In the picture taken from the today’s edition of The Sunday Mail, ZESA vehemently dismisses the report that is has started or is about to start stage 4 load-shedding where households will go for 4 days without electricity per week. The article had previously been written by the Financial Gazette stated that ZESA was now considering implementing stage 4 of loadshedding as farmers had complained about the possibility of a decline in this year’s yield due to constant power cuts. Part of the disclaimer published by the Sunday Mail from ZESA reads:
ZESA Holdings in conjuction with stakeholders which includes shareholders, among others, are engaging ssiter utilities to clear arrears arising from prior power imports and alsoaugment local supplies to the nation.
It is very worrying that Tabitha Matenga the Features Editor from The Financial Gazzete delibarately chose not to seek clarrification from ZESA on the power supply situation but went ahead to mass communicate an imaginated nd non-existant level 4 load shedding schedule.thereby causing unneccesary alarm and dispondency to the nation.
The curent load shedding schedule comprises 2 stage only, i.e Stage 1 and stage 2 – wherein stage 1 denotes power rationing scenario when the power supply gap is up to a deficiet of 1000MW and stage 2 calls for rationing when the deficiet is more than 1000MW
The power utility and its key stakeholders are currently seized with finding lasting solutions to the power supply challenges currently facing the nation.
ZESA also wants to dismiss the social media messages to the effect that the power utility has restricted electricity usage to 5 Watts per day. Customers should rely only on information from the official ZETDC social media sites and not forwarded messages on platforms such as WhatsApp.
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