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In September 2022, the UPND government reinstated Diesel and Petrol excise duty. [10] In December 2022, the government amended the customs duty rate in Chapter 27 of the Customs and Excise Act Cap 322 from 25% to free rate (0%). This applied to importation of petrol and low Sulphur gas oil and came into effect on 1st January 2023. [11]
A gratuity (often called a tip) is a sum of money customarily given by a customer to certain service sector workers such as hospitality for the service they have performed, in addition to the basic price of the service.
Zambian exports in 2006. Zambia is a developing country, and it achieved middle-income status in 2011.Through the first decade of the 21st century, the economy of Zambia was one of the fastest-growing economies in Africa, and its capital, Lusaka, the fastest-growing city in the Southern African Development Community (SADC). [18]
Zambia is officially a "Christian nation" under the 1996 constitution, but recognizes and protects freedom of religion. [97] Zambia is the only African nation to designate Christianity as a state religion. [98] The Zambia Statistics Agency estimates that 95.5% of Zambians are Christian, with 75.3% Protestant and 20.2% Roman Catholic. [99]
The 2022 census of Zambia was a detailed enumeration of the Zambian population that became the sixth national census in the country since independence. It began on August 18, 2022 and concluded by September 14, 2022. [1] It became Zambia's first-ever digitally conducted population census. [2]
24 June – Zambia reports the first suspected cases of monkeypox. [2] 15 December – Police in Zambia arrest a truck driver alleged to have transported 27 Ethiopian migrants found dead on the outskirts of Lusaka on Sunday. The bodies were dumped in a farm. [3] 23 December – Zambia officially abolishes capital punishment. [4]
The Zambia National Service, abbreviated ZNS, [2] is part of the Zambian Defence Force, has been a cornerstone of national development since its establishment in 1971 through an Act of Parliament. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Committed to the twin objectives of training civilian and safeguarding the territorial integrity of Zambia, [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] the ZNS Act ...
The 2010 Zambian census was conducted in Zambia in 2010 under the approval of the Government of Zambia, which recorded demographic data from 13 million people and 3.2 million households. The 2010 Census of Population and Housing was conducted between 16 October and 15 November 2010, with all parts of the country covered by 30 November 2010.