The Energy Regulation Board says it shall consider written submissions from members of the public and hold a hearing on the proposed 75 per cent electricity tariffs increment. In a statement today, ERB Director Consumer and Public Affairs Agnes Phiri confirmed that the board received an application from Zesco to permit it to increase tariffs...

Zesco has proposed a continuous increase in electricity tariffs for both domestic and commercial consumers. According to the proposals pending the Energy Regulation Board’s approval, Zesco intends to increase the cost of electricity twice this year - in May and September. For metered residential tariffs, Zesco, through its managing director Victor Mundende, has proposed an...

Cheembe PF member of parliament Sebastian Kopulande says there must be no interference in aid management systems. According to a statement issued by Zambia’s First Secretary to Belgium Lambwe Kachali, Kopulande said this when he presented a report on ‘Improving Aid and Development Effectiveness in EU-ACP Cooperation’ to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly in Brussels on...

The International Monetary Fund has entered into new agreements with the Zambian government that will see the country’s treasury recovering from the budget deficit incurred in the first two months of the 2017 financial plan. At the end of a two weeks assessment tour of the Zambian economy, the IMF team led by Tsidi Tsikata...

The Zambia Environmental Management Agency (ZEMA) has stopped Puma Energy Zambia and Spectra Oil from constructing new service stations on grounds that they had disregarded environmental regulations. ZEMA had issued decision letters to the two Oil Marketing Companies on November 11, 2016 after the completion of an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process for construction of...

THE Energy Regulation Board (ERB) says there will be no adjustment on fuel pump prices. In a Press statement issued in Lusaka today, the board said this is in line with the "cost-plus model" which is currently used to set fuel prices. ERB also said that the decision was in line with the policy guidance...

Finance Minister Felix Mutati says electricity tariffs will soon be adjusted upwards. Speaking on ZNBC’s Sunday Interview, Mutati said government would continue removing subsidies in the energy sector. “What we have done is that we are subsidizing a colossal amount in terms of power imports because we can’t afford the effect of continued subsiding in...

Environmental activist Robert Chimambo says those working at the Zambia Environmental Management Authority (ZEMA) are afraid of losing their jobs if they intervened against Chinese companies flouting Zambian environmental regulations. An investigation has shown that Mpande Limestone Mining company which is setting up a cement plant South East of Lusaka does not have a ZEMA...

Agriculture minister Dora Siliya says yellow maize is not for poor people in society and has advised families to prioritize its use over white maize as it is more nutritious. Speaking when she addressed journalists at her office following consultative meetings with Troika and IFAD, Siliya said the government wants to encourage Zambians to stop...

Farmers have backed government’s move to restrict importation of fruits and vegetables. In an interview, York Farm Technical Manager John Henderson said the decision was important as it was meant to promote the local agricultural industry. “I don’t think it is wrong (to restrict imports), I think they’re trying to protect the Zambian market and...