ZESCO Limited says it reduced power supply to three hours to protect the remaining water and avoid a complete shutdown. And the utility says the current load-shedding situation is better than last year’s experience, when the country would go for up to two days without power. Speaking on Hot FM on Thursday, ZESCO Corporate Affairs Manager Rose Sibisi said without power imports, the country would not have any electricity at all. “It is acknowledged that power supply has really reduced because major hydro dams have very low water levels. It’s our reality because 80 percent of our power comes from hydro generation. Kariba is low, at about 9.46 percent; Kafue Gorge is sitting at about 7.2 percent; and Itezhi-Tezhi is...

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