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Zimbabweans are being subjected to 19 hours of power cuts a day, because there is insufficient water in the Kariba dam to drive the nation’s main hydropower plant.

The worst outages since 2019 are wreaking havoc, causing snarl-ups in Harare, the capital, where most traffic lights are no longer working, and interrupting mobile phone services because batteries used to run base stations don’t have time to recharge. Supermarkets, restaurants and some other businesses rely on generators to keep operating, but they are unable to run them perpetually for an extended period.

"Kariba generates almost half of our power needs, which is why a reduction in its generation capacity immediately registers throughout our economy and in our lives," Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa The level of usable water in Kariba, which is the world’s largest man-made reservoir and is tapped by both Zambia and Zimbabwe, stood at 4.1% as of Nov. 28, a record low, according to the Zambezi River Authority, which manages water supply for the two southern African nations.

"Kariba will not shut down completely," Soda Zhemu, the energy minister, said in an emailed statement. The authorities plan to increase power imports from South Africa and Mozambique, and ramp up production from its antiquated coal-fired power stations in Hwange to at least 400MW to help add capacity to the grid, he said.

Zambia will start rolling blackouts from 15 December that will last for six hours at a stretch and only affect residential areas, Energy Minister Peter Kapala, told legislators on 2 December. In times of uncertainty you need journalism you can trust. For 14 free days, you can have access to a world of in-depth analyses, investigative journalism, top opinions and a range of features. Journalism strengthens democracy. Invest in the future today. Thereafter you will be billed R75 per month.

 

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It’s all ok they have land 🤷‍♂️

They have land. Zimbabwe is not SA problem.Locust Zimbo’s are

Okay, and?

Exactly where South Africa is heading

South Africans are subjected to power outages because our government steals money….

Zambezi River Authority 🤝🏿 Eskom

The next South Africa

matinyarare simbachitando harumutasa

Singenaphi thina.

That must be difficult

Just a reminder South Africans ZANUPF and ANC same whatsapp group.

AND that proves the ANC will destroy us 2

Yoh aowa! The 25k that was left behind is gonna come this side😭😭💔

They have the land these subhumans and soon there will be ruled by there Chinese overlords…that’s what happens when you kick your farmers who fed the nation out the country. You will forever be cursed and wish them back. The Chinese are coming and the real suffering starts 🤣

Now we know where SA is headed..

We are getting there

South Africa 'hold my beer'

And that should serve to placate us

They must sell the free land Bob gave them to buy generators and solar panels

I don’t like this negativity towards Zimbabwe! Honestly! Can we focus on PhalaPhala

…and we’re busy complaining about a guy who sold cows…haai man😀

We don't care about this. We don't care in the least about Zimbabwean self imposed problems. Zimbabwe thrives on this nonsense, let them enjoy the conditions they create with ZanuPF.

Wow they celebrated our loadshedding too soon🤭

Not south africa problem at all . South africa has it's own issues . Focus on our own please and stop reporting kek

And why are you telling us?

Sounds like SA's loadshedding schedule

Isn't that dam near collapse?

South Africa very soon.

South Africa must stand up n save it's resources

Zimbabweans must not forget to steal MTN battery towers to illuminate their homes when they go home for the festive season.

They will never see rain 🌧, Mnangagwa is a problem, he blocks everything.

They probably started with stages 2 as well.

Lol

I read a similar article in the Namibia but for Namibia ...that theirs is with the water . Its starts like this and slowly becoming a norm . People buy bills all thisbyear to be repay like this . Incompetent people that can't come uo with solution to provide more for the people

Good News! Good News!! Stay at home and work from the comfort of your home and start receiving $750 on daily basis, without paying money to me or anyone, USA, UK, South Africa,only. Drop your country name for info. NO SCAM Ask me how..D:M for more information

Why is this newsworthy?!? Show me one south African that gives a fuck! We battling our own anc demons with loadshedding here!

Coming soon to SA … sadly and we don’t have a plan of action ..

Black failure.

Nooooooooooo

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