•The country is experiencing its worst economic crisis in a decade, recalling days of hyperinflation under Robert Mugabe.

Zimbabwe has raised its average electricity tariff by 320 percent to ramp up power supplies at a time of daily blackouts but the move will likely anger consumers already grappling with soaring inflation and stagnant wages.

The southern African country is experiencing its worst economic crisis in 10 years, seen in triple-digit inflation, 18-hour power cuts and shortages of US dollars, medicines and fuel that have evoked the dark days of the 2008 hyperinflation under late President Robert Mugabe.

Wednesday's was the second increase in the price of electricity inside three months and follows sharp rises in fuel and basic goods prices in the last week. Salaries have not kept pace, prompting citizens to blame President Emmerson Mnangagwa's policies for the crisis.

The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) said it had approved an application by Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) to raise the tariff to 162.16 cents ($0.11) from 38.61 cents.

ZERA said the tariff rise was necessary after inflation soared - the International Monetary Fund (IMF) says it was about 300 percent in August. Zimbabwe introduced an interim sovereign currency - the Real Time Gross Settlement dollar or Zimdollar - in February which quickly fell prey to black market speculation.

In an effort to support the Zimdollar, the government in June outlawed the use of foreign currencies in local transactions. But the move failed to curb the Zimdollar's slide.

Consumers seem set for more price increases after the energy regulator said that, starting November, the power utility would index its tariff to the US dollar to enable it "to recover from inflation and exchange rate changes".

The new tariff would allow ZETDC to raise money to repair its generators, as well as pay for imports from South Africa's Eskom and Mozambique which cost $19.5m every month, the regulator said.

Hopes that Zimbabwe's economy would quickly rebound under Mnangagwa, who took over after the late Robert Mugabe was deposed in a coup in November 2017, have faded fast as ordinary people grapple with eye-watering inflation that has eroded earnings and savings.

On Monday, treasury data showed the economy was worse off than initially thought. It is now projected to contract by up to six percent this year due to the power cuts, which have hit mines, industry and homes and an El Nino-induced drought that has left the country needing to import food.

Mnangagwa, whom critics accuse of lacking commitment to political reforms and using his predecessor's heavy-handed tactics to stifle dissent, has pleaded for time and patience to bring the economy back from the "dead."

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.aljazeera.com/amp/ajimpact/zimbabwe-quadruples-electricity-prices-blackouts-191009095646975.html

So Zimbabwe has got to a point where they experience 18hour power outage........wait r they complaining about that one?

18 hours

Even though Robert Mugabe has died his manhood still lives on in Zimbabwe

No one should praise phcn here o please.

Before they change their style
to another style
Zimbabwe style
and be like that
be like that

As if Nigeria even have light in first place since 1960

Wickedness.

Make Dem go buy generator na.

18hrs.come to Nigeria.. In some area in PHC, we don't even see it as bad thing anymore. Light dey, light no dey, life goes on. There some week we don't see light at all

Africa, Africa eh!

Black man country...
The government obviously needs money..
The lazy government won't think about working his own ass,they just force dumb taxation on the masses without critic thinking of the adverse effect.
Nigeria as a case study...we have all this land and we can't make use of it...one dumb man thinks about how the government will make more money and they're talking about taxing calls,cable T.V and other rubbish things...
Yet,it's okay for senators to use 50BN for Suv's.
To make money is easy,but the government consist of typical black men..Laziness runs in our vein.
Everyday,they're increasing custom duties and charges at the port...If the early government didn't build a port what will you be leveraging on now?
Imagining if FG has farm in the 36 state of the country...farm running like private entity..worth like 30bn per state...
How much money will that generate?
How much food will we be exporting?
How many people will be gainfully employed and also paying tax?
Let's talk about indirect jobs and all...
But instead the government be thinking of extortion.
Sometimes I tire for our matter.

Ordinary 18 hours.

Tch, some places in Nigeria never see light for some months and nepa still dey bill them.

Zimbabwe is the final boss in the African shitholè rankings

Zimbabwe should be annexed by nearby country..to save life of citizen....

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, much to the chagrin of some droopy armed triglodytes on here, Nigeria is not the worst country on earth.

She can be better but she’s okay.

Hmmm, Make una adapt sharply... Come ask Nigeria to tell the correct story

Wetin concern Nigerians about other people's ELECTRICITY?
WE GET?

What's the deferent between Nigeria and Zimbabwe power supply?

No deference.

Electricity from N9 to N39 with constant 5hr electricity..

Well, they knew what they had before, it's a norm here.

Ok

Noted...what a drastic increase

Where in Nigeria can one boast of 12hrs uninterruptible power supply ? yet we pay heavily per monthly/annually

Make Nigeria supply dem light

PureGoldh:
Noted...what a drastic increase

Where in Nigeria can one boast of 12hrs uninterruptible power supply ? yet we pay heavily per monthly/annually

Some parts of Uyo, minimum of 20hrs in a day, haven't bought diesel in a month now cos of the constant light.

ubox:

Some parts of Uyo, minimum of 20hrs in a day, haven't bought diesel in a month now cos of the constant light.

Shey you dey whyne me abi?

This country is always in the news for the wrong reasons

dreu2fine:
Make Nigeria supply dem light

Make Nigeria supply dem darkness u mean...

If Bedc gives 6 hrs of power in 24 hours isn't that 18 hrs of blackout

The grass is not always greener on the other side...
You guys fell for the smartness of the west , you let Mugabe go and now you have realized it was all prank...
Well Here in Nigeria we did the same mistake though