The blackout disrupted telecommunications services and affected basic services such as the pumping of water to city residents, while the state-run newspaper, The Sunday Mail failed to publish on Sunday.
Power was restored to some homes by Sunday evening but by Monday morning, some parts of Harare were still without electricity.
State power utility, Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) Holdings, blamed a “system malfunction” for the power outage and promised to restore supplies to all consumers.
Foreign power firms in neighbouring countries such as South Africa that used to supply about 35 percent of Zimbabwe’s total power requirements have since cut supplies either because of rising demand in their own domestic markets or because of ZESA’ failure to pay. – Zimonline
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