In 2022 we had to deal with power outages(Load shedding it's called)..... We were without power for 147 days....that's a total of 3528 hrs...🤬🤬🤬🤬... believe it or not it's actually getting worse.....At the moment we don't have power for between 9 and 12 hrs a day....EVERYDAY!!... Like I've said before Never take for granted where you live.... Other than that everything is just dandy.... Stay well Frens...
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I'm curious as to the cause(s). Zambia has had recurrent problems with load shedding (currently 12 hrs/day), mainly due to overuse of the Kariba Dam, which is jointly owned with Zimbabwe. One problem is that the Kariba power is also being sold to other nations for money (graft), even though the citizenry needs it desperately and should have first claim. There is also a problem sharing it with Zimbabwe, which is in worse economic shape than Zambia. Not only does this put a damper on the economy (idled industry), it starves business generally through the absence of internet service. Individual homes have had to install solar cells and storage batteries to eke out even a few hundred watts of replacement power. (Not that I am a solar cell advocate, but beggars are seldom choosers.)
Simple...The ANC(Governing Party) were handed over a perfectly working Country back in 1994...Everything worked....In 2002 'they' were warned that we had to start building new Power stations ....In 2007 were warned again ....Did fuck all except steal from the state coffers to the extent that they are basically bankrupt to this day...Plus the fact NO maintenance......'They" have destroyed Every working institution that we had....Dumbass MF'rs....
I'm not surprised, but I didn't want to assume without confirmation. Zimbabwe had Robert Mugabe and Zambia had his political apprentice Edgar Lungu. The U.S. might sport an identical timeline...