Politicians dominate Zesa boards
Energy and Power Development Minister Dzikamai Mavhaire yesterday appointed board members for Zesa Holdings and its nine subsidiaries, with the new boards dominated by politicians and former ambassadors.
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Energy and Power Development Minister Dzikamai Mavhaire yesterday appointed board members for Zesa Holdings and its nine subsidiaries, with the new boards dominated by politicians and former ambassadors.
ZVISHAVANE – Three Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority Holdings employees have been arrested for stealing aluminium cables measuring 400 metres, belonging to the power utility which they intended to use to illegally install low voltage electricity at a homestead in Zvishavane.
The board and management of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) is embroiled in a US$4 million scandal whereby they extended to themselves and other connected private citizens loans amounting to close to US$4 million, the Financial Gazette can exclusively reveal.
A University of Zimbabwe electrical engineering student on attachment at Zesa Holdings, was electrocuted while repairing a transformer in Norton last week and died on arrival at the local hospital.
The electricity supply in this country is less than demand leading to load shedding. Zimbabwe generates between 1300-1400MW against the national requirement of 2000MW. There has been no investment in new Power generation since the commissioning of Hwange Power Station units.