Zambia and Mozambique cut off electricity supplies to Zimbabwe over failure to pay for Imports
Addressing a mining conference last week in Victoria falls, choga in what can only be described as irresponsible populistic rhetoric, said ”we expect that by 2025, we could have added 2300 MW to the grid. I must say over 80% of the 2300 MW is demand from miners.”
Zimbabwe currently has a generation capacity of 2 000 megawatts. As of Thursday, 01 june 2023, the Zimbabwe power Company a subsidiary of ZESA Holdings, was generating a total of 1 423 MW.
Choga also revealed that Zambia and Mozambique cut off electricity supplies to Zimbabwe over failure to pay imports. He said: “We have had a discontinuation of supply from Zambia and Mozambique because we pay. After accumulated bills imports were then discontinued march 13.”
In December 2021, the Government unveiled Incentives meant to help bring 1 1000 MW of new solar projects on stream by 2025 but little progress has been made due to lack of investment in new energy project.
