Zambia News » Copperbelt News Zambia » Copperbelt » Social: Zambia, the copperbelt under pressure
The Zambian government plans to revise the tax system and raise royalties to triple revenue from the mining sector by 2017 and prevent tax evasion. The cries of Zambians are that they need to see ...
News Zambia » Copperbelt » Social: How The Emeralds Of Gemfields Provide Access To Healthcare, Education, And Employment In Zambia’s Copperbelt Province
Last spring, Kagem Mining, which is majority-owned by Gemfields—a brand that has placed emeralds on some of the world’s most privileged and famous women—helped the battle against the deadly Covid-19 ...
News Zambia » Copperbelt » Social: Defending the hidden forest gems of Zambia’s Copperbelt Province
If you liked this story, share it with other people. A local community has taken over protecting and managing patches of small evergreen forests, known as mushitu forests, that have recently been ...
News Zambia » Copperbelt » Social: Labor Dynamics and Gender Roles in the Zambian Copperbelt
The Zambian Copperbelt has been central to the country’s economy since colonial times, with mining towns such as Ndola and Kitwe embodying the nexus of extractive capital, labour migration and social ...
News Zambia » Copperbelt » Social: From copper to conservation: Rehabilitating Zambia’s copper belt
Zambia’s Copperbelt Province was once the copper belt that girded the fortunes of this southern African nation’s prosperity. But over-dependence on this raw material has turned those fortunes into ...
News Zambia » Copperbelt » Social: CEC’s green energy expansion lights up Zambia’s Copperbelt
Despite Zambia losing more than 70% of its 3.5GW installed capacity after the devastating weather cycle El Niño hurt hydropower generation plants across the country, private transmission, generation ...