ZESCO Managing Director Victor Mapani says the power utility company will explain to government that eight hours straight load-shedding is better for planning. Recently, Chief Government Spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa said the state would engage Zesco on the possibility of splitting the eight hours of load shedding in order to cushion its impact on businesses. Speaking, Thursday, when he was featured on Prime TV’s the “Big Debate” programme, Mapani said small businesses had 16 hours to plan better as factories would not like splitting the schedule. “We will listen to them but we have to discuss and indicate why that is better. A factory for example, would not like to operate for eight hours and shut down, another two hours and...

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