Zimbabwe’s state-owned power utility, ZESA Holdings, has partially restored electricity supply following a nationwide blackout triggered by an electrical fault on the national transmission network.
According to the utility, the outage occurred at approximately 18:24 local time after a major fault developed on the Warren–Alaska 330-kilovolt (kV) transmission line.
ZESA explained that the fault disrupted interconnections with neighbouring regional power utilities, while the resulting voltage instability and under-frequency conditions caused several domestic generating units to trip offline.
In a subsequent update, the company said power restoration commenced at about 19:01 local time, with electricity supply returning to most bulk supply points across the country by 22:00.
The utility added that technical teams are continuing efforts to restore and synchronise the remaining generating units at Hwange Power Station while undertaking repair works at Warren Substation, which supplies electricity to parts of the capital, Harare.
ZESA apologised to customers for the disruption and assured the public that work is ongoing to fully restore electricity supply nationwide.