Zimbabwe was hit by a nationwide power outage on Monday evening after a technical fault on the country’s electricity network, state-owned utility ZESA Holdings said.
ZESA said the outage occurred at about 1824 hours and was caused by a technical fault on its transmission network.
The utility said its technical teams were investigating the cause of the outage while engineers worked to restore grid stability and electricity supply as quickly as possible.
“Restoration efforts are underway, and our engineers are working to restore grid stability and bring back power in the shortest possible time,” ZESA said in a brief statement share on its Facebook page.
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Zimbabwe, home to more than 17 million people, has an installed electricity generation capacity of about 2,962 megawatts (MW), but ageing infrastructure, drought-induced reductions in hydropower output and equipment failures often limit available generation to around 1,600 MW, forcing the country to import electricity from neighbouring Zambia and Mozambique and implement periodic load shedding.
The company said it would provide further updates as restoration efforts progressed and apologised for the inconvenience caused.
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