Mozambique reconnects Zimbabwe power after payment
Mozambique has reconnected its energy supplies to Zimbabwe after the country settled part of its debt owed to Mozambique's state-run electricity firm, a newspaper reported on Monday.
Zimbabwe has pledged to settle $160million it owes to Mozambique's Cahora Bassa in six months, as it tries to ease a power crisis that has worsened the burden on its struggling economy.
The state-controlled daily paper Noticias, said Zimbabwe's Electricity Supply Authority, ZESA, in January paid $10-million after Cahora Bassa switched off power for non-payment.
"The important documents of this agreement were signed during the first week of February, in which Zimbabwe promised to settle the debt with our company in a six month period, at the same time paying their monthly bills," Cahora Bassa chief executive officer, Paulo Muxanga told the paper.
After non-payment, Cahora Bassa halved its power supply to Zimbabwe to 75 megawatts in mid-December, then shut it down on December 28 because ZESA had still failed to pay.
