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Zesa loses 2 200 transformers
The Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority's ability to effectively supply electricity to businesses and residents continues to be seriously hamstrung following reports that more than 2 200 transformer...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Load-shedding back to Stage 2
Zesa HOLDINGS has reverted to Stage Two load-shedding schedule hardly two weeks after assuring consumers of significant relief. Zesa spokesperson Mr Fullard Gwasira earlier this month said the...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 07:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Fuel price disparity sparks outcry
THE move to peg fuel price according to delivery distance from Harare has sparked outcry among consumers and business leaders who feel the move will disadvantage communities that are far from Harare. ...Published: 29 Aug 2019 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Honour Zesa debt, Chasi tells councils
Zesa Holdings is owed $360 million by local authorities, forcing Energy and Power Development Minister Fortune Chasi to intervene. In an interview, Minister Chasi said there was need for debto...Published: 29 Aug 2019 at 07:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Filling stations closed for rejecting EcoCash
Government yesterday came down hard on errant service stations countrywide, closing them for refusing electronic modes of payment and only accepting hard cash. Ruyamuro service stations in Gle...Published: 28 Aug 2019 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe eyes more power imports from Mozambique
GOVERNMENT is negotiating with Mozambique for up to 400MW of electricity to continue alleviating power outages facing the country, the Minister of Energy and Power Development, Advocate Fortune Chasi ...Published: 26 Aug 2019 at 06:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZESA adds 160mw to national grid
Refurbishment work on Hwange thermal power station unit 5 has been completed and from this Saturday the unit has been providing an additional 160 megawatts to the national grid. Unit 6 is scheduled to...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 18:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe eyes 400MW from Mozambique
GOVERNMENT will this week dispatch a high-powered team of experts to Mozambique to negotiate for more electricity imports from Hydro Cahora Bassa as authorities continue putting in place measures to i...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:25hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Load shedding relief as power supplies improve
LOAD shedding has eased after Zimbabwe started receiving 400 megawatts of electricity from South African power utility Eskom on Thursday night, the Minister of Energy and Power Development, Advocate F...Published: 10 Aug 2019 at 08:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to pay Eskom US$890 000 weekly
Government has concluded negotiations with South Africa's power utility, Eskom, that will see the country receiving 400MW of electricity while paying US$890 000 weekly to service its legacy debt. ...Published: 07 Aug 2019 at 09:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe government concludes Eskom power talks
Government has concluded negotiations with South Africa's power utility, Eskom that will see the country receiving 400 MW of electricity while paying US$890 000 weekly to service the country's legacy ...Published: 07 Aug 2019 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff Reporter
South Africa promises Zimbabwe electricity bailout
THE South African Government is considering a proposal put forward to increase power exports to Zimbabwe after high level talks between the two countries' energy ministers last week.In a telep...Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 09:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kariba restricted to 358MW as dam water drops to 24%
State power utility, Zesa, needs to strictly adhere to a tight prescribed water ration that allows it to generate an average of 358 megawatts at Kariba to avoid depleting Kariba Dam following revelati...Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 09:07hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
SA promises Zimbabwe electricity bailout
THE South African Government is considering a proposal put forward to increase power exports to Zimbabwe after high level talks between the two countries' energy ministers last week.In a telep...Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 09:02hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Zesa seeks 9-fold tariff hike
Zesa wants to convert its old 9,83 cent kilowatt hour to RTGS dollars at the interbank rate, a near 9-fold increase to almost $1 a unit.Zesa is seeking Government approval for customers to pay...Published: 26 Jul 2019 at 09:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa assigns 8 Ministers to deal with electricity problems
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's cabinet on Tuesday resolved to set up an Inter-Ministerial Committee to work with the Ministry of Energy and Power Development and find solutions to the prevailing power...Published: 24 Jul 2019 at 12:02hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chasi studies technical team Eskom report
Energy and Power Development Minister Fortune Chasi is studying a report compiled by a technical team he recently dispatched to South Africa to meet Eskom officials to explore avenues of accessing mor...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 07:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwean consumers helped bankrupt Zesa'
Consumers played a part in bankrupting Zimbabwe's power utility, Zesa Holdings by failing to pay their bills on time resulting in the institution now failing to provide the much-needed electricity, pl...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 07:37hrs | 1 | by New Ziana.
Duty waiver on solar equipment
Government has approved a duty waiver on solar equipment and allowed mining firms to procure energy directly from the Southern African Power Pool. Further, selected hotels in resort areas will soon st...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 07:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Solar use incentives on the cards to 'ease pressure on Zesa'
Government is crafting incentives to promote investment into solar energy to reduce pressure on grid electricity, whose generation is currently depressed due to low water levels in Kariba dam. ...Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 07:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Power cut claims at JM Nkomo airport dismissed
The Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (Caaz) has dismissed claims that a fastjet aircraft failed to land at Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo International Airport in Bulawayo on Wednesday evening due ...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 07:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chasi flies to SA to finalise a power import deal with Eskom
Energy and Power Development Minister Fortune Chasi is in South Africa to finalise a power import deal with Eskom as the Government moves to reduce power shortages. Minister Chasi's trip to So...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 07:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Currency reforms expected to stabilise fuel sector
THE re-introduction of the Zimbabwean dollar is expected to bring stability to the fuel sector as Government tightens fiscal and monetary policies to ease pressure on foreign currency demand, National...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 07:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chasi pushes for duty free solar equipment imports
ENERGY and Power Development Minister, Advocate Fortune Chasi, says modalities are being put in place to ensure solar products are imported duty free to increase investment in renewable energy across ...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 07:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chivayo cost country US$50 million
THE Government has suffered a potential revenue loss of about US$50 million as a result of the incompletion of the 100 megawatt Gwanda solar power plant, a Cabinet Minister has revealed.Speaki...Published: 07 Jul 2019 at 21:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
BCC, ZPC impasse escalates
THE Bulawayo City Council has vowed not to grant a development licence to Zimbabwe Power Company for the refurbishment of the Bulawayo Power Station as the impasse between the two continues to escalat...Published: 07 Jul 2019 at 21:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Destroying Bulawayo towers is akin to destroying the Great Zimbabwe monuments
A STAND off between the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) and the Zimbabwe Power Company over the demolition of cooling towers at the Bulawayo Thermal Power Station looms after council officials yesterday w...Published: 06 Jul 2019 at 10:12hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Bulawayo Mayor takes Minister Chasi head on
Bulawayo Mayor Solomon Madlala Mguni on Friday stood up and confronted Energy Minister Advocate Fortune Chasi over ZESA's decision to demolish two of the six thermal cooler towers in Bulawayo. ...Published: 05 Jul 2019 at 19:47hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
WATCH: Bulawayo Mayor takes Minister Chasi head on
Bulawayo Mayor Solomon Madlala Mguni on Friday stood up and confronted Energy Minister Advocate Fortune Chasi over ZESA's decision to demolish two of the six thermal cooler towers in Bulawayo. ...Published: 05 Jul 2019 at 19:47hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
PHOTOS: Bulawayo Council walks out on Minister Chasi
The Mayor of Bulawayo Solomon Mguni led Bulawayo City Fathers to walk out of a meeting held by Energy and Power Development Minister Fortune Chasi in Bulawayo on Friday. Chasi was meeting stak...Published: 05 Jul 2019 at 11:35hrs | 5 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Govt mulls tracking system to plug fuel leakages
GOVERNMENT has started implementation of a tracking system to stem leakages in the supply of fuel that have exacerbated shortages that are being experienced in the country, a Cabinet Minister said yes...Published: 03 Jul 2019 at 08:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cabinet tackles load shedding
Government has stepped up efforts to address electricity challenges obtaining in the country, but signalled that collective efforts are required for a long-lasting solution. Addressing a press...Published: 19 Jun 2019 at 07:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: 'Mnangagwa must buy a bicycle convoy' says Chiwenga
Controversial street preacher Apostle Talent Chiwenga has come out guns blazing against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government over the statements that Zimbabweans must dump their cars and buy bicy...Published: 05 Jun 2019 at 21:44hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Idle power producers to lose licences
OVER 30 independent power producers (IPPs) with licences to generate up to 5 000MW, stare the prospect of losing the licences for continuously failing to resume operations, at a time the country is co...Published: 03 Jun 2019 at 07:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Exporters to pay for power in forex
Government is working on a plan that will see exporting companies pay their electricity bills in foreign currency in an effort to ease power shortages that threaten to plunge the nation into darkness ...Published: 02 Jun 2019 at 08:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Probe unearths Zesa rot
SHOCKING revelations of deep-seated rot and corporate malfeasance have been unearthed at the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa), where millions of United States dollars were siphoned through...Published: 02 Jun 2019 at 08:15hrs | 26 | by Staff reporter
Fortune Chasi is not the right Minister for Energy Docket
I want to take this opportunity to blame President ED Mnangagwa for appointing a wrong person to the Ministry of Energy. If the appointment was not a 'political trap', the President should have consid...Published: 01 Jun 2019 at 16:24hrs | | by Don Chigumba
Kombi operators reach out to Govt
Kombi operators have reached out to the Government seeking a special diesel allocation to allow them to continue providing affordable service to commuters. Kombi operators have in the past day...Published: 01 Jun 2019 at 07:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fuel syndicate intercepted
Police on Monday arrested five suspects believed to be part of a fuel siphoning syndicate involving tanker drivers and criminal elements, as the clampdown on illegal activities in the fuel sector begi...Published: 01 Jun 2019 at 07:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Fuel stabilisation fund on cards
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) will stabilise fuel prices by maintaining the foreign currency exchange rate for fuel for two weeks to minimise price fluctuations. This was said by Energy a...Published: 01 Jun 2019 at 07:40hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Fuel firms to lose licences
Mystery surrounds the distribution of fuel in Zimbabwe after authorities have established that while enough money has been availed for players to procure the product, it has not been channelled to the...Published: 31 May 2019 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chasi's solution to fuel shortage: free ultra-modern limo for No. 1 and povo must to buy bicycles
"The Minister of Energy and Power Development Advocate Fortune Chasi has urged Zimbabweans to consider using bicycles and motorbikes given the dire fuel shortages hitting the country," reported Bulawa...Published: 30 May 2019 at 15:31hrs | 1 | by Nomusa Garikai
Fuel prices remain unchanged
The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) yesterday emphasised Government's position that the fuel prices remain unchanged at RTGS$4,87 and RTGS$4,97 a litre for diesel and petrol respectively. ...Published: 30 May 2019 at 07:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt an enemy of its own people
The failure of Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to fix the wayward economy is spelling disaster to the whole nation.We do not need a rocket scientist or Prophet T B Joshua to tell us that our e...Published: 29 May 2019 at 17:25hrs | 4 | by Leonard Koni
Tough conditions for Zimbabwe fuel retailers
THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has changed operating conditions for all petroleum retail operators a day after the newly-appointed Energy and Power Development Minister Fortune Chasi ...Published: 24 May 2019 at 21:55hrs | | by Ndou Paul
Chasi hits the ground running
NEWLY-appointed Energy and Power Development Minister Advocate Fortune Chasi has hit the ground running, and is already exploring a number of options including electricity trade-offs with Mozambique t...Published: 20 May 2019 at 06:25hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt to engage RBZ on fuel, electricity shortages
GOVERNMENT remains committed to solving fuel and electricity shortages through engaging the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) on long term financial mechanisms, Energy and Power Development Minister Fort...Published: 18 May 2019 at 08:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chasi speaks on electricity, fuel
Government remains committed to solving fuel and electricity shortages through engaging the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) on long-term financial mechanisms, Energy and Power Development Minister Fort...Published: 18 May 2019 at 08:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo responds to Fortune Chasi
Maverick businessman Wicknell Chivayo has responded to the news Minister of Energy and Power Development Fortune Chasi who has said he wants to recover the USD$5 million that was advanced to Chivayo's...Published: 17 May 2019 at 15:11hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Aspiring Zimbabwe drivers to write licence test online
ASPIRING drivers will soon write provisional driver's licence tests online to reduce interface with officials and minimise cases of alleged corruption. In a telephone interview yesterday, the ...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 06:57hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
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