Correspondent|Zimbabwe’s energy distribution issues are expected to continue until the state power company, Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa), clears its debts.

According to the reports, the utility owes approximately $80 million to South Africa’s Eskom and Mozambique’s HCB power company, which should be paid as soon as possible as ZESA can only import 150 megawatts of power from both foreign counterparts.

In order to fulfill the responsibility, the country should come up with a payment plan, company spokesperson Fullard Gwasira explains. However, it is yet unknown whether such a schedule would be implemented or not.

Zimbabwe is now in a shadow of temporary power cuts as the country’s main hydro-power station at Lake Kariba had to reduce its power output to 358 megawatts because of low water levels.