ZIMBABWE STARTS LOAD SHEDDING AS DROUGHT hits Kariba Dam power station and water levels fall drastically

ZIMBABWE STARTS LOAD SHEDDING AS DROUGHT  hits Kariba Dam power station and water levels fall drastically

The dreaded load shedding has been yet again implemented in Zimbabwe since Monday 13/05/19 , due to critical power shortfalls forced into place by a power cut power to generation the Kariba Dam power plant caused by low water levels at Kariba dam just 34% full. The ZETDC is also struggling at Hwange Power Station, along with limited Electricity imports from Eskom in South Africa and from Mozambique. The load shedding will run in the morning…

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ZIMBABWE’S ELECTRICITY POWER CUTS, FUEL ILLEGAL LOGGING AND DEFORESTATION

ZIMBABWE’S ELECTRICITY POWER CUTS, FUEL ILLEGAL LOGGING AND DEFORESTATION

IN the dead of night, trucks loaded with illegally logged wood weave their way past police roadblocks to a capital city shrouded in darkness. In Mbare, a suburb that also serves as the heartland of informal trading in Harare, firewood dealers like Kudakwashe Shumba wait to buy their share of the logs before disappearing to pass them on to any number of the 5 million power-starved urban Zimbabweans. “We get the firewood from big syndicates,…

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‘Rise In Zim Gvt Hospitals Operating Theatre Deaths Due To Power Cuts’

‘Rise In Zim Gvt Hospitals Operating Theatre Deaths Due To Power Cuts’

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) is alarmed by reports that there is an increase of patients dying in government hospitals while undergoing operations in theatres following electricity blackouts with ZESA and the government remaining clueless on how to solve the national crisis. During its provincial assembly meetings that are being held across the country, the party leadership has heard shocking reports from relatives, friends and neighbours narrating how they have lost their loved ones who…

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‘I Exposed Mugabe For Not Paying Electricity Bills,’ Says Elton Mangoma

Former Energy Minister and the interim leader of the opposition Renewal Democrats of Zimbabwe, Elton Mangoma, says he must be commended for exposing a scandal at the state-owned Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) in which President Robert  Mugabe, cabinet ministers and Members of Parliament were not paying electricity bills at their private properties. The story was first published by a local newspaper, the Daily News, in 2012. In an exclusive interview with VOA, Mangoma refuted…

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Joint operation command (Joc) to force gold panners out of goldfields

Joint operation command (Joc) to force gold panners out of goldfields

ZANU-PF supporters who were encouraged to invade a goldfield in Bindura (Kitsiyatota) during First Lady Grace Mugabe’s meet-the-people rallies ahead of the controversial Zanu-PF congress last December were given a three-day notice on Monday to leave the area, Zimbabwe Independent reported. Zanu-PF sources said this week the provincial joint operation command (Joc) chaired by Provincial Affairs minister Martin Dinha resolved to force the artisanal miners out of the goldfields by Thursday. “In its disaster management…

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