Electricity supplies to Mozambique’s southern regions, including the capital Maputo, have been cut by about a third as the output of two key power plants was disrupted by ongoing protests against the disputed Oct. 9 elections.
The affected plants, Ressano Garcia and Gigawatt, use natural gas supplied by Johannesburg-based Sasol Ltd. to generate electricity which is then also exported to neighboring countries. A group of protesters went to the two plants forcing authorities to shut them down, reducing electricity production by 250 megawatts for an indefinite period, state-owned power utility Electricidade de Moçambique said in a statement Saturday.