Loadshedding Plunges Parliament Into Darkness as Minister Mthuli Ncube Wraps Up 2025 Budget Speech

Loadshedding Plunges Parliament Into Darkness as Minister Mthuli Ncube Wraps Up 2025 Budget Speech

The Parliament was plunged into darkness due to loadshedding just as Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube wrapped up his 2025 national budget speech.

The incident quickly went viral on social media, sparking both hilarity and criticism from Zimbabweans.

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Loadshedding Strikes as Mthuli Ncube Concludes Budget Speech

Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube presented the 2025 National Budget at the New Parliament in Mt Hampden on Thursday. As Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube wrapped up his speech, a sudden loadshedding outage left the entire Parliament in complete darkness.

According to ZimLive, President Emmerson Mnangagwa exited through the darkness while opposition MPs shouted, ‘State of affairs!’”

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Zimbos Erupts with Reactions

The news about loadshedding at the Parliament building has sparked a buzz on social media.

Many netizens questioned why such a modern facility lacks a backup generator or alternative power source. They suggested that given the recent surge in loadshedding, preparations for such an event should have been made, especially for such an important occasion.

On the other hand, some social media users found it quite hilarious. They celebrating the fact that the power cut occurred while the president and other dignitaries were present. They argued that this provided a stark reminder of the ongoing national power crisis, allowing those in power to experience firsthand the impact loadshedding has on ordinary Zimbabweans

Here are some of the reactions;

@PatrickZuva;

For a long time, the government has simply ignored this crisis, choosing to bury their heads in the sand and pretend all is well

Such incompetence! They can’t even arrange backup power for one of the biggest events on their calendar. And we expect them to fix the economy.

@mukuru100;

This is classic karma

@allzimbabwe_;

The President witnessed first hand the dire electricity situation in the country

@Garikai1Gorey;

This is an embarrassment of gigantic proportions

@Kudakayze;

This is music to me,, we experience this daily and they seem not to care at all

@tashy;

Yeah no sugarcoating this is the reality on the ground the engineer who pulled this a hero

@daddyhope;

Imagine a government so disorganised that it cannot even ensure a standby power supply during the presentation of its country’s budget in the presence of its president.

Zimbabwe’s president, Emmerson Mnangagwa, had to walk through darkness in parliament because his government is too incompetent to understand the security risk of not having a standby power supply.

This level of incompetence truly deserves a PhD, it is unbelievable that they are so disorganised!
They looted all the money now they present national budgets in the dark!

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