Zimbabwe can't make enough power for its people. The trouble will keep going into 2025. The country needs money to buy power from other places, but it doesn't have enough.
The big power plant at Kariba Dam isn't working well. The dam has low water because there hasn't been much rain. This plant should make 1,050 megawatts of power. These days it makes less than 100 megawatts.
People sit in the dark for many hours each day. Business owners spend lots of money on generators to keep working. Last week the whole country lost power. The people in charge said it happened because of problems with power lines from other countries.
Sydney Gata runs the power company Zesa. He says they can't fix things fast. The country needs money from other places to buy more power. He told news people that half their power is gone. They need special money to buy power from other countries. They don't have that money.
Yesterday Zimbabwe made 869 megawatts of power. Most came from Hwange. A little came from Kariba. Small power makers added some too. Zimbabwe asked South Africa and Mozambique for help in July. They bought 200 megawatts. Before that, they stopped buying power when they fixed the Hwange plant.
Gata used to say power cuts would end in 2025. He doesn't say that anymore. The government said power cuts would stop in July 2023. That didn't happen. Gata talks about building 18 new power stations. These should add 4,600 megawatts by 2025. He says people will see better power next year.
The power company needs to fix many power lines. They must change 24,000 kilometers of cables. Minister Edgar Moyo wants to try nuclear power to help fix these problems.
The big power plant at Kariba Dam isn't working well. The dam has low water because there hasn't been much rain. This plant should make 1,050 megawatts of power. These days it makes less than 100 megawatts.
People sit in the dark for many hours each day. Business owners spend lots of money on generators to keep working. Last week the whole country lost power. The people in charge said it happened because of problems with power lines from other countries.
Sydney Gata runs the power company Zesa. He says they can't fix things fast. The country needs money from other places to buy more power. He told news people that half their power is gone. They need special money to buy power from other countries. They don't have that money.
Yesterday Zimbabwe made 869 megawatts of power. Most came from Hwange. A little came from Kariba. Small power makers added some too. Zimbabwe asked South Africa and Mozambique for help in July. They bought 200 megawatts. Before that, they stopped buying power when they fixed the Hwange plant.
Gata used to say power cuts would end in 2025. He doesn't say that anymore. The government said power cuts would stop in July 2023. That didn't happen. Gata talks about building 18 new power stations. These should add 4,600 megawatts by 2025. He says people will see better power next year.
The power company needs to fix many power lines. They must change 24,000 kilometers of cables. Minister Edgar Moyo wants to try nuclear power to help fix these problems.
