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The Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) has warned Zimbabweans of crippling power cuts for the next 30 days owing to technical faults at Hwange Power Station and procedural maintenance of Hwange Unit 7, which was synchronized in March 2023.
The Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) has been forced to fork out US$19 000 as compensation for damages to a minor child, who was electrocuted and sustained severe electrical burns.
“How can we issue copper dealership licences in a country where there is no copper mining? We also have (the) Ministry of Industry and Commerce issuing copper export permits to individuals, to do what?” ZESA risk control general manager, Feston Madembo asked. “We don’t have a copper mine in the country, so why issuing permits?” Mhangura Copper Mine, once the country’s sole copper miner, closed 23 years ago.
Top flamboyant Harare hotel Meikles is operating without air conditioning in rooms due to electrical faults that developed in the Central Business District (CBD).
The Ministry of Energy and Power Development claims the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) is failing to attend to electrical faults around the country due to a lack of transport and foreign currency to buy poles.
Former chairperson of Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Tendai Biti is determined to further expose massive corruption orchestrated by President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s ally Kudakwashe Tagwirei and other cartels in Zimbabwe.
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has claimed that government parastatals have done nothing to stop the “shameless abuse of public funds” as reported in the Auditor General (AG)’s previous reports.
Zimbabwe holds the world’s second-largest reserves of platinum and chrome, while large deposits of lithium, diamond, coal and gold have attracted some investors. However, mining executives are expecting no new investment in operations.
Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) executive chairman Sydney Gata has admitted technology being used at Hwange Thermal Power Station is 38 years old and it is expected to operate at every second, hence several faults resulting in short supply of electricity.
Workers at the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) have warned authorities they will down tools in two weeks time if their salaries are not reviewed like what has been done for controversial “consultants” recently recruited by the company.