FORMER energy minister Yamfwa Mukanga has opposed Zesco’s view that domestic energy users must get off the grid and use alternative energy sources, saying it’s the mining sector which must do so instead. At a News Diggers-organised Public Discussion Forum on load-shedding, Thursday, Zesco Managing Director Victor Mapani said that the corporation could be happy if all its domestic customers went off its power grid because that would help grow industries by reserving more power for them. “The moderator asked a question, ‘I am surprised that the owners of the business are saying ‘no, don’t come to me, just find your own solution’, the point is Zesco is not just there to make profits. Zesco would love to have our...

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