Sunday, 1 April 2018

The ZRA-First Quantum Tax Story

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About two weeks ago, the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) announced that a preliminary assessment had uncovered tax irregularities involving ...
Sunday, 21 January 2018

Pay your heroes: Thoughts Inspired by Antonio Mwanza

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Like many people, I was shocked yesterday to learn that Antonio Mwanza , the fiery spokesperson for the Forum for Democracy and Development ...
Monday, 18 September 2017

Is the Lusaka-Ndola Dual Carriageway Overpriced?

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On September 8th, President Edgar Lungu commissioned construction works for the new Lusaka-Ndola Dual Carriageway . The plans to increase ca...
Thursday, 15 September 2016

Thoughts on Felix Mutati's appointment

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President Edgar Lungu has started constituting his cabinet. On Wednesday he announced Felix Mutati as the new Minister of Finance. Mr. Mutat...
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Sunday, 4 September 2016

In this age of uncertainty, the Kwacha's been surprisingly stable

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Zambians went to the polls about three weeks ago on the 11th of August to elect a president. Up until now we still have no substantive presi...
Friday, 19 August 2016

Some Thoughts on CCMG's Parallel Vote Tabulation (PVT) Exercise

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The Christian Council Monitoring Group (CCMG) , an alliance of faith-based organizations in Zambia, carried out a Parallel Vote Tabulation (...
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Monday, 1 August 2016

Where to Voter Turnout?

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The 2016 General Elections in Zambia are less than a fortnight away - in 10 days time to be precise. At this late stage in the game, discuss...
Tuesday, 22 March 2016

The Big Zambian Growth Slow Down

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The IMF was in town and released a press statement  late on Friday (as per their tradition) summarising their findings. The gist of the stat...
Saturday, 12 March 2016

Is Minister Kaingu trying to tell us that government is broke?

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This week, the Minister of Higher Education Dr Michael Kaingu announced that government would scrap off the payment of meal allowances (po...