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01 May 2012 (The Lusaka Times-Lusaka) Zambia's technical committee drafting the new Zambian constitution has released a draft of the new constitution which specifies the dates of upcoming tri-partite elections, and that these dates would be, as often requested, non-working public holidays in Zambia. • 15 Sep 2011 (The Office of the President of the Republic of Zambia-Lusaka) Zambian President, Rupiah Banda, has declared Tuesday, September 20, 2011, as a non-working public holiday on account of the upcoming tripartite elections. • 28 Jul 2011 (The Lusaka Times-Lusaka) Zambia's President, Rupiah Banda, has set Tuesday, September 20, 2011, as the date for the upcoming tripartite elections. • 24 Jun 2011 (Zambia National Broadcasting Cooperation-Lusaka) Zambia's President, Rupiah Banda, has declared Monday, June 27, 2011, as a one-off non-working public holiday throughout Zambia. • 28 Dec 2010 (The Lusaka Times-Lusaka) Zambia's Secretary to the Cabinet, Joshua Kanganja, has announced that he will soon issue a circular re-stating that Monday, January 3rd, 2011, is not an official public holiday in Zambia. • 07 Feb 2010 (The Post-Lusaka) The executive director of the Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia (EFZ), Reverend Pukuta Mwanza, has recommended to the parliamentary committee on legal affairs, governance, human rights and gender matters, that Election Day should be declared a public holiday in election years to maximise voter turnout. • 31 Dec 2009 (The Lusaka Times-Lusaka) Zambian President, Rupiah Banda, said that the declaration of Zambia as a Christian nation should be retained in the Republican Constitution and that December 29th should be marked as an annual public holiday. • 02 Sep 2009 (The Lusaka Times-Lusaka) Zambia's Secretary to the Cabinet, Dr. Joshua Kanganja, has reiterated yesterday's announcement that September 3rd, 2009, is not a public holiday "because the government has not yet gazetted it". • 01 Sep 2009 (Zambia Daily Mail-Lusaka) Zambia's Chief Government spokesperson, Lieutenant-General Ronnie Shikapwasha, has announced that Thursday, September 3, 2009, would not be a public holiday. • 14 Jun 2009 (Zambia National Broadcasting Cooperation-Lusaka) Zambia's Secretary to the Cabinet, Joshua Kanganja, has issued a statement saying that, despite earlier reports, June 23rd, 2009, will be a normal working day. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Zambia public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Governing Law: Official public holidays in Zambia are regulated by the Employment Act (Chapter 268 of the laws of Zambia) and by the March 26th, 1964 Public Holidays Act (Vol 15 ch 272 of the laws of Zambia), which was repealed by Act No. 14 of 1975, and later amended by Act No. 23 of 1987. • Easter Monday: although it is not an official public holiday, as per the current legislation, it would seem that Easter Monday is observed annually as a de facto public holiday. • Many organizations close shortly before Christmas for industry break and reopen after first week in January. Source: Zambia Investment Centre. • Zambia International Codes ZM and ZMB (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .zm (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of Zambia information and news: Bank of Zambia (Zambia central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (Zambia maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in Zambia), and Wikipedia (includes Zambia commemorative dates that are not necessarily public holidays).

Religion of Specific Business Contacts : Some of the business contacts that you may be trying to meet in Zambia, may belong to a religious group that is not common in Zambia, and therefore which is not included in the above list of public holidays or bank holidays. To be safe, you should also verify that no major religious holidays coincides with any planned business trip to Zambia. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world.

Disclaimer
In many parts of the world, holidays are subject to arbitrary, last minute, changes by local authorities. While every effort has been made to present an accurate list of 2012 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Zambia, we cannot accept any responsibility for any error or omission in the data presented above. You are therefore advised to verify the above dates with the embassy or consulate of Zambia, before planning any trip to Zambia. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our worldwide public holidays news and updates page or subscribe to our free email newsletters.