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Trouble Buying Electricity Tokens? ZESA Prepaid System Down
A number of people have been running into challenges trying to buy electricity tokens this morning and last night. It seems the challenge is on ZEDTCs part as Paynow have put up a notice on their...
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ZESA Apologises & Announces Solution For System Congestion
Earlier today we wrote an article regarding ZETDCs prepaid token system being down. ZETDC has issued a statement addressing the situation. In its statement, ZETDC confirmed the sentiments echoed by...
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ZETDC releases new tariffs, a slight increase in prices
The Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) has released new tariffs for electricity. They have, like most establishments, increased their prices. Old prices Consumption...
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ZESA tariffs have gone up by 50%
With the way prices are running away it was expected that ZESA tariffs would be going up. The price increase sees ZESA tariffs go up by about 50%. There have been no changes to the consumtion bands...
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Brace yourselves, there are more ZESA tariff increases on the way
It was only Sunday when the ZESA tariffs were hiked by another 50% following a 50% increase that was announced in October. I think it would be an understatement to say that we are still reeling from...
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New ZESA Tariffs: new powerband & small price reduction
A little over a week ago we got in touch with ZESA through its social media channels to enquire about tariff changes. We were surprised to see that ZESA had not only changed the tariffs but had also...
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You can now pay your ZESA bill and purchase tokens in USD
The Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission & Distribution Company (ZETDC) has said that post-paid customers can now settle their ZESA bills in foreign currency. This new facility also allows prepaid...
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Thanks to ZESA I am going to spend another Christmas in the dark
At exactly 3:00 AM this morning my house lost power. I was already lying awake pondering the many problems that come with being Zimbabwean. I jumped out of the bed and looked through the window. With...
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ZESA prepaid token purchases will be down on New Year’s Eve
The Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) has released a statement that says that the prepaid electricity vending system will be down on New Year’s Eve till the evening of the 1st of January...
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You can now report ZESA faults on WhatsApp in Harare
National power supplier ZESA has announced that residents in Harare can now report faults on WhatsApp. This development follows the torrent of faults that have been happening in the region and...
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ZESA’s self-service portal is down
It looks like ZESA‘s self-service portal and the ZETDC home page are both down. It’s unclear when the outage started but the consequence of this is that buying ZESA tokens is going to be difficult....
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ZESA token purchases will not be working Thursday evening
The Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) has announced in a circular that the ZESA token purchase platform is going to be down this Thursday: Customer NoticeInterruption...
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Brace yourselves for load shedding says ZESA
The Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) has, in a circular to customers, announced that the nation should brace itself for load shedding due to technical faults at Hwange as well as depressed...
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ZESA to compensate for damages caused by power surges
The Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) will now compensate customers who suffer damages from power surges. The news comes by way of Minister for Energy Zhemu Soda, who in an interview with...
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Two big problems with ZESA’s net metering program
Last year, then Minister for Energy Fortune Chasi announced in a tweet that ZESA was undertaking a solar net metering program. The system would allow those who wanted to participate a way of...
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The rainy season is upon us: here are the precautions ZESA wants you to take
It’s the time of year again when the skies open up and I am sure we are all thankful because the heat was getting unbearable. However, as we all know the prevailing weather doesn’t mix well with...
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Here are the speakers for Zim’s first drone conference
Zimbabwe Drone Conference announces a power-packed list of local and international speakers who will be presenting at the in-person conference this November. Speakers include Dr Patrick Meier –...
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ZPC Q3 power column: Kariba accounting for 64% of the nation’s electricity
The Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) has released the Q3 2021 power column which denotes in some detail electricity generation in the country’s major plants. The ZPC Q3 2021 report reads as follows: ZPC...
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ZESA has a technical fault Hwange but they aren’t the only power utility...
The Zimbabwe Electricity Power Supply Authority (ZESA) has announced that there is yet another fault at the Hwange Power Station that will be causing load shedding in the country. ZESA statement reads...
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ZESA gets a US$110 mil loan to improve tariff collection
The Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC), a subsidiary of ZESA Holdings, was the beneficiary of a US$110.4 million loan from Afreximbank. The loan which was the largest...
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