The
blackout
struck
at
precisely
2:11
PM
on
3
July,
disrupting
electricity
generation
at
the
country’s
two
main
power
stations
—
Kariba
and
Hwange.
The
outage
also
triggered
a
regional
ripple
effect,
severing
interconnections
with
South
Africa’s
national
grid,
Zambia’s
ZESCO,
and
Mozambique’s
HCB.
ZESA
said:
ZESA
Holdings
wishes
to
inform
its
valued
stakeholders
of
a
nationwide
power
outage
that
occurred
today,
Thursday
3
July
at
1411
hours
due
to
a
system
disturbance.
This
has
resulted
in
the
loss
of
generation
from
Kariba
and
Hwange
Power
Stations.Additionally,
the
interconnections
with
National
Transmission
(South
Africa)
and
Zesco
(Zambia),
as
well
as
supplies
from
HCB
(Mozambique),
were
simultaneously
lost.
The
power
utility
assured
the
public
that
restoration
efforts
were
already
in
progress,
with
electricity
already
restored
in
some
areas.
ZESA
said
its
teams
were
working
“tirelessly”
to
reconnect
the
remaining
affected
regions
as
quickly
as
possible.