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Bulawayo City Council maintains water shedding

Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has announced that the city's water-shedding regime will remain in place, despite recent heavy rains and the recommissioning of uMzingwane Dam. The move comes as the council continues to manage the city's water …

Published: 05 Feb 2025 at 12:01hrs | 174 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe experiences prolonged load shedding

ZESA Holdings has issued a public update on the ongoing power supply challenges affecting Zimbabwe, as residents across the country continue to face prolonged power cuts and severe load shedding.In a statement released this morning, the po…

Published: 14 Nov 2024 at 13:46hrs | 280 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo water shedding increased

The City of Bulawayo has announced an increase in its water-shedding schedule from 120 hours to 132 hours as the city's water situation continues to deteriorate. This decision follows the recent decommissioning of the Upper Ncema Dam, wher…

Published: 06 Oct 2024 at 10:04hrs | 206 | by Staff reporter

Rolling power cuts cripple maternal healthcare services in Harare clinics

Harare's municipal clinics are struggling to provide essential maternal healthcare services due to crippling power cuts, an investigation by NewsDay has revealed. The blackouts, which often last more than 15 hours a day, have severely disr…

Published: 30 Sep 2024 at 07:43hrs | 256 | by Staff reporter

SADC leaders to be shielded from power cuts in Zimbabwe

Zimbabweans are facing daily power cuts, but regional leaders attending the SADC summit in Harare next month will be shielded from these blackouts. The government has instructed power utility ZESA to ensure uninterrupted power supply at th…

Published: 31 Jul 2024 at 12:57hrs | 654 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo's 120-hour water shedding to continue

BULAWAYO residents will continue receiving water for only two days per week, as water levels continue to dwindle at major supply dams due to drought, with the possibility of further tightening of the water shedding regime if the situation …

Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 05:07hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa's govt says struggling to deal with power crisis

GOVERNMENT yesterday admitted that it was having difficulties in dealing with the power situation in the country, saying additional imports will be critical to solve the power crisis.This was revealed by Energy and Power Development minist…

Published: 07 Dec 2022 at 05:08hrs | | by Staff reporter

South Africa fails to avoid Zimbabwe type load shedding

Embattled and underperforming Eskom CEO Andre De Ruyter said the power utility was working to restore capacity to power stations to mitigate the "very real risk" of Stage 6 load shedding on Tuesday evening.Eskom said the loss of further ca…

Published: 28 Jun 2022 at 12:06hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa shedding crocodile tears

LAST week's threat by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to punish miners who have decimated swathes of mineral and agricultural fields demonstrated that he has suddenly awakened from his slumber and realised that the country was being ripped ap…

Published: 11 Jun 2022 at 09:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

BCC suspends 20-hour weekly water-shedding

BULAWAYO City Council yesterday suspended the 20-hour weekly water-shedding schedule it introduced last month when its main pumps were failing to draw enough water for the city.In a statement, town clerk Christopher Dube said council had s…

Published: 24 Mar 2022 at 05:26hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

BCC introduces 48-hour water shedding

Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has introduced a 48-hour water shedding programme that is affecting many suburbs as it undertakes repairs at Ncema Water Treatment Works.The water shedding programme comes at a time when one of the city's major …

Published: 10 Mar 2022 at 05:55hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

20-hour daily water shedding in Bulawayo

BULAWAYO has introduced a 20-hour daily water shedding exercise for some western suburbs and is expected to decommission Umzingwane Dam this month, necessitating reintroduction of citywide water rationing.This comes as water levels in the …

Published: 01 Mar 2022 at 05:34hrs | | by Staff reporter

Harare hit by severe load shedding

Swathes of the industrial sites and some western suburbs of Harare were hit by scheduled power cuts yesterday, with parts of the eastern suburbs and other industrial areas set to be affected today as Zesa carries out critical maintenance w…

Published: 07 Jul 2021 at 10:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

BCC eases water shedding

THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has eased its water shedding schedule reverting to the 144 hour per week timetable, with indications that they will continue to ease it further as dam inflows continue to rise.Town Clerk, Mr Christopher Dube…

Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 06:57hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

Zesa scales down load-shedding

Zesa Holdings has downgraded load-shedding from Stage Two to Stage One after it started receiving 400MW from Eskom of South Africa last Thursday, an official has said. Zesa will now cut off power during the morning and evening peak hours. …

Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 07:34hrs | 1 | 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 Fortune Chasi, said yesterday.  Zes…

Published: 10 Aug 2019 at 08:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zesa extends load shedding hours following technical fault at Hwange power station

The Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) on Saturday announced a Stage 2 load shedding schedule where consumers will suffer extended power outages following a technical fault at the country's biggest power sta…

Published: 26 May 2019 at 14:27hrs | 1 | by Xinhua

'No immediate end to load-shedding'

ENERGY minister Fortune Chasi (FC) took his oath of office this week, promising to tackle the electricity crisis head-on. His appointment comes at a time power utility Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) has embarked on crippling …

Published: 24 May 2019 at 07:36hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

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