HARARE, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Zimbabwean power utility ZESA Holdings said on Tuesday that it has restored electricity to most parts of the country after a major technical fault plunged the entire nation into darkness on Monday evening.
The country suffered a nationwide blackout at 6:24 p.m. local time on Monday due to a fault on its Warren-Alaska 330kV transmission line in the capital, Harare. This led to a loss of interconnection with neighboring regional utilities and triggered a collapse of local power generation, ZESA said on social media platform X.
Restoration efforts began shortly after the incident, with power being imported from South Africa and Mozambique, alongside supplies from Zimbabwe's Kariba and Hwange power stations.
According to the utility, electricity had been restored to most of the country's bulk supply points by 10:00 p.m. on Monday.
ZESA added that technical teams are still working to restore and synchronize the remaining units at the coal-fired Hwange station, the country's biggest power generator. ■
