Zimbabwe’s state-owned power utility, ZESA Holdings, said it had partially restored electricity supplies after a nationwide blackout caused by an electrical fault.
The outage occurred at about 1824 local time after a major fault on the Warren-Alaska 330-kilovolt transmission line.
ZESA said the fault led to the loss of interconnections with neighbouring regional utilities, while voltage instability and under-frequency conditions caused local power generation to trip offline.
In an update, the utility said power restoration began at 1901 local time, with electricity supplies partially restored by 2200 to most bulk supply points across the country.
ZESA said its technical teams were working to restore and synchronise the remaining generating units at Hwange Power Station and carry out repairs at Warren Substation, which supplies parts of the capital, Harare.
The utility apologised for the disruption and said efforts to fully restore electricity supplies were continuing.
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