Harare — Zimbabwe’s state electricity distribution company has asked industrial customers to pay in advance in foreign currency for power imported from SA 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 SA and Mozambique, mainly due to depressed generation from Kariba," the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries said in a letter to its members late in November. "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 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 Eskom and Mozambique’s Cahora Bassa hydro powe...
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