Reuters, 21/09 16:30 CET
By Stella Mapenzauswa
LUSAKA (Reuters) – The endless
drone and stench of diesel fumes are daily irritants but Zambian barber
Victor Senti is grateful for the generator that has kept his business
going through months of electricity shortages.
The 35-year-old is worried about the future as the
southern African nation, the continent’s biggest copper producer after
Democratic Republic of Congo, grapples with what many say is the worst
economic crisis since the end of one-party rule in 1991.
With gloomy newspaper headlines chronicling the impact of
falling copper prices, the cost of daily necessities soaring and power
cuts lasting up to eight hours, Senti has never felt so pessimistic.
“Things are getting tougher here, especially this year,”
he said. “The government has a responsibility to explain to the nation
what is happening.”
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Source: Euronews
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