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ZESA Blames Load Shedding On Western Sanctions

5 months agoFri, 25 Oct 2024 14:47:48 GMT
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ZESA Blames Load Shedding On Western Sanctions

ZESA executive chairman Sydney Gata has attributed the current power shortages in the country to illegal sanctions imposed on the country by Western powers, which have prevented the power utility and other entities from accessing concessionary loans for infrastructure development.

As a result, Zimbabweans are enduring daily blackouts lasting at least 15 hours in their homes and businesses.

To prevent the collapse of the national grid, ZESA has implemented stringent power rationing measures. 

In an exclusive interview with The Herald in Harare on Thursday, Gata explained that the power crisis has been further exacerbated by drought, which has severely reduced the water available for power generation at the Kariba Dam. Said Gata:

We have been unfortunate with Kariba hydrology or Zambezi hydrology to be more accurate. We have lost the capacity of Kariba… drastic losses.

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For instance, the power station is rated at 1050MW today but we are hardly producing 150MW.

What hurts the most is that Kariba is normally our baseload plant because it is cheap to deploy and also highly reliable.

Hydropower plants have less equipment on them and are more stable to operate than confined power plants throughout the world.

So, we lost our cheapest source of energy and our most reliable source of energy and that explains today’s load shedding.

On October 22, the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC), ZESA’s power generating unit, reported that the country was producing a total of 1,012 MW of electricity.

This included 784 MW from Hwange, 184 MW from Kariba, and 43 MW from Independent Power Producers (IPPs).

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Farmer's Roundtable 🥙🇿🇼 · 4 months ago
He who blames everybody will go nowhere. He who blames himself is half the journey. He who blames nobody is about to arrive.
Bob · 5 months ago
Makushaya zvekutaura ingotii mismanagement and corruption tokuombererai maoko kwete kunyepa Zimbabwe has got no sanction s at all full stop
Anonymous · 5 months ago
Gata- you talk s...t. It has nothing to do with sanctions, it has all to do with stealing. I can't believe that a smart a...s like you suddenly blames sanctions for blackouts just because all last week 'sanctions ' was the subject to talk about.
Gora · 5 months ago
maivako gata. ko ma projects achivhayo asina kuitwa makatii nawo. Saka mvura zvayapera mu dam ma amerikenzi. haaa iwee. kwana
aaaah! · 5 months ago
Kwani waniko ,**** kuita cy kwayo.Uwori hwega hwega
Kembo Mohadi · 5 months ago
in SA and Zambia load shedding iriko can we put the blame kumasanctions arikuZimbabwe here dzimwe nhema dzobhowa
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twabam · 5 months ago
zirima racho hey
Anonymous · 5 months ago
They should just say it. They are selling power to others to feed their pockets whilst making the country suffer.
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Anonymous · 5 months ago
In 144 years time, they will still be blaming the whites & sanctions for all their problems kkkkkkkkkkkkk
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Imhenyu · 5 months ago
Gross mismanagement and rampant corruption is there in Zimbabwe bt pipo should learn and know kt what are sanctions or embargoes,,also anomboitirweiko and anorwadza ani uye kt arwadziswa nawo anifanirwa kudini,,vanoisa masancitions chero on one individual sekutaura kwavo, vanenge vachida kuachivha chii chaizvo,,,ndiko kunozi kurwa kwenzou huswa huxhitsokodzerwa hama weee,,if we can all go back kwaakatangira muchaona kt ariko even Chamisa on his last campaign rally vaChissano varipo akataura kt akangopinda chete the next morning achataura nevakaisa masancitions kt abviswe akati nyika haitongeke or haifambi mushe under masancitions bt kumas**** kwese uko aiudza vanhu kt hakuna masancitions,,the definition yemasanctions ndiyoyo yekuti ari kutonga anifanirwa kt atadze kutonga zvachose, vanhu vari pasi pake vanofanirwa kutambura and kumupandukira,,and who benefits???,, also kana muchiti hatina masancitions ko seiko nyika dzimwe dzepasi rino dzichiti Zim is under sanctions,mapresidents like weSADC wese,AU,EU vanobvuma nekuziva wani kt ariko saka vanopenga or kunyepa ere kana vachiita advocate kt Zim sanctions must go,, gentlemen zveshuwa vatongi wedu vane zvavari kushaisha munhu haangagoni zvese bt sanction ririko bvunzaiwo chero Chamisa chaiye
Cîroc 🍸 (🇺🇦🇵🇸) · 5 months ago
chivhayo akatenga bhutsu nemari yemagetsi moswero nyepera ma sanctions
Madhu · 5 months ago
There are NO Sanctions on the 16 million people on Zimbabwe. We urge the Government to deal with economic mismanagement and corrupt actors who are the root causes of Zimbabwe’s economic troubles. #ItsNotSanctions
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007 · 5 months ago
even if your wife or man failed tu father a child would be the Westen.... okay okay today was antie sanction day..... Tula musindo
👍 · 5 months ago
let's make the use of the solar system
disgruntled citizen · 5 months ago
Go To Hell, imimi vanhu vese veZESA
Anonymous · 5 months ago
Gata should in fact be blaming ZESA problems on he himself! Makambozvoona kupi kuti parastatal inoita Executive Chairman like a family business and yet haziko short, medium and long term planning...
Anonymous · 5 months ago
Stop stealing all the donor money before the projects even start and maybe people will start giving you ****s
Jyr · 5 months ago
Are the western states switching off power??? Who is implementing loadshedding, why is it that in harare their are areas that never expiriences blackout if you are to blame western,??? It's clearly you who switches off the power as a way of conservation and heavily use more power in mining of lithium, chrome, gold diamond etc. This country is delivering minerals to western where is the cash, why shortages of power??? Corruption in that operation you are overfeeding your families. You're not blind to make sure that you are rich in and out of your life
Anonymous · 5 months ago
Stealing .. Theft ... Plundering .. Mismanagement .. Buying new cars .. Incompetence ... Squandering resources ... Laziness of staff ...
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Anonymous · 5 months ago
Mineral mines are no longer in the hands of Govt. but Chinese and Russians. They were used as collateral security for the ****s they gave to the Government of Zimbabwe. Government is only benefiting from tax when the Chinese exports raw minerals. The country has a new colonial master, China.
Alby. · 5 months ago
look east policy ndiyo yaponda nyika zvekuvhaira kuti ichamisika here look east yacho
skun · 5 months ago
you blame the west becoz of what haiwawo..this country is rich with minerals that can be sold and generate money..besides the tariffs that zesa charge already is extreme..just excuses kana matadza basa you blame the west...take a look at Burkina Faso you might learn something about how to use country resources to sustain the people and it's country..😎
theLastAntKing · 5 months ago
This kule its time he pass the chairmanship to young minds. He's been there during Mugabes era & the same problem was & still is, no electricity & no solution in site. By then, if it wasn't for corruption zim could have been producing much needed electricity from the abundance of sun during the day then night time they switch kariba on. Kana mvura shoma iyoyo ingadai ichirimo inokwana ku cover 3hrs dze load
Anonymous · 5 months ago
Gata was related to Mugabe through their marriages.
you useless deadwood · 5 months ago
you are deadwood like all the rest of the deadwood dunderheads , the only thing you can do is keep passing the buck to lie in order to cover for your uselessness !!!
Gata · 5 months ago
This is a surprise yesterday he said all will be well next year. He explained how he was going to solve the problem and he was very happy with the plans. Now he has a new twist of sanctions he is very corrupt man. Suddenly changing goalposts overnight, maybe his been fed with what to say nevertheless we can live without that service since we buy it from you, domestically you run out of the peanuts we have. Economically you are killing the country blaming western yet we have our own stand. Wagarisa mu manyepo uchitumwa zvisina logic
Sanctions make my **** limp · 5 months ago
if these old senile twits fail to achieve an e.r.ec.t.io.n , they will not accept that it is because of their old age, they will blame sanctions for their erectile dysfunction (ED) , **** useless bunch of clown ahsoles !!
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Goi koi · 5 months ago
Sanction raka a 15billion,rikaba 92 million vari two namupfumira, rikatenga 90 double cabs. Rikadya mari yebeam, rikaba mari yeproject yembudzi interchange, riri kulooter maminerals richidya rega mari, mari rematoll gates riri kutora, corruption hatichataure ummm sanction usadaro shamwari.
...,. · 5 months ago
Our interaction with China, Russia most of the Eastern countries is not under sanctions, and the people on targeted sanctions can freely and easily visit those and many other countries without restriction. Interestingly, when Rhodesia became Zimbabwe it was under sanctions, but there were no problems with electricity with industry running at full throttle.
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ȼøɍɍᵾᵽŧɨȼɨȺn · 5 months ago
"We Are Children Of The Great Munhumutapa", Sanctions Will Not Stop Zimbabwe's Development - Mnangagwa President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said Zimbabwe must strive to thrive despite the difficulties the nation is currently facing due to sanctions imposed by Western countries, particularly the United States of America. Speaking to businesspeople at the Second Edition of the ED Mnangagwa Business Summit held in the capital Harare on Friday, Mnangagwa said Zimbabwe has been resilient for more than two decades under sanctions. He also scoffed at claims by U.S. officials that the Zimbabwe Development and Economic Recovery Act (ZDERA) is not a sanction and that Zimbabwe’s economic problems were caused by mismanagement and widespread corruption. Mnangagwa said (via Business Times): Despite the challenges that we are facing, due to the continued illegal and heinous sanctions from the United States of America, we must push the frontiers of our country’s success and prosperity. This task and burden rests upon us as Zimbabweans. We have been resilient for the last 23 years under sanctions, and no amount of propaganda, under whatever guise, will fool us. All forms of illegal sanctions on Zimbabwe must be immediately and unconditionally removed. These sanctions are illegal, unjustified, and cruel to all the people of Zimbabwe… We have come this far under sanctions, we have realised unprecedented success milestones and registered indisputable GDP growth; we shall keep marching forward. We are a resilient people and the descendants of the Great Munhumutapa. Against all odds, we are realising prosperity and a higher quality of life for our people. The United States imposed sanctions on Zimbabwe in 2001 due to concerns related to human rights abuses, corruption, and undermining democratic processes. The sanctions targeted specific individuals and entities associated with these violations and were aimed to block the assets of those involved and restrict their travel to the United States. President Joe Biden recently signed an Executive Order terminating the national emergency with respect to Zimbabwe, effectively revoking Zimbabwe-specific sanctions. However, on 04 March 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated 11 individuals, including Mnangagwa, and three entities for their alleged involvement in corruption or serious human rights abuse. More: Pindula News Download Pindula App to use without data or internet connection [Econet Lines]
Shurugwi · 5 months ago
Who is fooling who
you talk cr@p old man · 5 months ago
so giving contracts to wicknell-types is ok? is that becoz of sanctions too? and kariba is dry becoz of sanctions too? damn !! these sydney gata type of guys seem to get more stoopid by the day !!!! seriously getting dummer with each passing day they pass the buck more and more , no accountability, no shame at all, useless deadwood types all around zim now !!
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Jacob zuma · 5 months ago
Hwange ine marasha asingapere ,ngava gadzire magwenya emagetsi anoshandisa marasha awa
IMF and WORLD BANK · 5 months ago
Zimbabwe defaulted way back in 1999, that is the reason why it can't access credit from us not these other foolish reasons. For debt restructuring so that Zimbabwe can borrow again we demand reforms without that forget it.
Three3⃣ · 5 months ago
Actually they know the truth.. 🇿🇼🙌
jivaschihwehwete@gmail.com · 5 months ago
baba Gata, I remember sometime back you were fired after you failed to explained kuti zesa mari yakawandisa yayakanga inayo at that time yaiida yeii. saka yakazoenda kupi, makazvibvunzawo here pamakadzoka pabasa.
Msoro · 5 months ago
"So we lost our cheapest source of energy and our most reliable source of energy and that explains today's load shedding" so wher do sanctions fit in
jivaschihwehwete@gmail.com · 5 months ago
sure ma sanctions ndivo ari kupedza mvura muKariba Lake.
Jonga · 5 months ago
Ko zvamaida kutengesa mvura ku jony vany but why this contrary have more Crowell sow ipapa mukada kufamba nayo nyaya yacho Munonwa kuti boss we zesa akatora mari
xxc · 5 months ago
ko ED zvaari kurambira pachigaro maSunctions futi too much corruption ndoyauraya nyika kwete kuvanda nemunwe sembwa ,maZig murikuuraya mega, Sunction ndorakati Zig risatenga Fuel here kwanai
apes · 5 months ago
this is funny what do they know about sanctions
ClD Admire kuyeri · 5 months ago
kkkkk haahaa daa
$$$ · 5 months ago
Koo kungonyarara dhongiwe unofa here
flying Doc ( 3Ds) · 5 months ago
kurwrawo uku always blaming sunctions ... fix your own mess klaar zanu failed shld admit and passover the buttonstick 2 new blood INE the nation at heart
Anonymous · 5 months ago
45 years zanu pf have been in power, where are the power stations that they built
Jonga · 5 months ago
This cantery kudai m auto Ambo tora nyika kwe 5 years thean pozoitwa ma election its better than zvotoitirwa nama shurugwi izvii😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

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