Magaya to be fired from Powertel

Government has resolved to fire PowerTel Communications' chief technology strategy expert Dennis Magaya and his team, after realising he was not bringing "any value" to the struggling Zesa Holdings' subsidiary.

Energy and Power Development Minister Dzikamai Mavhaire said the fate of Zesa Holdings chief executive officer Engineer Josh Chifamba, whose contract was extended by 6 months, would be left to the new board set to be appointed soon.

The irregular appointment of Magaya and six other people, in defiance of a State Procurement Board (SPB) resolution, saw the power utility losing over $2 million for the past 2 years in salaries and allowances to the expert and his team.

Sources close to the goings on at Zesa Holdings also disclosed that Chifamba was unlikely to survive the chop as he stood accused of conniving with the PowerTel board to rope in Magaya in defiance of the SPB directive.