LOAD shedding, load shedding, load shedding! It’s nearly impossible to escape the buzz about load shedding nowadays. Now, the music industry is also grappling with this issue. Given their heavy reliance on electricity for recording and production, artistes and producers are constantly racing against the clock. Not knowing when power will be cut or be restored not only disrupts their creative flow but also throws deadlines into disarray. Rapper Ephraim Kasonde, known as Dizmo, recently appeared on InWits ‘Hang Out’ programme, where he lamented how load shedding is disrupting artistes’ plans. It turns out, artistes are having to hit pause on recording because power keeps dropping out while they’re in the studio. Dizmo also emphasised that Zambia is a unified...

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