Dr Lewis Saiwana, the Director-General of the Zambia Wildlife Authority (ZAWA) yesterday informed the Chairman of the Livingstone Tourism Association, Nick Katenekwa, that the Tourism Lease Agreement issued to Legacy Holdings Zambia Limited for 220 ha. for 75 years in the Mosi oa Tunya National Park has been cancelled. Legacy will now revert to their 2 ha./5 year lease.
This is a massive victory for Zambia, for sense and sensibility, for democratization and the rule of law.
We now need to move positively forward to support ZAWA, the Livingstone City Council, the National Heritage and Conservation Commission and UNESCO in shoring up the management of the National Park. This will require the formation of a trust that will partner ZAWA in the Park's joint management. But in order for us to go forward a moratorium - pending the provision of a master management plan, must be imposed on any further developments.
Legacy must now throw its considerable weight behind ensuring a viable Park, and must be encouraged and assisted to seriously consider other potential sites for investment, both in Livingstone and in Zambia as a whole.
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