Zimbabwe power utility, ZESA Holdings has reportedly started receiving 400 Megawatts of electricity from South Africa power utility, ESKOM.
This comes after the latter accepted Zimbabwe’s payment plan which involves payment of US$890,000 per week to settle its long-standing debt with ESKOM.
Zimbabwe is currently generating about 692 megawatts against a daily peak demand of about 1 600MW to 2000MW in winter.
All sectors were projecting fewer revenues this year as a result of the crippling load-shedding which ZESA had implemented due to the power deficit in the country.
Some companies were contemplating closing some of their branches with OK Zimbabwe, one of the biggest retailers in the country, having already closed one of its shops in Rusape.
The main power generator in the country, Kariba South Hydropower plant, has reportedly been immensely affected by the shrinking water levels at the dam whilst Hwange thermal power is underperforming due to ageing equipment.
More: ZBC News
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Whew ….. finally and ignoring the affects on industry we took our time to make a token payment of a long standing debt …. how embarrassing and unpatriotic of this leadership ….after all that has been looted from banks and nssa we come up with 890 k …
400 m – per day ? a week .a month……. no idea ….
Lies lies and lies.They’ve said that but still we will continue to experience 16 hours load shedding and you’ll wonder where the 400mw is going?.Obvious to places where all those of higher authority live