Zimbabwe declares its own load shedding over, but locals are sceptical | Business

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Zimbabwe's government on Tuesday announced a sudden end of blackouts that have crippled businesses and left millions of households without electricity for up to 19 hours a day. | News24_Business

The information ministry said a cabinet meeting had"noted with satisfaction" that the power utility"has announced the end to load shedding as a result of the interventions implemented" by government.The southern African country has for years been reeling under severe power shortages.

In March the power utility company said it had launched a new 300MW coal-fired unit with Chinese finance in a bid to ease repeated power outages.

 

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