Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) has just notified the public that load shedding will go to stage 2 from today. This has been caused by a “shortage of capacity” faced by South Africa’s Eskom, which exports electricity to Zimbabwe through ZETDC.
The Eskom alert will affect Power Imports. As such load shedding will be implemented at Stage 2 today.@GwasiraFullard @NewsDayZimbabwe @HeraldZimbabwe https://t.co/j8JrZk4anY
— ZETDC (@ZetdcOfficial) October 16, 2019
NewZwire reports that Zimbabwe’s 400 Megawatts deal with South Africa stipulates that during this time when Eskom implements its own stage 2 of load shedding, it reduces domestic electricity exports to Zimbabwe to zero but electricity exports for businesses “are reduced proportionally to the load shedding stage”.
All along I thought that currently load shedding was being implemented at stage 2- but apparently we were at stage 1. At stage 1 we spent, at least, 12 hours without electricity, now can you imagine how many hours we will spend without electricity on stage 2?
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If 5:30 am to 10:00 pm is stage 1 then we are in trouble
KKKKK true dat, cause already we have 18-20 hr power cuts, and you will hear some1 saying zanu pf positioned to win the elections in 2023
Currently we have been having 5am to 11pm with no power. Sometimes up to 11.30pm. Clearly the whole country was facing 12hour shifts while Msasa Park was on an 18 hour shift. Whichever Zesa employee was dumped by a resident from my hood, please forgive them and move on!
I agree with msasa park we are in serious trouble that means with stage 2 then we no longer power at all.
I agree with msasa park we are in serious trouble that means with stage 2 then we no longer power at all.
Zesa tariffs are nolonger bearable at all. Where i live i can see a desert in the next 6 months. All wild animals will be left with nothing to devour. Global warming is being accelerated while we attend foras on climate change each and every time its staged.
This article is misleading.. Does the tweet say FROM TODAY or does it specifically mentions TODAY.. Because if the reporter says from today it means it will be an ongoing thing from the date specified. Otherwise it only seems like ESCOM and ZEDTC was making reference to today only. – Ndazvionawo ndega here?
Taura hako 🤔
Avonlea is same same 5am to 11pm
We had for 16 -18hrs aready
These power cuts are treasonous and can only be caused by sanctions!
I am on the verge of closing my business. I am only getting zesa from 11pm to 4:30am I don’t know which phase is that.
That’s unfortunate. Hope you can pull through somehow
Change the times of working in order for you to have production or introduce shifts
🤣🤣iwe!!
Hehehede imi, kwanai imi maSanctions acho munombonyatsomanzwisisa here kana kut ndimi vaya vaya vanongotorana nezvavanzwa vachifamba nazvo🤣
In norton at times it’s 24 hrs no nothing
Norton west in Bulawayo
Lord have mercy
A lot of money is spent going to UN and world climate change meetings, return implement dhololo
At least Eskom actually informs its customers when power is going and returning back, which helps to make decisions but our home grown ZETDC can’t even have such simple decency to do the same.
I really don’t know what’s wrong with us
God have mercy to our leaders mmm .. Hatifunge kna ichri loadsheding iyi hakusi kuda kungoomeserana pachedu hre uku
There is power available from Mozambique via the 400MW Cahora Bassa-Zimbabwe interconnector. Why is this power not being imported? Warped priorities?
Zvakaoma Zimbabwe
ndimi makavotera ED
Maifara pakabva Bhobho
Honai zvazoitwa naEd wenyu
Ndi bhobho akauraya nyika ….dai isiri gnu mmmmmmmm
Ndi bhobho akauraya nyika ….dai isiri gnu mmmmmmmm
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Zesa and eskom are 2 people who can’t swim trying to save each other from drowning
It’s about time that we learn the government is not for us and whoever is not for you is against you. We need to find self-sustaining solutions, complaints cannot be a solution, otherwise we will take our complaints to the grave