The Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) on Tuesday 27 September 2022 announced that Zimbabwe had experienced a national blackout as of 1030 hrs.
The local power utility said the blackouts were a result of a loss of power on the national grid.
The authority said it had established that the Hwange Power Station had tripped out adding that efforts were underway to restore the national grid. Said ZESA in a statement:
Kindly note that we have experienced a National Blackout as at 1030hrs this morning.
We will advise on changes.
Apologies for the downtime.
The blackouts come barely days after the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC), a ZESA subsidiary warned members of the public to brace for increased load-shedding which was attributed to technical challenges being experienced at Kariba and Hwange Power Stations as well as import constraints.
The crisis is expected to take some time considering that one of the biggest suppliers of electricity, Eskom, South Africa’s power utility, is failing to generate power enough to meet local demand.
Industrialists actually believe that the situation might get worse if South Africa moves to purchase electricity from neighbouring countries as that will result in power prices going up.
Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC) president Mike Kamungeremu recently said the country needs to quickly focus on its own power generation, as power shortages in South Africa threaten local industry.
Meanwhile, ZESA says Kariba’s two generating units that are being constructed have the capacity to generate 300MW of power while Hwange will see two more units being added with a combined capacity of 600MW.
This still would only narrow Zimbabwe’s power deficit of between 1 000MW and 1 600MW.
sekuru · 2 years ago
makadini mhuri yeZimbabwe ndine one or two points to make and ndichanyora composition. Vanhu varimuZim it's not that they hate ZanuPf nope but vanogumbuka ne attitude nehunhu hwevanhu veZanuPf coz vanhu veZanupf thinks and says they own everything in this country l mean everything including iwe neni nevana vako nemukadzi wako uye mweya waunofema vanoti it's a privilege coz vakaenda kuhondo kunorwira iwe neni. Now the same thing chakaita kuti vanhu vaende kuhondo ndiwo hudzvanyiri hwatave kuona from the so called liberators who has turned into the worst oppressors and evil of all.
My point kune avo vanoti Zanu ndizvo fungai vana venyu ,vazukuru and neighbour wako akurara nenzara uye uyo anoenda kuchipatara oshaya piritsi haro funga nezve vanhu ivava usati wati pamberi neZanu chauri kuti pamberi chiii chaizvo chakaitwa neZanu for 42 years chiri pamberi chinoonekwa nemunhu wose? Agriculture zanu yakaondonga, mining maChina nemaRussians vari kutora at an alarming rate iwe uchiti pamberi neZanu une mine here iwe iye zvino enda unobata claim yegold tione kuti panodoka zuva unenge usati warohwa nepolice mangwana wotoona uya awuri kuti pamberi naye ndiye atove muridzi!
Chunguri takabvira kunzi maChina akugadzira magetsi chii chabuda?
uyo wauri kuti pamberi mvura anayo iwe unomuka kunobata queque kuchibhorani ugorohwa nezuva ugosundana nemabuckets emvura isingakwane, iye mumba make ane borehole and magetsi ane solar inosimudza negate rose iwe une kasolar kekuchaja foni nekagas tank kadiki kuti ubike sadza nemuriwo usina mafuta udye wapedza wonosimudza ruoko ugere muvhu zuva richikurova uchiti pamberi neZanu, pepukai veduweeee.
Hanzi tikuita new projects hazvina njere kuti munhu anotanga a new project ipo Paine zvakagadzirwa zvakafa kare woti otanga something new! Kana Ed achida vanhu haaise borehole coz it's temporary anogadzira napipes emvura akasiyiwa naSmith hanti vanoti maChina ishamwari kwayo Saka mukudii kupuwa napipes emvura vanhu vowana mvura Mari yezvicherwa ikuendepi chii chabuda nazvo? Pedzezvo woti pamberi neZanu mukwane imu vanhu verudzi rwekwangu.
Chii chamunofunga chichabuditswa naED chitsva iye akange Ari mupower for 42 years? Kwoti uyo anonzi Chiwengwa worse vose vakafa njere coz Chiwengwa anotooneka kuti hapana chine musoro chaanofunga look at the ministry of health a mere painkiller and bandage hakuna kana then maNGOs oita chip in u then label them terrorists.
U know Ed anoti Zim is under sanctions haasi here iye akati akaita meeting nemaAmerican investors so tell me ndeupi a business man anoda kuuya kuzoita business munyika ine ma sanctions? Iyo America yoti citizens go and invest in Zim? Pepukai musaudzwe nhema zuva rakacheka nyika.
Hanzi musavhotere opposition ukuda kutengesa nyika ndiudzeiwo chiripo right now paGround chaitwa nemaChina? Ndevapi baba vane njere vanoti mumwe murume huya ugare pamba pangu udye, and uchirova nekushandisa vana vangu and kubedroom pinda futi. Ndizvo zvikuitwa neZanu iyo.
Vanoti they own us and hatifanire kucomplainer Ivo vanotonotenga zvombo zvekukurova iwewe kana ukabvunza kuti ko mapiritsi aripi kuhospital pane kuti vatenge mushonga vanhu vawane pekuponera.
Ndinorwadziwa neavo vari musecurity sector especially state security. Hama dzangu munotumwa kunorova munhu ane nzara uye kuuraya maoko ako oita ropa iye akutuma after giving a command otokanganwa nezvako, sei musina rudo nengozi yamuri kuunzira vana venyu uye hama dzenyu nekutumwa nemunhu asina basa newe arikukuita toilet paper. Fungisisai varume nekuti mhosva inouya panewe iye onogara kumba kwake onwa whisky nevakadzi hobho iwe hope hadzibate neropa rawadeura risina mhaka . Hatisi muhondo isu kana kwete zvoita kuti mudeure ropa tine nzara chete.
Pouya avo veMDC makange mauya zvakanaka tikati opposition asi makaratidza kuti makafanana neavo vadzvanyiriri vamuri kupikisa . Ruzhinji rweZimbabwe rwakapisirwa Misha, vakafa, zvirema, varikurarama kunzwe kwenyika senhapwa nekuti vakabatana nemi kuti ngaatite chinhu chimwe zvino chiii chamakaita pamakapinda paGNU kunze kwekuita hunhu hwevadzvanyiriri veZanu avo . Mareforms amave kuchema zvino makatadza nei kumaita murimo muGNU, Chamisa waivapowo iwe chii chamakaita ropa rakadeuka risina mhaka rinochema nemi . Shame on you MDC for betraying the little hope the downtrodden ill suffering sons and daughters of this land had in you .
Ane nzeve anzwa there is more but ndatadza kuenderera mberi misodzi yangu ikuyerera ndikurwadziwa chose . Nyikadzimu chaiyo masvikiro eDzimbahwe Havasi kufara nezvikuitwa neavo vamuri kuti vatungamiri zvino iwe hako pwere rushiye uri Ani kana uchiti pamberi nevanhu vakarambwa nemasvikiro eivhu rino.
let's this go viral
ndatenda in pain.
sekuru · 2 years ago
makadini mhuri yeZimbabwe ndine one or two points to make and ndichanyora composition. Vanhu varimuZim it's not that they hate ZanuPf nope but vanogumbuka ne attitude nehunhu hwevanhu veZanuPf coz vanhu veZanupf thinks and says they own everything in this country l mean everything including iwe neni nevana vako nemukadzi wako uye mweya waunofema vanoti it's a privilege coz vakaenda kuhondo kunorwira iwe neni. Now the same thing chakaita kuti vanhu vaende kuhondo ndiwo hudzvanyiri hwatave kuona from the so called liberators who has turned into the worst oppressors and evil of all.
My point kune avo vanoti Zanu ndizvo fungai vana venyu ,vazukuru and neighbour wako akurara nenzara uye uyo anoenda kuchipatara oshaya piritsi haro funga nezve vanhu ivava usati wati pamberi neZanu chauri kuti pamberi chiii chaizvo chakaitwa neZanu for 42 years chiri pamberi chinoonekwa nemunhu wose? Agriculture zanu yakaondonga, mining maChina nemaRussians vari kutora at an alarming rate iwe uchiti pamberi neZanu une mine here iwe iye zvino enda unobata claim yegold tione kuti panodoka zuva unenge usati warohwa nepolice mangwana wotoona uya awuri kuti pamberi naye ndiye atove muridzi!
Chunguri takabvira kunzi maChina akugadzira magetsi chii chabuda?
uyo wauri kuti pamberi mvura anayo iwe unomuka kunobata queque kuchibhorani ugorohwa nezuva ugosundana nemabuckets emvura isingakwane, iye mumba make ane borehole and magetsi ane solar inosimudza negate rose iwe une kasolar kekuchaja foni nekagas tank kadiki kuti ubike sadza nemuriwo usina mafuta udye wapedza wonosimudza ruoko ugere muvhu zuva richikurova uchiti pamberi neZanu, pepukai veduweeee.
Hanzi tikuita new projects hazvina njere kuti munhu anotanga a new project ipo Paine zvakagadzirwa zvakafa kare woti otanga something new! Kana Ed achida vanhu haaise borehole coz it's temporary anogadzira napipes emvura akasiyiwa naSmith hanti vanoti maChina ishamwari kwayo Saka mukudii kupuwa napipes emvura vanhu vowana mvura Mari yezvicherwa ikuendepi chii chabuda nazvo? Pedzezvo woti pamberi neZanu mukwane imu vanhu verudzi rwekwangu.
Chii chamunofunga chichabuditswa naED chitsva iye akange Ari mupower for 42 years? Kwoti uyo anonzi Chiwengwa worse vose vakafa njere coz Chiwengwa anotooneka kuti hapana chine musoro chaanofunga look at the ministry of health a mere painkiller and bandage hakuna kana then maNGOs oita chip in u then label them terrorists.
U know Ed anoti Zim is under sanctions haasi here iye akati akaita meeting nemaAmerican investors so tell me ndeupi a business man anoda kuuya kuzoita business munyika ine ma sanctions? Iyo America yoti citizens go and invest in Zim? Pepukai musaudzwe nhema zuva rakacheka nyika.
Hanzi musavhotere opposition ukuda kutengesa nyika ndiudzeiwo chiripo right now paGround chaitwa nemaChina? Ndevapi baba vane njere vanoti mumwe murume huya ugare pamba pangu udye, and uchirova nekushandisa vana vangu and kubedroom pinda futi. Ndizvo zvikuitwa neZanu iyo.
Vanoti they own us and hatifanire kucomplainer Ivo vanotonotenga zvombo zvekukurova iwewe kana ukabvunza kuti ko mapiritsi aripi kuhospital pane kuti vatenge mushonga vanhu vawane pekuponera.
Ndinorwadziwa neavo vari musecurity sector especially state security. Hama dzangu munotumwa kunorova munhu ane nzara uye kuuraya maoko ako oita ropa iye akutuma after giving a command otokanganwa nezvako, sei musina rudo nengozi yamuri kuunzira vana venyu uye hama dzenyu nekutumwa nemunhu asina basa newe arikukuita toilet paper. Fungisisai varume nekuti mhosva inouya panewe iye onogara kumba kwake onwa whisky nevakadzi hobho iwe hope hadzibate neropa rawadeura risina mhaka . Hatisi muhondo isu kana kwete zvoita kuti mudeure ropa tine nzara chete.
Pouya avo veMDC makange mauya zvakanaka tikati opposition asi makaratidza kuti makafanana neavo vadzvanyiriri vamuri kupikisa . Ruzhinji rweZimbabwe rwakapisirwa Misha, vakafa, zvirema, varikurarama kunzwe kwenyika senhapwa nekuti vakabatana nemi kuti ngaatite chinhu chimwe zvino chiii chamakaita pamakapinda paGNU kunze kwekuita hunhu hwevadzvanyiriri veZanu avo . Mareforms amave kuchema zvino makatadza nei kumaita murimo muGNU, Chamisa waivapowo iwe chii chamakaita ropa rakadeuka risina mhaka rinochema nemi . Shame on you MDC for betraying the little hope the downtrodden ill suffering sons and daughters of this land had in you .
Ane nzeve anzwa there is more but ndatadza kuenderera mberi misodzi yangu ikuyerera ndikurwadziwa chose . Nyikadzimu chaiyo masvikiro eDzimbahwe Havasi kufara nezvikuitwa neavo vamuri kuti vatungamiri zvino iwe hako pwere rushiye uri Ani kana uchiti pamberi nevanhu vakarambwa nemasvikiro eivhu rino.
let's this go viral
ndatenda in pain.