The City of Harare is holding talks with the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) following rising cases of streetlights, tower lights and traffic signals going dark when...
By Staff reporter | Published: 02 October 2025
ZESA Enterprises (Zent), a subsidiary of Zesa Holdings, has set an ambitious target to manufacture 10 000 transformers annually, a sharp increase from just 600 units in 2021 and its current output of...
By Staff reporter | Published: 02 October 2025
Two senior employees of the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC), a subsidiary of Zesa, have been arrested in connection with a US$3,896,000 theft involving critical power plant equipment and materials at th...
By Staff reporter | Published: 18 September 2025
ZESA has announced plans to phase out old prepaid electricity meters across the country as part of its initiative to improve efficiency and provide consumers with more accurate information on their e...
By Staff reporter | Published: 13 September 2025
Zimbabwe's power utility, Zesa Holdings, has secured a US$210 million financing facility from Afreximbank, aimed at strengthening the country's electricity infrastructure and importing additional powe...
By Staff reporter | Published: 10 September 2025
The Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) has successfully migrated 99 percent of its customers in Bulawayo's historic suburbs from outdated metering systems to modern pre...
By Staff reporter | Published: 25 August 2025
A senior official at the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) has appeared in court alongside his son on allegations of forging company documents to secure a lucrative t...
By Staff reporter | Published: 17 August 2025
The Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) has reported an unplanned power outage affecting large parts of the eastern region and sections of Harare, citing a technical fau...
By Staff reporter | Published: 12 August 2025
Zimbabwe will require up to US$10 billion in energy sector investment over the next decade to meet rising electricity demand and address chronic power shortages, according to a new report by Veritas, ...
By Staff reporter | Published: 10 August 2025
ZESA Holdings has announced key interim leadership changes in the wake of the sudden passing of its executive chairman, Dr. Sydney Gata.In an internal circular seen by this publication, the state-own...
By Staff reporter | Published: 29 July 2025
ZESA Holdings has launched a nationwide anti-vandalism initiative that will see the installation of surveillance cameras, alarms, and sensors on electricity transformers in a bid to curb the rampant d...
By Staff reporter | Published: 23 July 2025
Harare's last remaining tower lights were switched off this week, plunging Zimbabwe's capital further into darkness - a stark metaphor for the city's deepening governance crisis and financial dysfunct...
By Staff reporter | Published: 18 July 2025
More than 30 contract workers operating hired vehicles for the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) in the western region have downed tools in protest over what they desc...
By Staff reporter | Published: 11 July 2025
Sydney Gata, the long-serving executive chairman of the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA), has died at the age of 79.Gata passed away late Thursday night at a private hospital in Harare, wh...
By Staff reporter | Published: 04 July 2025
Mutapa Investment Fund (MIF) has initiated the process of rebundling ZESA Holdings, aiming to streamline operations, enhance efficiency, and reduce costs within Zimbabwe's struggling electricity secto...
By Staff reporter | Published: 29 June 2025
The Chinese-funded expansion of Hwange Thermal Power Station, specifically Units 7 and 8, emerged as the main source of energy supply for Zimbabwe in 2024, according to the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory ...
By Staff reporter | Published: 28 June 2025
The Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) has vowed to press ahead with its installation of smart prepaid meters for public lighting, despite complaints from local authori...
By Staff reporter | Published: 11 June 2025
In a landmark development aimed at strengthening Zimbabwe's energy and digital infrastructure, ZESA Holdings has launched its certified Aviation Training Organisation (ATO) and graduated 235 students ...
By Staff reporter | Published: 10 June 2025
A wave of violent muggings has hit the cities of Bulawayo and Chitungwiza, plunging residents into fear and frustration as entire suburbs remain in darkness due to street light disconnections.The blac...
By Staff reporter | Published: 04 June 2025
ZESA Holdings has announced that normal electricity supplies from Hwange Power Station are expected to resume by Friday, May 9, following an emergency outage caused by tube leaks that crippled all uni...
By Staff reporter | Published: 07 May 2025
THE Zimbabwe Transmission Distribution Company (ZETDC) has directed consumers to revert to physical banking halls to purchase electricity tokens following technical glitches which have crippled its pr...
By Staff reporter | Published: 29 October 2019
Energy and Power Development Minister Fortune Chasi has proposed a 30-year mandatory prison sentence for vandalising ZESA infrastructure. This comes after the power utility has suffered losses amounti...
By Staff reporter | Published: 29 October 2019
MINISTRY of Energy secretary Gloria Magombo was yesterday grilled by Parliament over issues of rebundling of Zesa with MPs questioning why an institution that was recently unbundled was now being rebu...
By Staff reporter | Published: 18 October 2019
ZIMBABWEANS should brace for worse load shedding following "severe supply constraints" being experienced at South African power utility Eskom. The national power utility advised consumers about the la...
By Staff reporter | Published: 18 October 2019
Zimbabwe has increased the average electricity tariff by 320% to let the state power utility ramp up production and improve supplies at a time of daily rolling power cuts, the national energy regulato...
By Reuters | Published: 10 October 2019
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