Samuel Undenge shamed

A power deal between Zimbabwe and South Africa could not sail through this week after it emerged that an inter-ministerial Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that was meant to be signed on Monday had not been vetted by the Attorney-General (AG).

Energy and Power Development Minister, Samuel Undenge, was meant to seal the MoU in which Zimbabwe was to agree to purchase close to 600MW of excess power daily from Eskom, one of Africa's biggest power producers, for the next five to 10 years.

The MoU was hurriedly put together over the weekend in Harare and was expected to be signed on Monday at Undenge's offices.

South Africa's Energy Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson was represented by the country's top diplomat in the country, Mphakama Mbete, as well as officials from the Ministry and Eskom.