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ECONOMY

Economy—overview: Zambia’s economy has experienced strong growth in recent years, with real GDP growth in 2005-13 more than 6% per year. Privatization of government-owned copper mines in the 1990s relieved the government from covering mammoth losses generated by the industry and greatly increased copper mining output and profitability to spur economic growth. Copper output has increased steadily since 2004, due to higher copper prices and foreign investment. Zambia’s dependency on copper makes it vulnerable to depressed commodity prices, but record high copper prices and a bumper maize crop in 2010 helped Zambia rebound quickly from the world economic slowdown that began in 2008. Zambia has made some strides to improve the ease of doing business. Regulatory changes by the current government in 2012-2013 included Statutory Instruments (SI) Number 33 (mandating use of the kwacha for domestic transactions) and SI Number 55 (monitoring foreign exchange transactions). Along with problems of fiscal management and weakening global copper prices, these SI’s were perceived as undermining confidence in Zambia’s economy and currency, leading to sharp depreciation of the kwacha in March 2014. In response, the Minister of Finance revoked SI 33 and 55 in late March 2014. Despite a strong economy, poverty remains a significant problem in Zambia, made worse by a high birth rate, relatively high HIV/AIDS burden, and by market distorting agricultural policies.

GDP (purchasing power parity): $25.47 billion (2013 est.)

country comparison to the world: 124

$24.01 billion (2012 est.)

$22.39 billion (2011 est.)

note: data are in 2013 US dollars

GDP (official exchange rate): $22.24 billion (2013 est.)

GDP—real growth rate: 6% (2013 est.)

country comparison to the world: 37

7.2% (2012 est.)

6.8% (2011 est.)

GDP—per capita (PPP): $1,800 (2013 est.)

country comparison to the world: 199

$1,700 (2012 est.)

$1,600 (2011 est.)

note: data are in 2013 US dollars

Gross national saving: 14.5% of GDP (2013 est.)

country comparison to the world: 113

19.4% of GDP (2012 est.)

23.7% of GDP (2011 est.)

GDP—composition, by end use:

household consumption: 60%

government consumption: 26.5%

investment in fixed capital: 19.1%

investment in inventories: 1%

exports of goods and services: 36.2%

imports of goods and services: -42.9% (2013 est.)

GDP—composition, by sector of origin:

agriculture: 19.8%

industry: 33.8%

services: 46.5% (2013 est.)

Agriculture—products: corn, sorghum, rice, peanuts, sunflower seed, vegetables, flowers, to***co, cotton, sugarcane, cassava (tapioca), coffee; cattle, goats, pigs, poultry, milk, eggs, hides

Industries: copper mining and processing, emerald mining, construction, foodstuffs, beverages, chemicals, textiles, fertilizer, horticulture

Industrial production growth rate: 8% (2013 est.)

country comparison to the world: 24

Labor force: 6.275 million (2013 est.)

country comparison to the world: 65

Labor force—by occupation: agriculture: 85%

industry: 6%

services: 9% (2004)

Unemployment rate: 14% (2006 est.)

country comparison to the world: 137

50% (2000 est.)

Population below poverty line: 64% (2006)

Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 1.2%

highest 10%: 38.8% (2004)

Distribution of family income—Gini index: 50.8 (2004)

country comparison to the world: 19

52.6 (1998)

Budget: revenues: $4.814 billion

expenditures: $6.687 billion (2013 est.)

Taxes and other revenues: 21.6% of GDP (2013 est.)

country comparison to the world: 152

Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-):

-8.4% of GDP (2013 est.)

country comparison to the world: 199

Public debt: 31.8% of GDP (2013 est.)

country comparison to the world: 113

29.5% of GDP (2012 est.)

Fiscal year: calendar year

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 7.1% (2013 est.)

country comparison to the world: 188

6.6% (2012 est.)

Central bank discount rate: 8.39% (31 December 2009)

country comparison to the world: 12

14.49% (31 December 2008)

Commercial bank prime lending rate: 10.4% (31 December 2013 est.)

country comparison to the world: 67

12.15% (31 December 2012 est.)

Stock of narrow money: $2.299 billion (31 December 2013 est.)

country comparison to the world: 124

$2.185 billion (31 December 2012 est.)

Stock of broad money: $5.047 billion (31 December 2013 est.)

country comparison to the world: 128

$4.86 billion (31 December 2012 est.)

Stock of domestic credit: $5.458 billion (31 December 2013 est.)

country comparison to the world: 113

$3.833 billion (31 December 2012 est.)

Market value of publicly traded shares: $3.004 billion (31 December 2012 est.)

country comparison to the world: 89

$4.009 billion (31 December 2011)

$2.817 billion (31 December 2010 est.)

Current account balance: -$1.25 billion (2013 est.)

country comparison to the world: 125

-$189.9 million (2012 est.)

Exports: $8.547 billion (2013 est.)

country comparison to the world: 100

$9.414 billion (2012 est.)

Exports—commodities: copper/cobalt, cobalt, electricity; to***co, flowers, cotton

Exports—partners: China 43.4%, South Africa 7.2%, Democratic Republic of the Congo 6.7%, South Korea 5.4%, India 4.7%, UAE 4.3%, Egypt 4.1% (2012)

Imports: $8.216 billion (2013 est.)

country comparison to the world: 109

$7.961 billion (2012 est.)

Imports—commodities: machinery, transportation equipment, petroleum products, electricity, fertilizer, foodstuffs, clothing

Imports—partners: South Africa 36.7%, Democratic Republic of the Congo 19.8%, China 10.4%, Kuwait 6% (2012)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: $2.833 billion (31 December 2013 est.)

country comparison to the world: 110

$3.042 billion (31 December 2012 est.)

Debt—external: $5.985 billion (31 December 2013 est.)

country comparison to the world: 118

$5.618 billion (31 December 2012 est.)

Stock of direct foreign investment—at home: $NA

Stock of direct foreign investment—abroad: $NA

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GOVERNMENT

Country name: conventional long form: Republic of Zambia

conventional short form: Zambia

former: Northern Rhodesia

Government type: republic

Capital: name: Lusaka

geographic coordinates: 15 25 S, 28 17 E

time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Administrative divisions: 10 provinces; Central, Copperbelt, Eastern, Luapula, Lusaka, Muchinga, Northern, North-Western, Southern, Western

Independence: 24 October 1964 (from the UK)

National holiday: Independence Day, 24 October (1964)

Constitution: several previous; latest adopted 24 August 1991, promulgated 30 August 1991; amended 1996; note—in late 2013, a constitution committee submitted a draft constitution to the government, but the government has not yet publicly released the final copy or presented a plan to adopt the document (2013)

Legal system: mixed legal system of English common law and customary law; judicial review of legislative acts in an ad hoc constitutional council

International law organization participation: has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; accepts ICCt jurisdiction

Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal

Executive branch: chief of state: President Michael Chilufya SATA (since 23 September 2011); Vice President Guy SCOTT (since 30 September 2011); the president is both the chief of state and head of government

head of government: President Michael Chilufya SATA (since 23 September 2011); Vice President Guy SCOTT (since 30 September 2011)

cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president from among the members of the National Assembly, along with eight unelected members (For more information visit the World Leaders website )

elections: president elected by popular vote for a five-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 20 September 2011 (next to be held in 2016); vice president appointed by the president

election results: Michael Chilufya SATA elected president; percent of vote—Michael SATA 43.3%, Rupiah BANDA 36.2%, Hakainde HICHILEMA 18.5%, other 2.0%

Legislative branch: unicameral National Assembly (158 seats; 150 members are elected by popular vote, 8 members appointed by the president, to serve five-year terms)

elections: last held on 20 September 2011 (next to be held in 2016); note—over 25 by-elections, prompted by resignation, death, change of party or legal nullification have taken place since September 2011

election results: percent of vote by party—NA; seats by party—PF 60, MMD 55, UPND 28, ADD 1, FDD 1, independents 3; seats not determined 2; note—seats as of 4 March 2014—PF 69, MMD 41, UPND 31, ADD 1, FDD 1, independents 2, pending court decision 7, other 6

Judicial branch: highest court(s): Supreme Court (consists of 9 judges)

judge selection and term of office: Supreme Court judges appointed by the president and ratified by the National Assembly; judge tenure NA

subordinate courts: High Court; magistrate’s courts and local courts

Political parties and leaders: Alliance for Democracy and Development or ADD [Charles MILUPI]; Alliance for a Better Zambia or ABZ [Frank BWALYA]; Christian Democratic Party or CDP [Daniel P**E]; Forum for Democracy and Development or FDD [Edith NAWAKWI]; Heritage Party or HP [Godfrey MIYANDA]; Movement for Multiparty Democracy or MMD [Nevers MUMBA]; National Restoration Party or NAREP [Elias CHIPIMO]; National Revolution Party or NRP [Cosmo MUMBA]; Party of Unity for Democracy and Development or PUDD [Dan P**E]; Party of Unity for Democracy and Development or PUDD [Dan P**E]; Patriotic Front or PF [Michael SATA]; Republican Progressive Party or RPP [James LUKUKU]; United National Independence Party or UNIP [Tilyenji KAUNDA]; United Party for National Development or UPND [Hakainde HICHILEMA]

Political pressure groups and leaders: NA

International organization participation: ACP, AfDB, AU, C, COMESA, EITI (compliant country), FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MONUSCO, NAM, OPCW, PCA, SADC, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNISFA, UNMIL, UNMISS, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

Diplomatic representation in the US:

chief of mission: Ambassador Palan MULONDA (since 8 January 2013)

chancery: 2419 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008

telephone: [1] (202) 265-9717 through 9719

FAX: [1] (202) 332-0826

Diplomatic representation from the US:

chief of mission: Ambassador (vacant); Charge d’Affaires David J. YOUNG

embassy: Ibex Hill, Lusaka

mailing address: P. O. Box 31617, Lusaka

telephone: [260] (211) 357-000

FAX: [260] ) (211) 357-224

Flag description: green field with a panel of three vertical bands of red (hoist side), black, and orange below a soaring orange eagle, on the outer edge of the flag; green stands for the country’s natural resources and vegetation, red symbolizes the struggle for freedom, black the people of Zambia, and orange the country’s mineral wealth; the eagle represents the people’s ability to rise above the nation’s problems

National symbol(s): African fish eagle

National anthem: name: “Lumbanyeni Zambia†(Stand and Sing of Zambia, Proud and Free)

lyrics/music: multiple/Enoch Mankayi SONTONGA

note: adopted 1964; the melody, from the popular song “God Bless Africa,†is the same as that of Tanzania but with different lyrics; the melody is also incorporated into South Africa’s anthem

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GEOGRAPHY- ZAMBIA

Location: Southern Africa, east of Angola, south of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Geographic coordinates: 15 00 S, 30 00 E

Map references: Africa

Area: total: 752,618 sq km

country comparison to the world: 39

land: 743,398 sq km

water: 9,220 sq km

Area—comparative: slightly larger than Texas

Land boundaries: total: 5,664 km

border countries: Angola 1,110 km, Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,930 km, Malawi 837 km, Mozambique 419 km, Namibia 233 km, Tanzania 338 km, Zimbabwe 797 km

Coastline: 0 km (landlocked)

Maritime claims: none (landlocked)

Climate: tropical; modified by altitude; rainy season (October to April)

Terrain: mostly high plateau with some hills and mountains

Elevation extremes: lowest point: Zambezi river 329 m

highest point: unnamed elevation in Mafinga Hills 2,301 m

Natural resources: copper, cobalt, zinc, lead, coal, emeralds, gold, silver, uranium, hydropower

Land use: arable land: 4.52%

permanent crops: 0.05%

other: 95.44% (2011)

Irrigated land: 1,559 sq km (2003)

Total renewable water resources: 105.2 cu km (2011)

Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural): total: 1.57 cu km/yr (18%/8%/73%)

per capita: 147 cu m/yr (2002)

Natural hazards: periodic drought; tropical storms (November to April)

Environment—current issues: air pollution and resulting acid rain in the mineral extraction and refining region; chemical runoff into watersheds; poaching seriously threatens rhinoceros, elephant, antelope, and large cat populations; deforestation; soil erosion; desertification; lack of adequate water treatment presents human health risks

Environment—international agreements:

party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands

signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

Geography—note: landlocked; the Zambezi forms a natural riverine boundary with Zimbabwe; Lake Kariba on the Zambia-Zimbabwe border forms the world’s largest reservoir by volume (180 cu km; 43 cu mi)

03/01/2016

MORE FACTS ABOUT ZAMBIA

Nationality: noun: Zambian(s)

adjective: Zambian

Ethnic groups: Bemba 21%, Tonga 13.6%, Chewa 7.4%, Lozi 5.7%, Nsenga 5.3%, Tumbuka 4.4%, Ngoni 4%, Lala 3.1%, Kaonde 2.9%, Namwanga 2.8%, Lunda (north Western) 2.6%, Mambwe 2.5%, Luvale 2.2%, Lamba 2.1%, Ushi 1.9%, Lenje 1.6%, Bisa 1.6%, Mbunda 1.2%, other 13.4%, unspecified 1% (2010 est.)

Languages: Bembe 33.4%, Nyanja 14.7%, Tonga 11.4%, Chewa 4.5%, Lozi 5.5%, Nsenga 2.9%, Tumbuka 2.5%, Lunda (North Western) 1.9%, Kaonde 1.8%, Lala 1.8%, Lamba 1.8%, English (official) 1.7%, Luvale 1.5%, Mambwe 1.3%, Namwanga 1.2%, Lenje 1.1%, Bisa 1%, other 9.4%, unspecified 0.4%

note: Zambia is said to have over 70 languages, although man of these may be considered dialects; all of Zambia’s major languages are members of the Bantu family (2010 est.)

Religions: Protestant 75.3%, Roman Catholic 20.2%, other 2.7% (includes Muslim Buddhist, Hindu, and Baha’i), none 1.8% (2010 est.)

Population: 14,638,505 (July 2014 est.)

country comparison to the world: 71

note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and s*x than would otherwise be expected

Age structure:

0-14 years: 46.2% (male 3,393,388/female 3,362,850)

15-24 years: 20% (male 1,465,009/female 1,467,555)

25-54 years: 28.5% (male 2,105,768/female 2,072,314)

55-64 years: 2.4% (male 199,098/female 222,214)

65 years and over: 2.4% (male 151,471/female 198,838) (2014 est.)

24/11/2015

Music and Dance
Quiet beauty, bustle, bounding life or brimming joy characterise many aspects of music and dance in Zambia. Emphasis varies from breathless acrobatic spectacle amid propulsive drumming to fine subtleties of sound and movement.

Many traditional instruments are still played throughout the country, although the desire for western instruments increases. The more common ones are the hand piano, a small instrument with iron keys mounted on a rectangular box and plucked by both thumbs. Or the silimba, a xylophone type instrument with a range of flat wooden keys mounted over gourds. The most common of course is the drum and drumming plays an important part of rituals, ceremonies, celebrations and community communication.

Dance is an important part of musical expression among Africans and along with the ideas they express, serve as reflectors of life and thought over the centuries - of times of turmoil and peace, tension and confidence, retreat and advance, conquest and defeat.

The influence of the west and the rest of Africa is well entrenched in music tastes of the current generation in Zambia. In the big towns, night clubs and shebeens belt the sounds of Kwela and rumba and many local bands play to the increasingly westernised youth.

Courtesy- www.zambiatourism.com

24/11/2015

ZAMBIAS CULTURE

Zambia’s contemporary culture is a blend of values, norms, material and spiritual traditions of more than 70 ethnically diverse people. Most of the tribes of Zambia moved into the area in a series of migratory waves a few centuries ago. They grew in numbers and many travelled in search of establishing new kingdoms, farming land and pastures.
Before the colonial period, the region now known as Zambia was the home of a number of free states. Each having comprehensive economic links with each other and the outside world along trade routes to the east and west coast of Africa. The main exports were copper, ivory and slaves in exchange for textiles, jewellery, salt and hardware.

During the colonial period, the process of industrialisation and urbanisation saw ethnically different people brought together by economic interests. This, as well as the very definite influence of western standards, generated a new culture without conscious effort of politically determined guidelines.

Many of the rural inhabitants however, have retained their indigenous and traditional customs and values. After Independence in 1964, the government recognised the role culture was to play in the overall development of a new nation and began to explore the question of a National identity.

Institutions to protect and promote Zambia’s culture were created, including the National Heritage Conservation Commission. Private museums were also founded and cultural villages were established to promote the expression of artistic talents.

Courtesy -wwww.zambiatourism.com

20/11/2015

The Kalambo Falls

T
he impressive Kalambo Falls can be found in the Northern Province, 33 kilometers from Mbala on the Kalambo River, which forms the border between Zambia and Tanzania.

This spectacular jet of water falls in a single uninterrupted stream 221 meters down into the gorge below and then on into Lake Tanganyika. They are the second highest falls in Africa and the twelfth highest in the world. The rare Maribou stork nests in the gorge below the falls.

Courtesy : www.zambiatourism.com

20/11/2015

Northern Waterfalls

The northern provinces of Zambia are very remote and uncommercialised. A two or three-week self-drive circuit from Lusaka is the only practical way to explore these off the beaten track areas of the country. The northern waterfalls are like finding the treasure chest from a secret map. Many of them have no tarred roads leading to them so it is quite an adventure locating them. The local villagers are always helpful and will tell you what they know about the traditional lore behind each waterfall, all of which are viewed as sacred places. Several operators offer tours around these areas and include visits to local villages to get a feel of authentic rural life in the beautiful unspoiled Zambian countryside.
Major Waterfalls (alphabetically)

Kalambo Falls
Kundalila Falls
Lumangwe Falls
Ngonye Falls
Victoria Falls

Smaller Waterfalls (alphabetically)

Chipembe Falls
Chipoma Falls
Chisimba Falls
Kabweluma Falls
Kundabwika Falls
Mumbuluma Falls
Mutumuna Falls
Ntumbachushi Falls
Nyambwezi Falls

- Courtesy www.zambiatourism.com

20/11/2015

We Now turn our attention to Zambia’s Spectacular Waterfalls!!

19/11/2015

The Luvale
Coming from the North of Lake Tanganyika, their first chief was a woman named Kenga Naweji. Descendants of these people are the Valuvale, Valuchase, Vambunda, Vachokwe and Vaviya Tribes living in the North Western provinces. The Luvale were for centuries great travellers and traders, much of their culture recalls their contact with the Portuguese on the Angolan coast, five hundred years ago.

19/11/2015

Zambia Tribes - Contnued
The Kaonde
The Kaonde People can be found in Solwezi, Kasempa and Chizera districts of North Western Province and in Kaoma in the Western province. The Kaonde like the Lunda are the descendants of the famous Luba-Lunda Empire of Zaire. The Kaonde were among the first Zambian tribes to carry out the mining of copper and archaeological evidence at the Kansanshi Mine in Solwezi dating back to the iron age period proves this.

18/11/2015

Zambia Tribes-
The Bemba
Representing some 18% of the population, the Bemba, along with the Lunda recognise an almost legendary place called Kola as their land of origin. Historically they were nomadic hunter gatherers. Their paramount chief is called the Chitimukulu. When copper mining began in earnest on the Copperbelt, the Bemba speaking people came down for jobs in force.

18/11/2015

Zambia Tribes-
The Tonga
Among the most numerous in Zambia, archaeological evidence proves their existence for at least 900 years in the Southern province. Six centuries ago, one of the areas where they now live, the Zambezi Valley, was a flourishing trade centre. Here there was brisk trade between the valley people and the Arabs, Chinese and Indians on the East coast of Africa.. One form of currency used was a copper ingot cast in the form of a cross.

18/11/2015

Zambian Tribes-
The Ngoni
Originally from South Africa, also fleeing the Great Shaka Zulu, the Ngoni migrated into Eastern Zambia and adopted the fighting tactics of Shaka. They conquered indigenous tribes there with ease. The day they crossed over the Zambezi was a momentous occasion marked by an eclipse of the sun and ceremonial beer drinking, stories of which are still told to this day. They ruled this area in peace until they were conquered by colonial government in 1897 with troops coming in from Nyasaland (Malawi) Their warlike festival of Nc’wala was surpressed until independence and then revived. Now, with leopard skin, knobkerrie and shield, Paramount chief Mpezeni represents a tradition which has all but lost its language, except for Mpezeni’s praise singer. Today the Ngoni speak Chichewa, the language of the people they conquered. With the break up of their military system, the power of the Ngoni declined and in the East today, the traces of Ngoni ascendancy are few. Many of their cultures remain however and at the annual Independence celebrations every October, their dancers are well known. Ngoni's are a minority grouping which assimilated a portion of the nsenga women which now makes what is known as Ngoni. The predominant tribe in Eastern province is Chewa, whose kingdom goes beyond Zambia's boundaries. There are more Chewa speaking people in central Africa than any other tribe.

18/11/2015

Zambias Tribes
-The Lozi
The Lozi migrated into Western Zambia from the Luba Lunda Kingdom of Mwata Yamvwa in Zaire, which was one of the greatest central African Chieftainships in the 17th and 18th Century. After some centuries they were conquered by the Makalolo from the South, fleeing themselves from the great Zulu conqueror, Shaka. They left their language, Sikololo as the lingua franca of the Barotse plains and imposed much of their cultural tradition on the area. The Lozi people eventually rose up against them in 1864 and all but annihilated them. Their Chief is called the Litunga and they are essentially cattlemen. Every year they migrate to higher ground above the barotse flodplains of the Zambezi in a grand ceremony called the Kuomboka.

08/07/2015

Today we start looking at benefits of taking a holiday/ vacation.

1. Taking a vacation may not only make you happy, but increase your job performance.

10/10/2014

Hire Rates
Saloon car K350.00 per day
4x4 K650.00 per day (local)
4x4 K850.00 per day (out of town)*
26 seater bus K900.00 (local)
26 seater bus K1500.00 (out of town)*

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advantages of hiring a Car.

1. Its cheaper than using your own car for long distance travels- mileage and wear and tear on your car is not affected.

2. You choose between driving it yrself or being chauffeur driven

3. Cost of insurance is not borne by you.

4. You can drive any type of car you want any day to anywhere!!!

5. Its cheper than a taxi for local short stay holidays or visits.

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