# ZESA Crisis Exposed: Can Zimbabwe Fix Its Power Problems?_Friday Drinks Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/zfn-friday-drinks-7071738/zesa-crisis-exposed-can-zimbabwe-fix-its-power-problems-friday-drinks Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/zfn-friday-drinks-7071738/zesa-crisis-exposed-can-zimbabwe-fix-its-power-problems-friday-drinks.md Podcast: [ZFN FRIDAY DRINKS](https://stenobird.com/podcast/zfn-friday-drinks-7071738) Published: 2026-03-04T10:03:11+00:00 Episode link: https://rss.com/podcasts/zfn-friday-drinks/2599786 Audio file: https://content.rss.com/episodes/297451/2599786/zfn-friday-drinks/2026_03_04_10_01_37_ce8d0ac4-13cd-4e7e-80c7-1c0f2a2ca383.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/zfn-friday-drinks-7071738/episodes/zesa-crisis-exposed-can-zimbabwe-fix-its-power-problems-friday-drinks Duration seconds: 4026 ## Resource "Welcome to Friday Drinks! 🍷 This week, Dziya (Ranga Makwata) and Mukanya (Tinashe Murapata) hold it down while Shumba (Rufaro G Zengeni) battles the flu. We dive deep into: πŸ”₯ ZESA’s $10 Billion Power Crisis – Can Zimbabwe end blackouts? πŸ”₯ Leadership Failures – From village Sabukus to national corruption πŸ”₯ Diaspora Divide – Why UK Zimbabweans invest more than SA-based ones πŸ”₯ Entrepreneurs vs Tenderpreneurs – Who’s REALLY building Zimbabwe? πŸ”₯ Health & Winter Colds – Ginger, lemon & whiskey remedies! Join the debate! πŸ‘‡ Comment your thoughts: Should Zimbabwe dollarize electricity? Can diasporans fix Zim’s economy? Is village mentality holding Zimbabwe back? Like, Share & Subscribe for raw, unfiltered discussions every Friday! ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/zfn-friday-drinks-7071738/episodes/zesa-crisis-exposed-can-zimbabwe-fix-its-power-problems-friday-drinks/transcription-requests` β€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/zfn-friday-drinks-7071738/zesa-crisis-exposed-can-zimbabwe-fix-its-power-problems-friday-drinks.md` β€” Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.