--- title: Total grid blackout in Zimbabwe | daily.dev description: Zimbabwe's state power utility Zesa reported a nationwide blackout on Monday evening caused by a major electrical fault on the Warren-Alaska 330kV transmission... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/total-grid-blackout-in-zimbabwe-fh0ioe5jm twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Total grid blackout in Zimbabwe | daily.dev og:description: Zimbabwe's state power utility Zesa reported a nationwide blackout on Monday evening caused by a major electrical fault on the Warren-Alaska 330kV transmission... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/total-grid-blackout-in-zimbabwe-fh0ioe5jm og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/fH0iOE5Jm.png og:image:alt: Total grid blackout in Zimbabwe og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Total grid blackout in Zimbabwe **[TechCentral](https://daily.dev/sources/techcentral)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Zimbabwe's state power utility Zesa reported a nationwide blackout on Monday evening caused by a major electrical fault on the Warren-Alaska 330kV transmission line, which severed interconnections with neighbouring regional utilities and triggered voltage instability. Restoration efforts began within 40 minutes, drawing power from Eskom, Kariba Power Station, Hydro Cabora Bassa, and Hwange units. By 10pm, power had been restored to most bulk supply points, though work continued at Hwange and the Warren substation serving parts of Harare. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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