The baboon interfered with the ‘A’ station, B3 and B5 high voltage machines this morning resulting in a power outage in the two areas.
Zesco Spokesperson Henry Kapata says the power utility company is already on the ground working to correct the damage.
Mr. Kapata has told ZNBC News in an interview in Livingstone that the power disturbance has nothing to do with load-shedding but just an accident involving a curious animal.
He says the baboon has since been rescued from the high-power voltage machine and taken by the department of national parks and wildlife for resuscitation.
Mr. Kapata says the animal has survived the electric shock because baboons have highly insulated palms noting that a human being could not have survived in the same situation.
It can only be an Ape. Off course. Only apes do such ignorant, deliberate damage.
Like the Ape in Mukobeko and 5 co-accused
(HH) probably promised the baboon a few bananas upon winning the ‘Petition’
Let the petition be heard
what a coincidence! this one has to be a state of emergency now. arrest all baboons and throw them in Victoria falls
Come on you people comment like normal people who are not politically motivated at once! This is something to do with nature forgive the animal it totally never new what it was doing
Even Baboons have joined arsonists. PF is trouble…
Your mother would wish she aborted you if she saw your posts.
Then Mutinta threatened the Ape that Armageddon would erupt in the forest and burn all the trees.
The baboon acted out of fear. It’s innocent
That was Chief Mukuni’s voodoo.
What shall we call this now? A state of Baboons? Amazing how vulnerable our country is today. Shame!
If a single chimp can shut down 50,000 homes imagine what a troop can do they can switch Kariba North Power Plant.
Its a shame that we find humor in mediocrity, appalling safety standards and incompetence!!
Incompetent Zesco quick to pass the buck …this comedian of a spokesman am sure couldn’t wait to release this to media. These installations are supposed to be animal proof I saw the photo and what nonsense is this about palms being insulated.
From which party?
pamafi party…
Quick! Invoke Article …er….er….er……
Lusakatimes, what is the connection between the picture story and the powerblack out?
True, they should have showed us the baboon or better still the affected sub stations.
lol but sure we have clowns in Zambia, blaming the baboon now yaba, this is comedy at its best.
INSTEAD of asking how much all this safety breach cost their clients..the moment people start suing ZESCO for loss of business will they wake up…Nobody sees anything wrong here, in other places heads would be rolling …but at this reckless Institution someone would get a promotion!!
Zambians wake up!!
Bane i heard about this on an international radio station; the other time it was a lizard and now it is a monkey; what a shame of a leadership; have monkeys the joined in rebelling against PF?
Bembas Bembas Bembas you sent your bululu to commit an act of sabotage. Just joking, don’t take me seriously
Or did the shushushu throw the monkey in the substation so that if the monekey escaped they could blame it on UPND?
Anything can happen in Zambia, with people spending nights at the Grave.
Baboons and PF. U c, if it wasn’t known to be baboon. Upnd was going to be the cause. Zambia and politics.