Zimbabwe: ZETDC Warns of Falling-Tree Power Cuts

21 November 2017

The Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC), has told its consumers to brace for rolling power outages, mainly driven by the perennial challenges that come with the rainy season. During the rainy season, the electricity infrastructure - particularly cables and poles - is affected usually by falling trees.

ZETDC - a subsidiary of Zesa Holdings, which is responsible for distributing power to consumers - yesterday said the anticipated power outages might take longer to address. Already, a number of electricity consumers across the country are going without power due to faults, usually on transformers.

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