The very simple answer to load shedding is to increase prices of electricity. More precisely, to stop government price controls in the energy sector by completely removing the power of the Energy Regulation Board (ERB) to approve changes in prices of electricity and leaving pricing completely and totally to market forces.
30 years ago, the Zambian public education system was something to talk about. We had quality expatriate teachers from all over the world in addition to our own wonderful locally bred educators.
A BIT OF HISTORY In November 2013, I began a research into past election results in the multiparty era, particularly 2001-2011. My research culminated into a five-part series of articles …
I wish to express my deep sympathies with the predicament you are in Sir. You have inherited a poisoned chalice. A nation in a mess that is reeling from the from high cost of living, an escalating debt burden, corruption, poverty, a litany of broken promises, a delayed constitution process, a labour movement about to stage mass demonstrations, a culture of political intolerance, violence among cadres, total confusion politically, and many other things too numerous to mention. I really feel for you Sir.
A few weeks ago, I put forward a thought experiment that I called “The Great Swap” as follows: Imagine that intelligent aliens come on earth, put everyone to sleep …
Over at Zambia Online, I have recently published a three-part series that attempts to forecast the results of the 2016 Zambian elections. In the first part, I took a historical …
The Zambian government recently made a controversial decision to grant a licence to Zambezi Resources Ltd for copper mining activities in the Lower Zambezi National Park. The action triggered a hullabaloo that …
[NOTE: This article contains references to Zambian organizations and is based around the specific circumstances of the nation but the ideas can be ported anywhere else] Many armchair critics rightly …
Q: What do the following 15 countries have in common? Botswana, Cameroon, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Lesotho, Swaziland, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Thailand, Zimbabwe? A: From 1960 to 1970, all …
“I was taken around and shown things as a ‘useful idiot‘… that’s what my role was. I can’t understand why I was so gullible.” — Doris Lessing, British writer and …
