Heavy rains spur power outages

POWER utility, Zesa, has blamed the heavy rains received in most parts of the country for causing a sharp increase in electrical faults and power outages.

“Zesa Holdings advises its valued customers countrywide that there is an increase in electrical faults due to the prevailing heavy rains that are interfering with the electricity infrastructure. The heavy rains have resulted in an increase in unplanned power outages, with faults taking longer than is normally the case,” the power utility said in a statement yesterday.

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