Zimbabwe restores electricity after blackout

Zimbabwe suffered a power blackout in most parts of the country for more than two hours on Friday due to a "system disturbance", before engineers restored supply, the power utility said. Fullard Gwasira, spokesman for state-owned ZESA electricity company said a sub-station in central Zimbabwe that feeds the capital and most parts of the country had tripped, leading to loss of power. "Marvel sub-station is the bulk supply point which was affected but electricity has now been restored.