PREAMBLE:We, the stakeholders gathered at Sali Riverside Lodge for the first Manganese Indaba and fifth Luapula Mining Insaka, held on 6th and 7th June 2023, and having deliberated on various issues in the mining sector, specifically Manganese Mining in Luapula Province, do note the following:  OBJECTIVE OF INDABA:The main objective of the Indaba was to...Continue Reading

Transparency International Zambia (TI-Z) has keenly followed the recent discourse thathas emerged relating to mining in the Lower Zambezi National Park. TI-Z would like toreiterate, and stands in solidarity with conservationists, civil society, host communitiesand citizens who have expressed concerns over the proposed mining project and calledfor no mining in the Lower Zambezi National Park.Considering...Continue Reading

Transparency International Zambia (TI-Z) today joins the rest of the African continent incelebrating this year’s Africa Day under the theme ‘Accelerating the implementation of theAfrican Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)’. The theme is a timely one as it underscoresthe urgency and significance of our efforts as Africans to fully harness the transformative powerof the AfCFTA....Continue Reading

TI-Z is deeply concerned about revelations stemming from a story in today’s MastNewspaper about considerations by the ACC to allow Ministry of Finance suspects torefund money they siphoned between 2019 and 2022.While citizens and wrongdoers are within legal right to approach the ACC to negotiateand enter a settlement to voluntarily pay or refund the state...Continue Reading