Media Releases

ZESCO Limited has expressed grave concern that teenagers as young as 16 years old are getting initiated into crime syndicates of stealing and vandalizing electricity infrastructure in the country.

After a review of the status of ZESCO Limited and taking into account both the positive and adverse prevailing conditions, ZESCO Limited has identified five strategic objectives for the 2022-2031 Strategic Plan as follows: 1. To achieve customer satisfaction, win customer confidence and loyalty; 2. To be a financially sustainable organisation that balances the needs of its stakeholders; 3. To expand the Generation, Transmission and Distribution systems guided by an Integrated Resource Plan; 4. To have an effective maintenance regime for Generation, Transmission and Distribution systems; and 5. To align human capital to business objectives.

ZESCO Limited warmly welcomes you to the first media briefing of the year 2023. Colleagues, as stated during the last briefing held in December 2022, the Corporation remains intentional in its interactions with the media and shall endavour to deliver information to you in a structured and well-timed manner to keep our customers and stakeholders well abreast with key developments within the utility.

ZESCO Limited has restructured the load management exercise by staggering each outage to a minimum Six (6) hour period. This entails staggering of the current 12 hours into six-hour intervals with a 6-hour break. The changed schedules are intended to provide customers some relief and will take effect on Monday, 9 January 2023 until further notice. To this effect the load shedding pattern is as listed: 00:00 hours – 06:00 hours 06:00 hours – 12:00 hours 12:00 hours – 18:00 hours 18:00 hours – 24:00 hours Our customers are encouraged to look out for updated load shedding schedules in the print media and the ZESCO website www.zesco.co.zm. The schedules are also conveniently accessible via ZESCO’s USSD Code (*3600#) and the Mobile App. ZESCO deeply regrets the inconvenience load shedding has caused its customers. The Corporation remains committed to applying the best load management practices to minimize its impact. As a safety precaution, our customers are advised to treat all supply lines to be live as power may be restored before the scheduled time.

CUSTOMER LOAD SHEDDING UPDATE Wednesday, 04 January 2023, Lusaka. ZESCO Limited will with effect from Wednesday 4 January 2023 adjust the hours of load shedding from to twelve (12) hours daily until further notice. The Corporation’s ability to meet power demand remains constrained by the drastic reduction in available water in the Kariba reserviour for electricity generation at Kariba North Bank Power Station. At present, the power station’s generating capacity has been reduced from its installed 1080MegaWatts (MW) to below 400MW. Furthermore, the removal of a 150MW generator at Maamba Collieries Limited Power Plant for routine annual maintenance from 4 January until 20 January 2023 has exacerbated the situation. ZESCO deeply regrets the inconvenience that will be caused. Issued by: ZESCO Corporate Affairs Department