-19 fatality succumbed on 2 April, it is becoming clear that Africa will not...
As we discussed last week, the COVID-19 pandemic – whilst first and foremost a public health emergency – is creating a global economic crisis in its wake, which could cause longer lasting disruption than the virus itself. For the...
The rapid spread of the coronavirus (officially named COVID-19) from its origin and epicentre in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in Hebei Province to elsewhere in China in late January was perhaps the first indication that what began...
Since large-scale copper production began in Zambia almost 100 years ago, the industry has experienced a lot of changes in a relatively short period of time. But what does the history of mining output in the country look like...
Zambia is one of the ten least attractive jurisdictions in the world for mining investment, according to the Annual Survey of Mining Companies, released this week by the Fraser Institute, an independent think-tank, and the global benchmark for investors’...
Global players from mining sectors around the world gathered at the 'Investing in African Mining Indaba’ from 3-6 February at Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) to discuss the latest trends in mining, to network and, above all, to...