OVER 100 traders and shop owners at Intercity Bus Terminus have sued the Lusaka City Council (LCC) in the High Court, demanding an order to compel the local authority to reduce monthly rentals from K1,500 to K300. Viora Mayobo and 102 others also want damages for inconvenience and loss of business and any other reliefs the court will deem fit. In a statement of claim filed in the Lusaka High Court Principal Registry, Mayobo stated that the LCC shockingly increased levies from K200 to K1,500 per shop in 2023. She stated that efforts to engage the local authority to reduce rentals to K300 had proved futile. “The plaintiffs have been traders who were allocated temporary trading spaces at the Intercity...