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ZESA restores power after nationwide blackout in Zimbabwe
- 6 months ago (2025-07-04)
- David Flin
The Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) has restored power to most parts of the country, following a nationwide power outage caused by a system disturbance at both Hwange Thermal Power Station and Kariba Hydro Power Station.
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ZESA said that the fault resulted in a loss of power generation from the two power stations and disrupted interconnections with National Transmission (South Africa), Zesco (Zambia) and supply from HCB (Mozambique), all of which were lost simultaneously.
ZESA said in a statement: “The system disturbance occurred at 2pm, 3 July. This resulted in a loss of generation at both Kariba and Hwange Power Stations. In addition, interconnections with National Transmission, ZESCO, and HCB were also simultaneously lost. Restoration efforts are ongoing, and power has already been successfully restored to some areas.”