- However, as evidenced by the monthly Basic Needs Basket (BNB) that shows the cost of living for a family of six, the recently announced upward adjustments of electricity tariffs by the ERB implies that the cost of electricity as a percentage of basic needs is high. When compared to wages of select jobs or the prevailing income levels in Zambia, the challenge of meeting food needs and paying for electricity is insurmountable. Food being one of the foremost of needs, this reality implies that most households after struggling to meet the need for food will switch to other sources of energy such as charcoal. It is a foregone conclusion that one of the immediate implications of the increment in…

- With only 10 days before the official World Trade Organisation (WTO) deadline for negotiating a free trade area, called Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between Europe and countries in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific, Civil Society Organisations in Zambia take this opportunity to.