Powerless

Prolonged blackouts set to continue

We are having candle-lit dinners of late; but not because we are romantic people!

Zimbabwe is currently experiencing severe electricity shortages leading to 18-hour power cuts. In most cases, electricity is restored for four hours and only after midnight.

This is not the first time the country has suffered such crippling power cuts but one can never get used to such inconvenience.

And sadly, we are being told to brace for even worse situations, meaning we will soon have to endure more than 24 hours of total darkness.

Power outages have been ...