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ERB starts receiving public comments on ZESCO Limited’s Electricity Tariff Application Agnes Phiri DIRECTOR – CONSUMER & PUBLIC AFFAIRS   The Energy Regulation Board (ERB) has started receiving public comments on the proposed electricity tariff adjustment application by ZESCO Limited.   The follows an application by the utility to vary tariffs by 75% on average, in two phases starting with 50% on 1st May and a further 25% on 1st September 2017.   Members of the public are hereby requested to lodge their written submissions to the ERB in line with the Public Consultation Paper which is available on the...

…TEVETA must reach rural areas By Ashton Kelly Bunda TECHNICAL Education Vocation and Entrepreneurship Training Authority (TEVETA) Director-General (DG) David Chikonta is preaching expansion of professional skills to rural Zambia’s in line with the Seventh (7th) National Development Plan (SNDP), recently launched by President Edgar Chagwa Lungu themed: ““Accelerating development efforts towards Vision 2030 without leaving anyone behind,”. On his part, Development and National Planning Minister Lucky Mulusa is elated that the Seventh National Development Plan  2017- 2021, anchored on five pillars namely; ‘Economic diversification for job creation; Reduced poverty and vulnerability; Enhanced human development; Reduction in developmental inequalities; Creating...

By Amos Chanda Lusaka, Friday,19th May, 2017 His Excellency Mr. Edgar Chagwa Lungu, President of the Republic of Zambia has stated that Zambia attaches great importance to its bilateral relations with Swaziland, which are based on mutual respect and shared goals on national and regional development.   The President said this at State House yesterday when he received a Special Envoy to His Royal Highness King Mswati III, Prince Hlangusemphi, Minister of Economic Planning and Development of the Kingdom of Swaziland who delivered a special message from the King.   President Lungu recalled the fruitful bilateral discussions he held with...

SPEECH BY, HIS EXCELLENCY MR. EDGAR CHAGWA LUNGU PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE ARMED FORCES AT THE KUFUKWILA TRADITIONAL CEREMONY OF SENIOR CHIEF MUKUMBI OF THE KAONDE SPEAKING PEOPLE OF KALUMBILA DISTRICT IN NORTH WESTERN PROVINCE SATURDAY, 20TH MAY 2017 YOUR ROYAL HIGHNESS, SENIOR CHIEF MUKUMBI OF THE KAONDE PEOPLE; YOUR ROYAL HIGHNESSES PRESENT; HON. RICHARD KAPITA, MP, MINISTER FOR NORTH WESTERN PROVINCE; HON. LAWRENCE SICHALWE, MP. MINISTER OF CHIEFS AND TRADITIONAL AFFAIRS; CABINET MINISTERS PRESENT;              THE PROVINCIAL LEADERSHIP OF THE PATRIOTIC FRONT (PF);              LEADERS OF OTHER POLITICAL PARTIES PRESENT;              CHAIRMAN OF...