Zimbabwe regained electricity across most of the country on Tuesday night, hours after a major transmission fault plunged the nation into darkness, state utility ZESA said.
The blackout started at 6:24 PM local time on Monday when a fault on the Warren-Alaska 330-kV line cut interconnections with neighboring grids. That triggered voltage instability and under-frequency issues, forcing local plants to trip, ZESA explained.
To bring power back, ZESA drew electricity from South Africa’s Eskom, Mozambique’s Cahora Bassa hydro plant, Kariba Power Station, and three units at Hwange Power Station. By 10:00 PM local time, most areas had supply restored.
Crews are still working to synchronize the remaining Hwange units and to repair the Warren substation, which feeds parts of Harare, the utility added.
The outage highlights a familiar challenge for Zimbabwe. The country has struggled for years with frequent power cuts, driven by aging infrastructure and foreign currency shortages that make it hard to pay for imports.
