ZAMBIA Association of Manufacturers (ZAM) president Ashu Sagar says the association expects a revision of the electricity tariffs approved by ERB once load shedding reduces in June, as the country will no longer be in an emergency situation. Meanwhile, Citizens First (CF) president Harry Kalaba said the UPND government has not managed the electricity crisis well. On Tuesday, government announced that the country would see a reduction in load shedding by June this year. In an interview, Wednesday, Sagar hoped that load shedding would indeed reduce by that time. “In terms of the anticipated load-shedding reduction, we are seeing heavy rainfall in some of the catchment areas for the Kariba especially, and hopefully this will translate into increased power generation...

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