From The
More dark days ahead
Staff writer
The country is set to endure more power cuts as Zesa yesterday announced it will switch off Kariba Power Station for maintenance. This comes barely a week after two thirds of the capital was plunged into darkness due to vandalism and equipment failure. In a statement yesterday, Zesa advised that there will be a significant increase in load-shedding due to reduced generation at Kariba Power Station from October 26 to November 6. (...) Generation at Kariba Power Station will thus be reduced by 250MW, from a capacity of 750MW.
From another article: David Mupamhadzi, chief economist of the Zimbabwe Allied Banking Group, said failure to remedy the power deficit meant any other government measures to boost the economy would be futile. "Unfortunately all government programmes aimed at reviving the economy will not be successful because of electricity problems," said Mupamhadzi.
No comments:
Post a Comment