THE Public Passenger Transport Drivers Association in Zambia says the minimal upward adjustment in bus fares after the recent substantial increase in fuel pump prices will affect transport sector growth. In an interview, Sunday, Association National Secretary Sydney Mbewe lamented that bus owners would increase the cashing threshold upon hearing there was an upward adjustment in fares without taking into consideration other factors. “Because of the increment of the affairs of the general public. I was doing a sub survey this morning to see what the response of the bus drivers will be in relationship with announcement that the fares have increased by K1 for the cosmopolitan and then K2 for the inter south which is mostly in the Copperbelt...

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