Zambia

Currency: Zambian kwacha (ZMW)

Timezone: Central Africa Time (UTC+2)

Zambia is a Southern Africa country sharing its border with the Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Angola, and Namibia. The country’s population is approximately 18 million people comprising over 72 ethnic groups, including Bemba,Tonga, Chewa, Lozi, and Nsenga. The major languages spoken by the people include English, Bemba, Nyanja, Lozi, Tonga, Luvale, Lunda, and Kaonde. The country has a tropical climate, and the terrain consists of plateaus, hills, and mountains. The Kafue National Park, which is home to various wildlife species, is one of the country’s major tourist attractions.

Zambia is the second-largest producer of copper in Africa, and it accounts for 60% of the country’s exports. Other sources of foreign exchange include Copper, Cobalt, Tobacco, Flowers, and Cotton. Politically, the country operates a presidential republic system of government which is administratively divided into 10 provinces including Lusaka —the capital. The major challenges facing the country include extreme poverty, high unemployment levels, and high debt burden, which is currently over 60 percent of GDP.

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Privatisation Act

Ministry of Finance and National Planning, Zambia

An Act to provide for the privatisation and commercialisation of state-owned enterprises, to provide for the establishment of the Zambia Privatisation Agency and to define the functions of the Agency.

Zambia • 1992 • Economy

Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices (Emoluments) Act 1992

Government, Zambia

An Act to provide for revised salaries, and gratuity payable to the holders of the offices of Vice President, Speaker, Deputy Speaker, Minister, Deputy Minister, Leader of the opposition and member of the National Assembly;...

Zambia • 1992 • Democracy and Governance

The Small Claims Courts Act

Ministry of Justice, Zambia

An Act to provide for the establishment, constitution, jurisdiction, powers and procedure of small claims courts; and to provide for matters connected with or incidental to the foregoing.

Zambia • 1992 • Justice

Service Commissions Act

Ministry of Youth, Sport and Child Development, Zambia

This Act provides for appointments in the public service for the functions and powers of the judicial service commission, for the establishment, functions and powers of a Public Service Commission, a Teaching Service Commission, a...

Zambia • 1991 • Youth and Sports Development

Local Government Elections Act

Government, Zambia

An Act to provide for the conduct of local government elections; to establish the Local Government electoral commission and to specify the functions and to provide for related matters.

Zambia • 1991 • Democracy and Governance

National Assembly Staff Act

Government, Zambia

This Act provides for the establishment of the office of the Clerk of the National Assembly, provides for such other officers in the department of the Clerk of the National Assembly and to provides for...

Zambia • 1991 • Democracy and Governance

Local Government Act

Government, Zambia

An Act to provide for an integrated three tier local administration system; to define the functions of local authorities; to repeal the Local Administration Act and certain related laws.

Zambia • 1991 • Democracy and Governance

National Parks and Wildlife Act.

Ministry of Tourism and Arts, Zambia

Act to repeal and replace the National Parks and Wildlife Act, 1971; to provide for the establishment, control and management of National Parks and for the conservation and protection of wildlife and objects of aesthetic,...

Zambia • 1991 • Forestry and Wildlife

The National Savings and Credit Bank of Zambia (Dissolution) Act

Ministry of Finance and National Planning, Zambia

An Act to provide for the winding-up and dissolution of the National Savings and Credit Bank of Zambia; to provide for the vesting of the undertaking of the National Savings and Credit Bank of Zambia...

Zambia • 1991 • Finance

Official Oaths Act

Ministry of Justice, Zambia

An Act to repeal and replace the Official Oaths Act, to revise the oaths to be taken and subscribed by various officeholders, and to provide for related matters.

Zambia • 1990 • Justice

The Zambia National Tender Board Act

Ministry of Finance and National Planning, Zambia

An Act to provide for the establishment of the Zambia National Tender Board; to regulate and control the procurement of goods and services for the Government and parastatal bodies; to consolidate the law relating to...

Zambia • 1990 • Finance

Zambia Centre for Accountancy Studies Act

Ministry of Education, Zambia

An Act to constitute the Zambia Centre for Accountancy Studies; to establish the Zambia Centre for Accountancy Studies Board; to define the functions and powers of the Centre and the Board and to provide for...

Zambia • 1989 • Education

Safety of Civil Aviation Act

Ministry of Aviation, Zambia

An Act to make provision for offences in relation to the hijacking of aircraft and for offences which endanger the safety of aircraft in flight and to provide for matters connected with or incidental to...

Zambia • 1989 • Aviation

Wills and Administration of Testate Estates Act

Ministry of Housing and Infrastructure Development, Zambia

An Act to simplify the law governing the making of wills; to provide for adequate financial and other provisions to be made for dependants in a will; to provide for the administration of estates of...

Zambia • 1989 • Land, Housing and Natural Resources

National Heritage Conservation Commission Act

Ministry of Tourism and Arts, Zambia

An Act to repeal and replace the Natural and Historical Monuments and Relics Act; to establish the National Heritage Conservation Commission; to define the functions and powers of the Commission; to provide for the conservation...

Zambia • 1989 • Culture and Tourism

Zambia Centre for Accountancy Studies (amendment) Act, 1998

Ministry of Education, Zambia

This Act may be cited as the Zambia Centre for Accountancy Studies (amendment) Act, 1998, and shall be read as one with the Zambia Centre for Accountancy Studies Act, in this Act referred to the...

Zambia • 1989 • Education

The Sports Council of Zambia Act

Ministry of Youth, Sport and Child Development, Zambia

An Act to establish the Sports Council of Zambia; to define the functions and powers of the Council; to provide for the registration and affiliation to the Council of all national sports associations; to repeal...

Zambia • 1988 • Youth and Sports Development

Self-Management Enterprises Act

Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry, Zambia

An Act to empower the President to declare any State enterprise to be a self-management enterprise; to define the functions and the powers of self-management enterprises; to provide for the management and administration of self-management...

Zambia • 1988 • Trade, Industry and Investment

Hotels Act

Ministry of Culture & Tourism, Zambia

An Act to enable control to be exercised over hotels for the purpose of enforcing therein reasonable standards of cleanliness, sanitation and service and to repeal and replace the Hotels Act, 1950, and to disapply...

Zambia • 1987 • Culture and Tourism

The Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation Act

Ministry of Information and Media, Zambia

An Act to provide for the establishment of the Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation; to define the functions and powers of the corporation; to provide generally for the control and regulation of broadcasting and diffusion services;...

Zambia • 1987 • Information, Communication and Technology