Sudden power shut down at Kariba, Hwange
Posted by admin on Wednesday, November 9, 2011 in ZESA, Zimbabwe politics
A statement from Richard Maasdorp, chairman of the Zimbabwe Power Company,
has said that there was s sudden “shut down” of both of Zimbabwe’s major
sources of generation at 0625 hours Wednesday 9th November (Kariba and
Hwange).
The statement said: This was caused by a major system disturbance on the
transmission network. Early indications are this disturbance originated from
the transmission line from Mozambique. It would appear that this was a
severe shock as it also impacted on the Kariba North Bank station (Zambia).
The statement went on to say that it was hoped that Kariba could be brought
back over the next 24 hours, but Hwange could take days.
Initial reports said all of Harare was without power for some hours, but by
late morning it had come back on.