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Power Generation in Zimbabwe http://zimbabwefood.blogspot.com/2011/01/zimbabwe-power-company.html Monday, January 10, 2011Zimbabwe Power CompanyNew Year Message from Chairman of Zimbabwe Power Company 1700 hours 8th January 2011 I address this message to users of electricity in Zimbabwe and all other stakeholders who may be interested. Recent Status of Generation in Zimbabwe Over the Christmas period the country experienced …
Power cuts and high costs causing major deforestation http://www.swradioafrica.com By Tererai Karimakwenda10 November, 2010 The failure of the government to develop a stable and reliable electricity infrastructure has continued to wreak havoc on Zimbabwe’s landscape, causing massive environmental destruction. Years of corruption and mismanagement at the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) have created daily power …
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NuPlanet to build 5-MW hydropower plant in Zimbabwe http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/ By: Creamer Media Reporter1st November 2010 South African hydropower plant developer, owner and operator NuPlanet has been granted a generation licence to build a 5-MW greenfield hydropower plant at the Mutirikwi dam, Zimbabwe’s largest reservoir. An eight-month technical feasibility and environmental-impact assessment phase for the project …
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ZESA rules out debt write-off http://www.newzimbabwe.com 31/10/2010 00:00:00 by Lunga Sibanda SOME 35 000 households in the country’s southern regions have had power supplies switched-off as the national utility, ZESA, refused pleas to write-off huge bills accrued since the introduction of multiple currencies. ZESA vowed to continue switching off defaulting customers even as Bulawayo residents …
Zesa ordered to stop billing for no service http://www.dailynews.co.zw By Pindai DubeSunday, 03 October 2010 17:46 BULAWAYO – Energy and Power Development minister, Elton Mangoma, has ordered power utility ZESA to stop billing consumers during load-shedding periods. Of late most residents of Bulawayo and Harare have been receiving exorbitant bills despite going for hours without …
US$3 billion power plant planned for Zim http://www.zimonline.co.za/ by Charles Tembo Saturday 11 September 2010 HARARE – Zimbabwean energy development minister Elton Mangoma said on Friday that the country was set to grant a licence to a French consortium to set up a US$3 billion electricity generation project. Mangoma did not name the consortium but …
No power to the people http://www.dailynews.co.zw By Francis HarawaFriday, 10 September 2010 18:19 HARARE – In the late 1990’s, as Zimbabwe’s economy began to stutter, the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) chief executive Simbarashe Mangwengwende began to worry about the organisation’s advertising punchline “ZESA: the power that drives the economy.” He felt that it could …
ZESA attacked for load shedding http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/ Written by Paul NdlovuMonday, 23 August 2010 16:13 BULAWAYO – Residents here have alleged bias in the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority’s (ZESA) load shedding regime. Angry residents alleged that some areas go for up to 19 hours a day without power while others, in which they claimed Zesa bosses …
Zesa ordered to carry out meter readings http://www.herald.co.zw Saturday, August 21, 2010 Herald Reporters THE Competition and Tariffs Commission has ordered Zesa Holdings to carry out actual meter readings when billing consumers. This follows a probe by the commission into the power utility’s operations vis-à-vis its tariff structure. Zesa yesterday said it would comply with …
Victory for electricity consumers http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Sunday, 22 August 2010 18:09 THE beleaguered Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) on Friday said it will comply with an order from Competition and Tariff Commission (CTC) to reduce tariffs and reverse some of the bills it gave to consumers. After a 10-month investigation into complaints that the power utility …