Approximately 300 truck drivers are planning a protest over a hike in entry-permit tariffs imposed by Zambia last year.

The drivers claim Zambia's immigration authorities imposed a hike in entry permits from only N$3,400 to N$12,250 a year, which is very costly since the drivers and employers each pay 50% of the entry-permit bill.

According to Nico Nanub, one of the drivers who work for a Walvis Bay-based company, it is only at the Sesheke entry point in Zambia with Namibia that they are expected to pay for the exorbitant entry permit, which is not the case at the Kazungulu entry-point between Botswana and Zambia.

|Nanub emphasized that if permits expire while they are on the road, they also often resort to paying bribes to proceed with the…