ZESCO Board Chairperson Vickson Ncube says it is difficult to project when load shedding will come to an end. And Ncube says Zesco is still exporting electricity despite having a power deficit because it wants to prevent growth of the debt owed to Independent Power Producers (IPPs). Last week, Energy expert Johnston Chikwanda said it was likely that load-shedding would last for about 10 months and that Zesco would lose about $350 million. But in an interview, Ncube said the power outages could end if the country received good rainfall. “You know, this particular load-shedding remember has been caused by weather matters. If we get rains say in the next two weeks; good rains in our catchment area, load-shedding can...

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