Zimbabwe Faces Intensified Power Cuts As Zesa Shuts Down Hwange Unit 8 for 10 Days

Zimbabweans are set to endure worsening power cuts after ZESA Holdings announced that Hwange Power Station’s Unit 8 has been taken off the grid for 10 days due to a technical fault, further straining the country’s already fragile electricity supply.

The shutdown comes at a time when Unit 3 has been offline since September 10 for statutory maintenance, which is expected to be completed by October 24.

As of October 21, the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) was generating 1,296MW, far below the country’s…