Information Service (ZANIS) Director. This is a major milestone as she becomes the first female ever to be appointed to such a position. [Click here to access on web] Newspaper News Diggers 11/03/2022 - 10:35:40 Title : ZDR reintroduces 16% VAT on ePaper, newspaper sales Summary : THE Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) has introduced a 16 percent Value Added Tax on Booklets and Newspapers effective January 1, 2022. In a notice, Wednesday, the authority indicated that booklets and newspapers had been removed from the list of exempt items pursuant to the Value Added Tay (Exemption) (Amendment. Order, No. 105 of 2021. [Click here to access on web] Times Of Zambia 09/03/2022 - Title : ENACT NGO ATI ACTS CSPR URGES PARLEY Summary : THE Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR) has urged members of Parliament (MP) to enact the revised Non-Governmental Organisation Act and the Access to Information Act to strengthen Zambia’s civic space and accelerate decentralization. [Click here to access on web] The Mast 09/03/2022 - Title : ZAMEC LAW MUST REGULATE VISITING INTERNATIONAL JOURNALIST- MINISTER Summary : The Ministry of Justice has written to the Media Liaison Committee meeting guiding it on the Zambia Media Council (ZAMEC) draft bill which is aimed at actualizing self-regulation of journalists in the country. [Click here to access on web] News Diggers 10/03/2022 - Title : VAT on Newspapers sales will affect access to information -MISA Zambia Summary : MISA Zambia chairperson Fr. Barnabas Simatende says the reintroduction of the 16 percent VAT on newspaper sales will have a negative effect on freedom of expression and 50