{"id":17564,"date":"2022-03-05T20:57:55","date_gmt":"2022-03-05T20:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zacci-calls-on-industries-to-plan-for-new-fuel-pricing-model-as-government-sticks-to-it-guns"},"modified":"2022-03-05T21:11:01","modified_gmt":"2022-03-05T21:11:01","slug":"zacci-calls-on-industries-to-plan-for-new-fuel-pricing-model-as-government-sticks-to-it-guns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zacci-calls-on-industries-to-plan-for-new-fuel-pricing-model-as-government-sticks-to-it-guns","title":{"rendered":"ZACCI calls on industries to plan for new fuel pricing model as Government sticks to it guns"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>The Zambia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ZACCI) has called on Industries to fully plan for the newly introduced fuel pricing model adopted by the Energy Regulation Board (ERB).<\/p>\n

ZACCI President, Chubuka Kawesha said the new ERB pricing model will grow fuel petroleum market space and support the process of partial to fuel liberalization of the fuel sub-sector.<\/p>\n

Mr. Kawesha said that the partial liberalistion raises concern and there is a greater risk and loss if they keep overturning advancements that promote full liberalistion for the private sector to eventually obtain broader latitude both up and down stream in the fuel petroleum sub sector.<\/p>\n

He noted that fuel like electricity and telecommunication is the catalyst of any economic activity and is a critical production enhancer in all sectors of the economy.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe country must stand steadfast as we urge that government should work at streamlining the fuel procurement process and plan its exit in the procurement value chain by cutting off middle men and allow independent licensed investors and oil marketing companies to import fuel products,\u201d Mr. Kawesha said.<\/p>\n

He further said that as it progresses the underlying regulatory reform measures must promote conducive and manageable tax levels as well as regulatory fees.<\/p>\n

Mr Kawesha noted that the country needs to expedite the development of region fuel supply opportunities and the exploratory opportunities to this value chain covering transportation.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe take this opportunity to call upon ERB to scale up visibility of investment opportunities for prospective investors across the full value chain of large medium and small scale refinery opportunities,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Mr Kawesha since called upon the ERB and other private sector to rollout an electric-motor or electric-vehicle investment roadmap which will incorporate local electric-battery development. Meanwhile, Minister of Energy Peter Kapala has said that there is no intention to go back to quarterly or yearly reviews of fuel pump prices.<\/p>\n

In a statement to the media, Mr Kapala said that his ministry has adopted a monthly review of fuel pump prices in Zambia because it is better than a quarterly review, which lags behind in passing on the benefits onto the users when there is a drop in real costs and international prices. Below is the full statement<\/p>\n

We have adopted a monthly review of fuel pump prices in Zambia because it is better than a quarterly review, which lags behind in passing on the benefits onto the users when there is a drop in real costs and international prices. This week, we have seen fuel pump price increases in many countries. But because these countries don\u2019t review their prices regularly, they missed a chance to reduces prices last month when Zambia did.<\/p>\n

I wish to assert that there is no intention to go back to quarterly or yearly reviews of fuel pump prices. The country has tried long term review cycles before and we ended up with large fuel price increases and a very large government debt from unpaid fuel bills. This was due to the fact that the government couldn\u2019t sustain subsidies and couldn\u2019t pay suppliers on time. Delaying price reviews doesn\u2019t make the problems disappear. This only compounds the problem, like papering over cracks on a wall.<\/p>\n

Whereas some businesses and entrepreneurs are complaining about disruptions in their planning, especially in the short-term, they cannot deny the fact that the same businesses will enjoy instant savings when a reduction in pump prices has to be effected due to a drop in international prices of the commodity or a favourable change in inflation or currency exchange rates.<\/p>\n

As a government, we appreciate the fact that the greatest risk to the country, in terms of fuel, is security of supply. The only way we can assure security of supply is to make sure we match \u2013 as closely as possible \u2013 all movements in the exchange rates and international oil prices. If we don\u2019t do so, we shall then be second-guessing these movements. What will then be prevailing at the pumps will not be real prices but guesswork. And any attempts to pre-empt price movements before they actually occur would result in prices that are excessively high and punitive to the public or too low to the point that someone has to then subsidise the price. This would then defeat the whole purpose of removing subsidies and having cost-reflective tarrifs, prices and fees within the energy sector.<\/p>\n

The reality on the ground is that the supply chain and cost-factors of fuel have changed from what they last month or the month before. There is now a war in Ukraine involving Russia. Russia is a major supplier of fuel in the world. This war with Ukraine creates instability in the supply of Russian oil. For example, sanctions have been imposed on Russia by the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) members and these sanctions include blocking Russian ships from disgorging fuel at ports in places like the UK albeit the Russian oil itself hasn\u2019t been embargoed. With possible reduction in Russian oil available on the market, it is not surprising that all this has, consequently, led to the increase in world fuel prices. This increase in world oil prices directly affects fuel pump prices in Zambia in a not-so-positive way. Compounded to this is a slight depreciation in the exchange rate of the Zambian Kwacha to the dollar in the last month.<\/p>\n

As the New Dawn Government, we are strongly resolute in serving all 18 millions zambians and will not take actions that are seemingly porpular but do not work for the common good and the sustainable growth of the Zambian economy. Be assured that we do pay attention to all concerns but we will always soberly reflect on what is needed to move the nation forward. Monthly reviews are part of that needed blueprint.<\/p>\n

It is for this reason that I wish to discount all suggestions that the reduction last month was politically motivated. Anyone who cares to check will see that last month, the Kwacha was slightly stronger and Brent Crude prices were lower. Good morning. Hon. Eng. Peter Chibwe Kapala Minister of Energy<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Zambia<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zambia. The Zambia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ZACCI) has called on Industries to fully plan for the newly introduced fuel pricing model adopted by the Energy Regulation Board (ERB). ZACCI President, Chubuka Kawesha said the new ERB pricing model will grow fuel petroleum market space and support the process of partial to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":17563,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,8,12,16],"tags":[234,235,233],"class_list":["post-17564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-zambia","tag-zambia"],"yoast_head":"\nZACCI calls on industries to plan for new fuel pricing model as Government sticks to it guns - Zambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Zambia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ZACCI) has called on Industries to fully plan for the newly introduced fuel ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zacci-calls-on-industries-to-plan-for-new-fuel-pricing-model-as-government-sticks-to-it-guns\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ZACCI calls on industries to plan for new fuel pricing model as Government sticks to it guns\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Zambia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ZACCI) has called on Industries to fully plan for the newly introduced fuel ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zacci-calls-on-industries-to-plan-for-new-fuel-pricing-model-as-government-sticks-to-it-guns\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Zambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-03-05T20:57:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-03-05T21:11:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2022\/03\/img-6223d1c8c9971.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"436\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zacci-calls-on-industries-to-plan-for-new-fuel-pricing-model-as-government-sticks-to-it-guns#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zacci-calls-on-industries-to-plan-for-new-fuel-pricing-model-as-government-sticks-to-it-guns\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"ZACCI calls on industries to plan for new fuel pricing model as Government sticks to it guns\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-03-05T20:57:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-03-05T21:11:01+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zacci-calls-on-industries-to-plan-for-new-fuel-pricing-model-as-government-sticks-to-it-guns\"},\"wordCount\":1049,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zacci-calls-on-industries-to-plan-for-new-fuel-pricing-model-as-government-sticks-to-it-guns#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2022\/03\/img-6223d1c8c9971.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Zambia\",\"Zambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"homepage-english\",\"policy\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zacci-calls-on-industries-to-plan-for-new-fuel-pricing-model-as-government-sticks-to-it-guns#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zacci-calls-on-industries-to-plan-for-new-fuel-pricing-model-as-government-sticks-to-it-guns\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zacci-calls-on-industries-to-plan-for-new-fuel-pricing-model-as-government-sticks-to-it-guns\",\"name\":\"ZACCI calls on industries to plan for new fuel pricing model as Government sticks to it guns - Zambia\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zacci-calls-on-industries-to-plan-for-new-fuel-pricing-model-as-government-sticks-to-it-guns#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zacci-calls-on-industries-to-plan-for-new-fuel-pricing-model-as-government-sticks-to-it-guns#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2022\/03\/img-6223d1c8c9971.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-03-05T20:57:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-03-05T21:11:01+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"The Zambia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ZACCI) has called on Industries to fully plan for the newly introduced fuel ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zacci-calls-on-industries-to-plan-for-new-fuel-pricing-model-as-government-sticks-to-it-guns#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zacci-calls-on-industries-to-plan-for-new-fuel-pricing-model-as-government-sticks-to-it-guns\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zacci-calls-on-industries-to-plan-for-new-fuel-pricing-model-as-government-sticks-to-it-guns#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2022\/03\/img-6223d1c8c9971.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2022\/03\/img-6223d1c8c9971.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":436,\"caption\":\"ZACCI calls on industries to plan for new fuel pricing model as Government sticks to it guns\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zacci-calls-on-industries-to-plan-for-new-fuel-pricing-model-as-government-sticks-to-it-guns#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"ZACCI calls on industries to plan for new fuel pricing model as Government sticks to it guns\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/\",\"name\":\"Zambia\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"ZACCI calls on industries to plan for new fuel pricing model as Government sticks to it guns - Zambia","description":"The Zambia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ZACCI) has called on Industries to fully plan for the newly introduced fuel ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zacci-calls-on-industries-to-plan-for-new-fuel-pricing-model-as-government-sticks-to-it-guns","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"ZACCI calls on industries to plan for new fuel pricing model as Government sticks to it guns","og_description":"The Zambia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ZACCI) has called on Industries to fully plan for the newly introduced fuel ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zacci-calls-on-industries-to-plan-for-new-fuel-pricing-model-as-government-sticks-to-it-guns","og_site_name":"Zambia","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2022-03-05T20:57:55+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-03-05T21:11:01+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":436,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2022\/03\/img-6223d1c8c9971.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zacci-calls-on-industries-to-plan-for-new-fuel-pricing-model-as-government-sticks-to-it-guns#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zacci-calls-on-industries-to-plan-for-new-fuel-pricing-model-as-government-sticks-to-it-guns"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"ZACCI calls on industries to plan for new fuel pricing model as Government sticks to it guns","datePublished":"2022-03-05T20:57:55+00:00","dateModified":"2022-03-05T21:11:01+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zacci-calls-on-industries-to-plan-for-new-fuel-pricing-model-as-government-sticks-to-it-guns"},"wordCount":1049,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zacci-calls-on-industries-to-plan-for-new-fuel-pricing-model-as-government-sticks-to-it-guns#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2022\/03\/img-6223d1c8c9971.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Zambia","Zambia"],"articleSection":["all news","head lines","homepage-english","policy","twitter"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zacci-calls-on-industries-to-plan-for-new-fuel-pricing-model-as-government-sticks-to-it-guns#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zacci-calls-on-industries-to-plan-for-new-fuel-pricing-model-as-government-sticks-to-it-guns","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zacci-calls-on-industries-to-plan-for-new-fuel-pricing-model-as-government-sticks-to-it-guns","name":"ZACCI calls on industries to plan for new fuel pricing model as Government sticks to it guns - Zambia","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zacci-calls-on-industries-to-plan-for-new-fuel-pricing-model-as-government-sticks-to-it-guns#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zacci-calls-on-industries-to-plan-for-new-fuel-pricing-model-as-government-sticks-to-it-guns#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2022\/03\/img-6223d1c8c9971.jpg","datePublished":"2022-03-05T20:57:55+00:00","dateModified":"2022-03-05T21:11:01+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"The Zambia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ZACCI) has called on Industries to fully plan for the newly introduced fuel ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zacci-calls-on-industries-to-plan-for-new-fuel-pricing-model-as-government-sticks-to-it-guns#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zacci-calls-on-industries-to-plan-for-new-fuel-pricing-model-as-government-sticks-to-it-guns"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zacci-calls-on-industries-to-plan-for-new-fuel-pricing-model-as-government-sticks-to-it-guns#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2022\/03\/img-6223d1c8c9971.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2022\/03\/img-6223d1c8c9971.jpg","width":800,"height":436,"caption":"ZACCI calls on industries to plan for new fuel pricing model as Government sticks to it guns"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zacci-calls-on-industries-to-plan-for-new-fuel-pricing-model-as-government-sticks-to-it-guns#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"ZACCI calls on industries to plan for new fuel pricing model as Government sticks to it guns"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/","name":"Zambia","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17564\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}