Corruption in Water Sector Makes Clean Water A Pipedream : IPS on the rampant corruption in the Zambia water sector.
New NGO Helps Zambia's Disabled Find Work : VOA on how group of disabled people are starting their own businesses, and helping to end unemployment and discrimination in Solwezi.
Shunned hydro may solve Southern Africa's power woes : making the case for hydro-power as the solution to Southern Africa's problems.
Land titles are hard to come by : MS Zambia on the elusive quest for land titles.
"Diamonds Are Not Forever'' : Its getting heated in Botswana as the diamond market crunch leads to job losses.
Using the Rand Makes Zimbabwe 'South Africa's Province' : IPS on Zimbabwe's on-going negotiation to be part of the Rand monetary union.
Thursday, 26 February 2009
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Malawi: Weaning people off aid, from IRIN.
ReplyDeleteI know lots of people are very worried or upset about the proposed increase in electricity tariffs, and this is understandable. However, Zambia is no longer a net electricity exporter, but instead is a net electricity importer. Here's approximately what customers in neighboring countries are paying (as well as SA/PRC/USA for further comparison).
ReplyDeleteAverage Residential/Commercial/Industrial Electricity Tariffs, 2008 (except PRC), all prices in round ZMK per kWh:
= Proposed '09 = 306/323/192
=== Zambia === 170/212/109
=== Angola === 218/230/129
=== Namibia === 633/599/409
== Botswana == 364/358/246
=== Zimbabwe == 39/28/17
= Mozambique = 694/840/308
=== Malawi === 213/370/230
=== Tanzania == 437/482/370
=== Kenya ==== 549/666/487
=== Uganda == 1344/1322/638
==== USA ==== 616/557/386
= China (Sept. '07) = 243
= South Africa = range 100 to 811 (Eskom tariff schedule is 56 pages long)