SINCE the festive period, the whole country started receiving almost 24 hours of electricity supply. This came as a shock to many consumers because we were coming from between four to eight hours of power supply, sometimes even less. In fact, there was not the usual noise from government that often accompanies major interventions. There were no dramatic announcements or overblown press statements. Silently, we simply saw a sharp decline in darkness and a noticeable increase in energy supply. For households, businesses and institutions that had grown accustomed to planning life around load-shedding schedules, this change was immediate and deeply felt. We are told by Zesco that we must not celebrate yet because we are not completely out of the...