The Ministry of Energy and Power Development has successfully launched the prepaid metering technology that is replacing the conventional billing system that had been posing challenges to the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC), a subsidiary of ZESA Holdings. ZETDC has already installed 19 000 prepaid meters countrywide, with a further 19 000 expected to be installed by end...

Since 2007, the country experienced load shedding as a result of the shortage of capacity in the country. What exactly is load shedding? Load shedding simply stated is a controlled temporary way of cutting power to parts of the country when there is not enough electricity to meet the needs of customers. This is as a result of a shortage of...

The idea and principle behind the conserving of energy is that it is better to INFORM the public about the state of the network and ASK them to do something to help, than it is for everyone to experience rolling load shedding of long periods. When you stop to think about it, it is logical that power usage peaks between 5...

If you are wondering if you really make an impact - consider this. Nothing connects all of us together like the electricity network. Electricity cannot be effectively stored in large quantities. This means that when you turn on a light, that power needs to be generated immediately by a generator somewhere on the network. If there is not enough generation available,...

When originally installed a wiring system is suitably designed for its intended purpose and each circuit is safeguarded against the effects of overload, short-circuits and fault currents by protective devices of the correct current rating and breaking capacity.  In this regard, the wiring regulations are explicit that every circuit shall be so designed that a small overload of long duration...