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Mnangagwa calls for 'new breed of heroes'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has called on Zimbabweans to emulate national hero Dr Sydney Gata by becoming trailblazers, innovators and nation builders, saying the country is ready for a new generatio...Published: 10 Jul 2025 at 16:41hrs | 171 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe-Zambia scramble to revive US$5bn power project
More than three decades after it was first proposed, the Batoka Gorge Hydropower Project is back in the spotlight as Zimbabwe and Zambia renew efforts to revive the long-stalled US$5 billion energy ve...Published: 29 May 2025 at 13:22hrs | 3858 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to reform electricity pricing
Zimbabwe is set to introduce regulatory changes in its electricity pricing system to allow producers to sell power at competitive rates, ensuring they can recoup costs and sustain operations.E...Published: 16 Mar 2025 at 09:24hrs | 313 | by Staff reporter
A battery of corruption: ZESA's dubious energy storage deal
The quest for energy solutions in Zimbabwe has often been marred by corruption, incompetence, and misplaced priorities, and the latest developments at ZESA Holdings follow this all-too-familiar script...Published: 12 Jan 2025 at 23:07hrs | 518 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe power surge triggers shutdown in Zambia?
Zimbabwe and Zambia were hit by a synchronized nationwide power blackout on Tuesday, following a shutdown initiated by South African power utility Eskom due to a surge in the regional power grid....Published: 17 Dec 2024 at 16:24hrs | 2475 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe and Zambia combine efforts to solve their power woes
Zimbabwe and Zambia are combining efforts to deal with their electricity crises, which have seen power cuts of up to 21 hours per day.With no load shedding for eight months, Eskom has asked So...Published: 20 Nov 2024 at 07:09hrs | 471 | by Staff reporter
Zesa explains power shortages
Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) Executive Chairman Sydney Gata has reported a significant power shortfall of 540 megawatts (MW) due to increased demand during the winter season. A...Published: 27 Aug 2024 at 12:54hrs | 851 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's ZPC struggles to procure new equipment
Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) management highlighted the ongoing challenge of insufficient funds for procuring spare parts and equipment to maintain aging machinery, impacting energy sufficiency. Durin...Published: 30 May 2024 at 08:35hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Invictus signs gas sales MOU for a gas-to-power project
Invictus Energy Limited has announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Dallaglio Investments Pvt Ltd and Himoinsa Southern Africa Proprietary Limited for a gas-to-power project ...Published: 22 May 2024 at 16:54hrs | 27 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe load-shedding will not exceed stage-1 during winter season
ZIMBABWEANS can expect significantly limited load-shedding this winter season owing to considerably improved national grid stability that followed the commissioning of new generation units at Hwange T...Published: 20 May 2024 at 08:42hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
130MW solar power plant for Matobo
Plans are in progress for the establishment of a 130MW solar power facility in Matobo District, Matabeleland South Province, as Zimbabwe continues to attract investment interest in the energy sector....Published: 26 Sep 2023 at 06:11hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Electricity generations continues to improve in Zimbabwe
Electricity generation in Zimbabwe continues to show improvement, leading to a significant reduction in hours of load shedding. Hwange Power Station, in particular, has increased its output.Ac...Published: 25 Sep 2023 at 08:32hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
29 houses for families displaced by powerline
THE Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) yesterday handed over 29 houses built in Hope Fountain on the outskirts of Bulawayo for families displaced by the new 400kv power transmission line under the Hwa...Published: 29 Jun 2023 at 06:27hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Hwange unit 7 removed from the grid
THE recent higher levels of load-shedding is temporary while the new 300MW Hwange Thermal Power Station's Unit 7 goes through evaluation after the Unit successfully completed its reliability run....Published: 12 May 2023 at 06:00hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Hwange Unit 7 soon to add 300MW to Zimbabwe power grid
POWER challenges will be dramatically ameliorated as Government is working on the "best and most" reliable power supply, President Mnangagwa said yesterday.With the imminent commissioning of U...Published: 11 Jan 2023 at 16:44hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Hwange Power Station increases output
Output from Hwange Thermal Power Station has increased to 430MW following the repair of broken-down units, pushing total national generated electricity to 681MW, according to statistics from the Zimba...Published: 27 Dec 2022 at 06:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe power cuts to ease
THE Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) has said that the power situation in the country has improved due to increased generation at Hwange Power Station.However, on its portal yester...Published: 25 Dec 2022 at 14:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZESA speaks out on power supply
ZESA Holdings issued a press statement on the update on the improved power supply situation.The press statement reads, "ZESA Holdings is pleased to advise its valued stakeholders of the increa...Published: 23 Dec 2022 at 14:39hrs | 1 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Southern African power crisis stems from post-liberation history
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 considerabl...Published: 08 Dec 2022 at 05:10hrs | | by Eddie Cross
Kariba to continue producing electricity
KARIBA South Hydro Power Station will no longer have to shut down even though it has exhausted its water allocation for this year, but is limited to an average of 300 megawatts, half what it was able ...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Power Company to get 300MW from Kariba
Kariba South Hydro Power Station will no longer have to shut down even though it has exhausted its water allocation for this year, but is limited to an average of 300 megawatts, half what it was able ...Published: 03 Dec 2022 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
5 Zimbabweans, SA national in more than 1500 kg copper cables theft
SIX suspects were arrested after they were found in possession of more than 1 500 kgs of copper cables by a joint team comprising Zesa loss control officers, the police and other security officers at ...Published: 14 Aug 2022 at 07:21hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Assessing the US$12 billion mining industry target
The Zimbabwean government launched an ambitious plan to transform the mining sector into a US$12 billion export industry by end of 2023. The plan was launched in October 2019 as a key pillar to sustai...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 12:01hrs | 6 | by Victor Bhoroma
Zesa switches off top officials, police in blitz
TOP government officials, critical security establishments, including police stations and ministry departments, were left in the dark last week after the country's power utility, Zesa, switched them o...Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 08:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in bid to block SA from taking over foreign electricity deals
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa will visit Mozambique and Zambia in a bid to save the country's electricity import contracts that are being eyed by Eskom.Mnangagwa's trips come at a ti...Published: 01 Aug 2022 at 19:08hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zesa dedicates 100MW to winter wheat
THE power utility, Zesa, has committed to availing 100 megawatts of electricity towards winter wheat production as a way of supporting food security and cushioning the country from global shocks....Published: 28 Apr 2022 at 08:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zesa, Zesco struggle hits ZRA project
THE Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) is struggling to settle its US$144 million loan to finance the Kariba Dam Rehabilitation Project due to failure by Zesa Holdings and Zambia Electricity Supply Corpora...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 12:10hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe needs US$17m a month to import power'
ZESA Holdings says it needs at least US$17 million a month to import power, and keep lights on amid rolling electricity outages lasting several hours.In a statement, Zesa said it was engaged i...Published: 20 Jan 2022 at 05:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
US$7,1 billion to address Zesa power shortages
INCESSANT power cuts bedeviling the country are a passing phase, as power utility Zesa Holdings will invest US$7,1 billion in the next 10 years to simultaneously address current challenges and i...Published: 14 Nov 2021 at 05:39hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Zesa reassures nation
INCESSANT power cuts currently being experienced around the country are a passing phase, as power utility zesa Holdings will invest US$7,1 billion in the next 10 years to simultaneously address curren...Published: 14 Nov 2021 at 05:36hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe will be a net power exporter'
ZIMBABWE has commenced several programmes to improve power generation and plug a crippling electricity deficit.The projects are at various stages of completion.Our business reporter, F...Published: 07 Nov 2021 at 07:53hrs | 30 | by Staff reporter
Electricity imports cost Zimbabwe US$200 million
ZIMBABWE will spend about US$200 million for power imports this year to bridge a gap stemming out of depleted internal production, a government official has said.Gloria Magombo, the permanent ...Published: 07 Nov 2021 at 07:52hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Power cuts could derail industrial targets
The power outages besetting the country are set to derail economic growth prospects during a difficult phase for Zimbabwe when the economy is reeling from the effects of COVID-19, economic analysts an...Published: 28 Sep 2021 at 06:18hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Resurgent power outages to gnaw at growth targets
THE power outages currently besetting the country are set to derail economic growth prospects at a time the economy is already reeling from Covid-19. Zesa has imposed rolling blackouts that ar...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 07:31hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe firms fret over Mozambique crisis
ZIMBABWE'S industries have warned that a deadly insurgency roiling neighbouring Mozambique has emerged as the greatest threat to power and fuel imports that could further hurt Harare's fragile economy...Published: 23 Jul 2021 at 08:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's energy import debt shoots to US$97m
ZESA's debt to Hidroelectrica de Cahora Bassa (HCB) rose to US$97 million last year, up from just over US$45 million in 2019, the Mozambican power supplier HCB says.Zimbabwe was the second lar...Published: 06 May 2021 at 05:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe plans to produce 100 MW from wind
Government is mobilising additional funds to undertake an assessment on possible sites for wind farms after initial bids for the project markedly exceeded the budget earmarked for the project, accordi...Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 08:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
All Zimbabwe dams must have hydropower plant
ENERGY minister Zhemu Soda said the government is planning to have a hydropower plant at every dam across the country.Speaking in the Senate last week after he was asked by senator chief Makum...Published: 07 Mar 2021 at 15:28hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zesa reduces tariffs, introduces new band
THE Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) has reduced its tariffs for domestic consumption following a public outcry by customers after the tariffs were increased by more ...Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 06:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe pays $10 million to Mozambique's power utility
GOVERNMENT says it has paid US$10 million to the Hidroeléctrica de Cahora Bassa (HCB), Mozambique's power utility to clear part of the US$35 million debt it owes them to unlock fresh power imports....Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 08:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Revisiting the power situation
The Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) started receiving electricity imports totaling 400MW from Eskom of South Africa on the 9th of August 2019. The imports came as a relief to the Zi...Published: 26 Aug 2019 at 08:53hrs | 4 | by Victor Bhoroma
Zimbabwe lithium mine secures power supply
Prospect Resources has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with African Continental Minerals (ACM) for the supply of power to the Arcadia lithium project and is exploring imports from the regio...Published: 26 Aug 2019 at 07:05hrs | 3 | by newZWire
Zimbabwe secures more electricity imports to ease outages
Zimbabwe will ramp up its electricity imports over the next few weeks, potentially easing rolling power cuts, after it agreed to make payments to clear its debt to a regional power utility, a treasury...Published: 05 Aug 2019 at 19:10hrs | | by Reuters
Power crisis turns night into day for Zimbabweans
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 ...Published: 01 Aug 2019 at 16:38hrs | | by Reuters
Zimbabwe still negotiating SA power deal
Zimbabweans grappling with power outages have to hold on a little longer for a power import breakthrough, with Cabinet yesterday disclosing that negotiations were still on-going with South Africa....Published: 31 Jul 2019 at 08:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Eskom rejects Zimbabwe govt guarantee, accepts bank guarantee
Electricity supplies are expected to improve significantly following a payment plan that was agreed on by Zimbabwe and South African power utility, Eskom, coupled with a US$2 million import facility t...Published: 31 Jul 2019 at 07:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zesa to reduce load shedding to 8 hours from 16 hours
THE Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) is expected to reduce its load shedding to at least eight hours from the current 16 hours after treasury made available an additional 200MW through the...Published: 29 Jul 2019 at 20:26hrs | 1 | 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 | 4 | 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 | | by Staff reporter
Duty waiver on solar equipment
Government has approved a duty waiver on solar equipment and allowed mining firms to procure energy directly from the Southern African Power Pool. Further, selected hotels in resort areas will soon st...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 07:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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