zimbabwe power crisis

By Tendai Ruben Mbofana ZANU PF never ceases to amaze! Always full of excuses – some just incredible, others pure madness, whilst there are downright stupid! I always say to myself, ‘if ZANU PF had been a man, then every woman would…
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Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has blasted President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration for prioritising more than 100 government officials with installation of solar panels at their homes at the taxpayers’…
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By Eddie Cross The electrical power crisis that has enveloped southern Africa has its roots in our post liberation history. Prior to that, the utilities created by the States of southern Africa exhibited considerable foresight and…
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Although South Africa is well-known for its “humanitarian approach” towards Zimbabwe, according to experts and Eskom, Zimbabwe is now on its own following its electricity shortages which are set to worsen given SA’s energy crisis.
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By Farai Mutsaka | AP | Outside Cecilia Ziwane’s house sits a neatly stacked woodpile next to a small solar panel — her two major sources of energy. “We cannot do without them,” said the mother of three, who lives in Glen Norah, a…
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On Wednesday morning, Zimbabweans and South Africans woke up to the not so shocking news of returning to stage two load shedding amid the failure of the regional power hub, Eskom.
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Around 9 p.m., a siren pierces the pitch-black night at the Willowvale industrial park in Zimbabwe, signalling that power has been restored after a day-long outage. Moments later, eight men in blue overalls walk into a factory and begin…
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By Eddie Cross Just after the Second World War, political leaders in what was Southern Rhodesia started to think about how they would meet the needs of the country for electrical energy. After that, the debate raged between Northern and…
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Zimbabwe’s largest hydroelectric plant, Kariba Dam, will suspend output in 14 weeks if water levels continue to fall at the current rate, the energy minister said on Thursday, paving the way for deeper power cuts in the country.
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Zimbabwe is experiencing its worst power cuts in three years, lasting up to 10 hours daily in some areas and threatening mining output in one of the world’s biggest platinum and gold producers.
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