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More power cuts announced

    JOHANNESBURG

    Zimbabwe’s state-owned power authority ZESA has announced a programme of countrywide electricity cuts as a result of its inability to pay power suppliers, South Africa’s ‘Business Day’ newspaper reported on Tuesday.

    Until now power outages have been confined to household users in towns. Electricity cuts have now been extended to mines, farms and factories outside Harare, Bulawayo, Gweru and Mutare. Supplies will be cut twice a week for three hours at a time, the newspaper said.

    ZESA is facing a crippling foreign exchange shortage, which has led to defaults on debts to South Africa, Mozambique and Zambia.

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