Online Reporter
Herald Reporters
ZIMBABWE was plunged into darkness last night after a nationwide power outage.
The outage, which occurred at about 6.24pm, caught many consumers by surprise as the country has enjoyed stable electricity supplies since July last year.
In an interview last night, ZETDC acting managing director Engineer Howard Choga confirmed the blackout and efforts to restore supplies.
“We lost the grid in the last hour and half,” said Eng Choga.
“We are establishing the cause, but at the moment we are concentrating on restoring the grid.”
Bulawayo became one of the first major cities to regain electricity about an hour after the outage, while Harare’s Avenues area was reconnected at about 8.30pm.
Eng Choga later said the process of stabilising the grid had been successful and that power had been restored to parts of Harare, Bulawayo, Gweru, Kwekwe and Chinhoyi.
