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ZESA's corruption & incompetence an unwarranted burden on Zimbabweans - need for urgent accountability
As I write this article, we are just seated, or milling around, incapable of engaging in any meaningful productive work. Why? Because there is no electricity - which, we desperately need for our effec...Published: 9 hrs ago | 686 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zesa reverts to Stage 2 load shedding
ZESA Holdings yesterday said it is implementing prolonged load shedding following a technical fault at Hwange Power Station. The power utility said it was moving to Stage 2 load shedding that ...Published: 20 hrs ago | 246 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to brace for more darkness
Zimbabweans should brace for a darkness because of the rainy season that has pounced upon the country the national power utility ZETDC has warned. The spokesperson of the Zimbabwe Power Compan...Published: 21 hrs ago | 953 | by Mandla Ndlovu
ZESA increases load shedding hours
The Zimbabwe Power Company Spokesperson Fullard Gwasira has announced that the power utility has moved to Stage 2 of load shedding due to the tripping of generator units on Sunday.Said Gwasira...Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 07:14hrs | 3143 | by Mandla Ndlovu
ZESA announces phase-two load shedding
AS power shortages continue, government has announced power producer Zesa has lost over 200MW after generators at Hwange inexplicably collapsed early Sunday.Energy Minister Fortune Chasi used ...Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 06:05hrs | 2331 | by newzimbabwe
China still committed to financing Zimbabwe projects
THE African Forum and Network on Debt and Development (Afrodad), together with the Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (Zimcodd), this week held a multi-stakeholder public debt conference to di...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 06:45hrs | 473 | by Staff reporter
Hwange station needs complete overhaul
SUBDUED power generation at Hwange Power Station is contributing to prolonged load shedding as only four units out of six are operating, general manager for the plant, Engineer Arnold Chivurayise, has...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 07:36hrs | 333 | by Staff reporter
600MW Hwange plant takes shape
WORK on the expansion of the Hwange Power Station Stage 7 and 8 expansion is on track with 26 percent ground work having been covered so far, Sunday Business has learnt.The Government contract...Published: 20 Oct 2019 at 23:43hrs | 227 | by Staff reporter
Hwange 7 & 8 expansion only 21% complete
The Hwange Thermal Power Station expansion project is now 21 percent complete, with the first unit set to be commissioned by the end of the first quarter next year. This was said by Finance an...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:46hrs | 16 | by Staff rpeorter
Hwange Power Station set for US$3,6m refurbishment
Power utility, Zesa, is undertaking a US$3,6 million refurbishment of Hwange Thermal Power Station Unit 6 expected to be complete in December.Completion of the works will pave way for the Zimb...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 06:58hrs | 156 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe drafting new coal tariffs
GOVERNMENT has paid tribute to Makomo Resources for keeping the nation's lights on by continuously supplying coal to the Zimbabwe Power Company at a time the country's economy and coal mining sector a...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 06:56hrs | 253 | by Staff reporter
Hwange Power Station increases output after refurbishment
THE Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) says Hwange Power Station is now generating an average 500 megawatts per day after the refurbishment of unit 5, easing electricity shortages in the country following m...Published: 07 Oct 2019 at 06:20hrs | 1236 | by Staff Reporter
Zera delists seven power producers
THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has cancelled licences of seven Independent Power Producers (IPPs) that have failed to kick start their projects within stipulated timeframes as it move...Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 15:07hrs | 40 | by Staff reporter
ZERA delists seven power producers
THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) has cancelled licences of seven Independent Power Producers (IPPs) that have failed to kick start their projects within stipulated timeframes as it move...Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 07:06hrs | 306 | by Staff Reporter
Villagers to make way for power line
TWENTY NINE households in Mazwi village on the outskirts of Bulawayo will be relocated to pave way for the erection of a 335km long overhead power line from a proposed Hwange Substation to Insukamini ...Published: 05 Oct 2019 at 06:10hrs | 37 | by Staff reporter
ZESA set to increase power exports to Namibia
State-run Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) senior officials are expected to meet with executives from Namibia's electricity company NamPower and finalise some on-going negotiations for the...Published: 30 Sep 2019 at 16:54hrs | 981 | by Staff reporter
Load-shedding back to Stage 2
Zesa HOLDINGS has reverted to Stage Two load-shedding schedule hardly two weeks after assuring consumers of significant relief. Zesa spokesperson Mr Fullard Gwasira earlier this month said the...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 07:59hrs | 527 | by Staff reporter
Electricity problem to lessen in Zimbabwe
The Minister of Energy and Power Development Fortune Chasi says the Zimbabwe Power situation is set to ease after another unit ah Hwange Power Station started to feed power into the national grid. ...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 07:00hrs | 3745 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Uptake of solar products still low in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's ambitious drive to promote clean energy and eradicate energy poverty in the country through the power of sunshine is still facing numerous barriers. The country has developed strong...Published: 29 Aug 2019 at 07:25hrs | 404 | by Staff reporter
Zesa rectifies fault at Hwange
ZESA has managed to rectify a technical fault that developed on one of Hwange Thermal Power Station's generators, Unit 5, over a week ago, which resulted in the power utility losing about 160 Megawatt...Published: 28 Aug 2019 at 07:27hrs | 716 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe eyes more power imports from Mozambique
GOVERNMENT is negotiating with Mozambique for up to 400MW of electricity to continue alleviating power outages facing the country, the Minister of Energy and Power Development, Advocate Fortune Chasi ...Published: 26 Aug 2019 at 06:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Electricity woes to ease as Zesa fixes station
ZIMBABWE last week lost 160 Megawatts of power after one of the only reliable generation station Hwange Unit Five went down, further crippling power supply at a time authorities are battling to secure...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 08:45hrs | 2837 | by Staff reporter
Technical faults at Hwange cause for prolonged load shedding
THE Minister of Energy and Power Development, Advocate Fortune Chasi, has said the prolonged load shedding hours experienced in some parts of the country over the past few days were due to unexpected ...Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 09:12hrs | 816 | by Staff reporter
Load shedding relief as power supplies improve
LOAD shedding has eased after Zimbabwe started receiving 400 megawatts of electricity from South African power utility Eskom on Thursday night, the Minister of Energy and Power Development, Advocate F...Published: 10 Aug 2019 at 08:52hrs | 1523 | by Staff reporter
Kariba restricted to 358MW as dam water drops to 24%
State power utility, Zesa, needs to strictly adhere to a tight prescribed water ration that allows it to generate an average of 358 megawatts at Kariba to avoid depleting Kariba Dam following revelati...Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 09:07hrs | 402 | by Staff reporter
Zesa says deal with Eskom close
State power utility Zesa has commenced commercial discussions with South Africa's, Eskom, with a view to resume imports and plug a crippling power deficit.Zesa used to supplement a far less po...Published: 26 Jul 2019 at 08:43hrs | 3418 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa flies out to Namibia
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is expected to leave for Namibia today on a three-day State visit that will coincide with the ninth Zimbabwe-Namibia Joint Permanent Commission. In an interview yesterday, ...Published: 24 Jul 2019 at 08:13hrs | 489 | by Staff reporter
Power cuts cripple informal sector
THE incessant power cuts being experienced across the country have hit the informal sector hardest with players now spending long hours or days without production. The power utility, Zesa, is ...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 07:17hrs | 269 | by Staff reporter
Chasi to revoke license of dormant IPPs
THE Government will consider revoking licences of Independent Power Producers failing to kick start their projects as it moves to reduce the power deficit grappling the country, a Cabinet Minister has...Published: 07 Jul 2019 at 21:05hrs | 337 | by Staff reporter
Zesa to inject additional 160MW this week
Zesa will this week add 160 MW of electricity to the national grid following the successful refurbishment of Unit 5 at Hwange Power Station (HPS), while a further 160MW from Unit 6 is expected within ...Published: 07 Jul 2019 at 20:59hrs | 246 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa looks to SA for electricity
President Mnangagwa is expected to meet his South African counterpart tomorrow to discuss whether Zimbabwe's neighbour can export more electricity to the country in light of the shortages being experi...Published: 06 Jul 2019 at 09:43hrs | 1107 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa to meet Ramaphosa over electricity
President Mnangagwa is expected to meet his South African counterpart on Sunday to discuss whether Zimbabwe's neighbour can export more electricity to the country in light of the current shortages bei...Published: 05 Jul 2019 at 18:58hrs | 3378 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe confirms Eskom payment
Government yesterday confirmed paying US$10 million to South African power utility, Eskom, to service the debt to the power utility - and the money was set to be in the receiver's bank by end of day y...Published: 02 Jul 2019 at 08:13hrs | 464 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's speech hit by load shedding
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa Thursday came face to face with reality after he was forced to temporarily stop engaging captains of industry at the Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC) conferenc...Published: 29 Jun 2019 at 16:42hrs | 2052 | by newzimbabwe
ZESA increases load shedding hours
ZESA has announced that there is a technical fault at Hwange Power Station which has caused the station to be depressed. In a statement on Tuesday ZESA said, "Due to a technical fault at Hwang...Published: 25 Jun 2019 at 21:20hrs | 5835 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Government to bail out ZESA
The Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Professor Mthuli Ncube has assured the nation of short-term interventions to ease the power crisis that include bailing out the country's power utilit...Published: 22 Jun 2019 at 16:19hrs | 2748 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa, Mthuli Ncube must 'unscramble the egg and go back to the basics'
I THOUGHT we had seen everything that this country of ours could throw at us, but the situation right now looks like nothing we have seen before.Prices have quadrupled and continue to rise ine...Published: 21 Jun 2019 at 07:26hrs | 1178 | by Eddie Cross
Mnangagwa meets General Electric officials
President Mnangagwa yesterday met officials from US industrial giant, General Electric (GE), who have expressed a strong commitment to supply medical equipment for the country's major hospitals includ...Published: 21 Jun 2019 at 07:17hrs | 967 | by Staff reporter
Eddie Cross turns against Mnangagwa
I thought we had seen everything that this country of ours could throw at us, but the situation right now looks like nothing we have seen before. Prices have quadrupled and continue to rise inexorably...Published: 19 Jun 2019 at 11:39hrs | 23680 | by Eddie Cross
Zesa might spoil Afcon for football lovers
THE Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) might spoil the Africa Cup of Nations for football lovers after it revealed that it can't guarantee uninterrupted power supply during the tournament. ...Published: 19 Jun 2019 at 07:39hrs | 778 | by Staff reporter
Zesa to add 120MW to grid
The Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority plans to expeditiously refurbish Hwange Power Station's Unit 3 to augment local power generation by 120MW, while negotiations with regional suppliers fo...Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 09:35hrs | 1631 | by Staff reporter
Strategic planning, management needed in our electrical energy sector
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 debat...Published: 10 Jun 2019 at 07:19hrs | 194 | by Eddie Cross
'Chinese bosses beat up Zimbabwean workers'
THE Amalgamated Mine Workers' Union of Zimbabwe (Amuz) has accused Chinese investors of allegedly abusing workers and failing to adhere to the country's laws. Giving his solidarity messa...Published: 10 Jun 2019 at 07:17hrs | 1686 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube releases $5million to keep Zimbabwe lights on
THE Government will this week release US$5 million for the refurbishment of a power generating unit at Hwange Power Station (HPS) as part of contingency measures to ease the current crippling power sh...Published: 09 Jun 2019 at 08:15hrs | 2566 | by Staff reporter
'Political rivalry shouldn't translate into animosity'
Indo-Zimbabwe relations are largely timeless as trade between the two countries can be traced to the pre-colonial era. Last year, Indian Vice President Shri Venkaiah Naidu visited Zimbabwe and pledged...Published: 09 Jun 2019 at 08:08hrs | 89 | by Staff reporter
Hwange Power Station under threat
THE skewed pricing structure and the acute foreign currency shortages in the market have crippled the operations of coal miners, lowered production and could lead to a shut down of operations, busines...Published: 07 Jun 2019 at 07:18hrs | 1118 | by Staff reporter
ZPC awaits tender process to start work on Bulawayo Power Station
THE Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) is awaiting the conclusion of the tender process to kick start the upgrading and repowering of the Bulawayo Thermal Power Station, the station's power plant manager, E...Published: 06 Jun 2019 at 07:28hrs | 319 | by Staff reporter
Zesa engages Eskom over debt
Power utility Zesa Holdings will this week head to South Africa for crunch talks with fellow electricity supplier, Eskom, over a payment plan relating to a US$33 million debt for power imports. ...Published: 03 Jun 2019 at 07:31hrs | 488 | by Staff reporter
Exporters to pay for power in forex
Government is working on a plan that will see exporting companies pay their electricity bills in foreign currency in an effort to ease power shortages that threaten to plunge the nation into darkness ...Published: 02 Jun 2019 at 08:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Achieving self-sufficiency in electricity generation in Zimbabwe
As Zimbabwe enters its third week of electricity blackouts under the national load shedding programme announced by the country's power utility, Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA). The experi...Published: 27 May 2019 at 12:21hrs | 1011 | by Victor Bhoroma
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