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Zimbabwe Demands Industries Pay in Advance for Imported Power

FurtherAfrica by FurtherAfrica
December 5, 2016
in Africa, Currency, Economy, Energy, Finance, Import, Industry and Commerce, Mozambique, South Africa, Trade, Zimbabwe
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Zimbabwe’s state electricity distribution company has asked industrial customers to pay in advance in foreign currency for power imported from South Africa and Mozambique as generation from the Kariba South hydro power plant slumps and because of a dollar shortage in the country.

“Zimbabwe is importing a significant amount of its power from South Africa and Mozambique, mainly due to depressed generation from Kariba,” the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries said in a letter to its members late last month. “There have been challenges in foreign currency payments to support these power imports and ensure continued supply of power.”

Power production from the Kariba power plant has fallen as a drought has left the reservoir levels at their lowest in decades while a the country has been short of foreign currency for months, leading to the non-payment of salaries to government workers and limits on withdrawals from cash machines. Zimbabwe buys power from South Africa’s Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. and Mozambique’s Cahora Bassa hydro power plant.
Power in the country is distributed by the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission Distribution Co. while the ZESA Holdings Ltd. oversees the industry.

Josh Chifamba, the chief executive officer of ZESA, last month warned of power cuts due to dollar shortages saying that while $5 million was needed a week for power imports the country’s central bank was only allocating it $1.5 million.

Source: Bloomberg

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