Zimbabwe: Power Crisis - Zim Chases New Contracts

Harare — ZIMBABWE is pinning its hopes to avoid a potentially damaging power crisis on the Southern African Power Pool (SAPP), a SADC venture to avert energy shortages, as fears mount the country remains ill prepared for a region-wide electricity crunch expected this year.

Zesa Holdings acting CEO, Edward Rugoyi, said last week that the state power utility would renew supply contracts with its neighbours in order to avert a crisis. Rugoyi said Zimbabwe would import 450 megawatts from Mozambique under a fresh contract, while South Africa had agreed to extend a similar contract to March this year. Zesa, Rugoyi said, was negotiating for a further extension beyond March.

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