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Zimbabwe parliament hit by power cut during budget speech
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| Contributor | Juan Croniqueur |
| Last Edited | Juan Croniqueur Nov 28, 2024 06:58pm |
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| Category | News |
| Author | Shingai Nyoka |
| News Date | Thursday, November 28, 2024 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | A power cut plunged Zimbabwe's parliament into darkness as Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube was finishing his budget speech.
The lights flickered and died, leaving top officials like President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga and members of parliament sitting in the dark.
The outage is a symptom of Zimbabwe’s ongoing crisis, with daily 12-hour blackouts driven by a prolonged drought that is crippling energy generation at the Kariba Dam, the country’s main power source.
As the lights went out, opposition MPs shouted that the outage was an apt metaphor for the country’s state of affairs. |
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