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ZESA seals US$230m India deal http://www.newzimbabwe.com/ 05/06/2012 00:00:00 by Bloomberg THE Zimbabwe Power Company has signed a $230 million memorandum of understanding with India’s Wapcos Ltd to overhaul the country’s three thermal stations. The plants covered are Bulawayo, Hwange and Munyati, Zimbabwe Power, the power generating unit of Zesa Holdings (Pvt) Ltd., said in a newsletter published Tuesday. The …
Govt to restructure energy sector http://www.dailynews.co.zw Written by Taurai Mangudhla, Business WriterMonday, 04 June 2012 14:40 HARARE – Zimbabwe plans to restructure its energy sector and make way for independent power distribution firms, Zesa Holdings (Zesa) chief executive Josh Chifamba said. He told a Thursday Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries Annual General Meeting, the move was in line with …
‘Zesa abandons load shedding schedule’ http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Saturday, 02 June 2012 18:09 POWER supply remains erratic in most parts of Harare with the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) failing to stick to a load shedding schedule it published in the media recently, seriously affecting many business operations.Despite the long hours of power cuts, residents complain of exorbitant bills at the …
17 hours of load-shedding in Zim http://www.eyewitnessnews.co.za/ Eyewitness News | Today, 17:06 JOHANNESBURG – Reports from Zimbabwe say Harare residents face a miserable weekend without water, power, and in some cases, beer too. Some suburbs are now going for 17 hours without power per day, just as the cold weather is kicking in.The state-run ZESA power company recently introduced …
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Mozambique Threatens Power Cuts To Zimbabwe http://www.bernama.com HARARE, May 16 (Bernama) – Mozambique’s Cabora Bassa Hydro Electricity Company is threatening to further reduce or suspend power exports to Zimbabwe over ZESA Holdings’ huge debt, a senior government official said yesterday. Zimbabwe Deputy Minister of Energy and Power Development, Hubert Nyanhongo told New Ziana news agency that Zesa Holdings owes …
Zimbabwe braces for daily 9-hour power outages amid winter weather http://www.washingtonpost.com/ By Associated Press, Published: May 13 HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe’s state power company says it is implementing power cuts of at least nine hours a day as the winter season begins in the southern African nation. The Zimbabwe Electricity Company says the outages, known as load …
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Continuing power shortages cripple Zimbabwe economy http://www.coastweek.com/3518_26.htm SPECIAL REPORT BY XINHUA CORRESPONDENT TICHAONA CHIFAMBA HARARE (Xinhua) — Power outages have been on the increase of late and continue to cripple Zimbabwe ’s economy as the country’s debt-laden power utility fails to adequately supply electricity to industry, commerce and agriculture. With the winter season fast approaching with its usual …
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Why we’re stuck in the dark http://www.kubatanablogs.net/kubatana/?p=8505 Don’t know about you but 16 hour long power cuts are starting to get me down. This update from the Zimbabwe Power Company helps to explain the current spate of bad power: It is with regret that I advise of the fact that we (Zimbabwe Power Company) lost the four producing …
‘Huge Fault’ at Hwange Plant leaves Harare without power http://www.swradioafrica.com/ By Tererai Karimakwenda27 April 2012 A technical fault is said to be the cause of a power cut that left Harare without power since very early Thursday morning. The state-owned Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) blamed a “huge fault” at the Hwange thermal power plant for the problem, …
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