Sikhumbuzo Moyo [email protected]
ZIMBABWE has gone nearly 300 days without electricity load shedding, a development attributed to improved generation at Hwange Power Station, increased water allocation for power generation at Kariba and financial support from the Mutapa Investment Fund.
The development marks a significant improvement for consumers who previously endured prolonged power cuts, with some households receiving electricity for as little as four hours a day.
Speaking in an interview with Zimpapers on the sidelines of a 2026 strategy stakeholder consultative and feedback workshop held at a Bulawayo hotel on Thursday, Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) chief executive officer Mr Eddington Mazambani said the three factors had contributed to improved electricity supply.
He said the Mutapa Investment Fund’s financial injection, initially amounting to about US$10 million to the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC), had been particularly significant in enabling the utility to import electricity from the Southern African Power Pool.
“I think it’s twofold. It has to do with improved generation capacity at Hwange and also improved water allocation at Kariba, but most importantly, it’s the initiative taken by the Mutapa Investment Fund to capacitate the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) to import electricity,” said Mr Mazambani.
He said consumers could still experience isolated power outages, but these would not necessarily be a result of load shedding.
Mr Mazambani said such interruptions could instead be caused by localised faults within the electricity distribution network.
