THE Zambia Consumer Association (ZACA) says it was hoping that government would this year look at lowering the cost of living and cost of doing business, but it has done the opposite. In an interview, Saturday, ZACA Secretary General Juba Sakala said with the increased toll fees for heavy goods vehicles, mealie meal prices would not reduce. “Everyone has a complaint. Even the manufacturers, because these are the ones who move goods, especially cargo from one place to another, and then they pass through a toll gate that is K1,200 for a 30 tonne truck. That is too much for them. Coming to the issue of millers who move maize from one district to another, and [they] find a toll...

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