ZESCO’S power supply crisis has gone from bad to worse this year, with households and businesses suffering prolonged blackouts, sometimes lasting for days. The frustration has reached a tipping point where the public, traditionally resistant to tariff hikes, is now clamouring for relief from the suffocating outages. It is becoming increasingly clear that an unpopular but necessary step must be taken to alleviate the current crisis. While a tariff increase is undoubtedly burdensome for households and businesses, at this stage, expensive power is better than no power at all, and many people now agree. Last month, we conducted a basic survey on our social media platforms and engaged at least 5,000 participants, asking their opinions on expensive power with less...