FOR once, Zambians are waking up to a rare and almost suspicious luxury: electricity that stays on from morning to night. In many Lusaka households, and indeed in parts of the country that had grown used to living by irregular load-shedding schedules, the last few weeks have brought tangible relief. It almost feels like one is doing something illegal waking up with power and going to sleep with power still flowing in the house. On this score, ZESCO deserves acknowledgment. The utility is right to say that there has been a noticeable improvement in supply, and it would be dishonest to pretend otherwise. For ordinary citizens who had reorganised their lives around darkness, candles, generators and inverter batteries, the current...
