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Sydney Gata is no hero
When US president Abraham Lincoln said that one can fool some people sometime, but one cannot fool all the people all the time, he forgot to add that Zanu-PF, as a stalwart, disciplined and principled...Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 11:38hrs | 391 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Zesa's Sydney Gata dies
Sydney Gata, the long-serving executive chairman of the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA), has died at the age of 79.Gata passed away late Thursday night at a private hospital in Ha...Published: 04 Jul 2025 at 09:17hrs | 1172 | by Staff reporter
Electricity availability in Zimbabwe is now worse than Rhodesia in the 1940s
The irony of Zimbabwe having worse electricity availability today than Rhodesia in the 1940s is a stark and painful reminder of how far we have regressed as a nation. For Zimbabweans who have ...Published: 06 Jan 2025 at 12:10hrs | 1140 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Parliament power outage exposed consequences of corruption and mismanagement
Two days ago, Zimbabwe once again found itself in the throes of an international embarrassment, this time at the heart of its legislative hub. During the presentation of the 2025 National Budg...Published: 01 Dec 2024 at 20:56hrs | 1374 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
ZESA singlehandedly destroying Zimbabwe: The shocking truth behind the power crisis
In Zimbabwe, there is a harsh reality that every citizen faces: power outages, or "load shedding," are an almost daily occurrence. Power cuts, sometimes lasting up to 18 hours, have become the...Published: 12 Nov 2024 at 21:07hrs | 3692 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa to open regional energy conference in Victoria Falls
THE 3rd International Renewable Energy Conference and Expo, which seeks to discuss among other issues, alternative energy such as green hydrogen towards a shift from usage of fossil fuels is underway ...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 05:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Steel plant construction back on course as Zesa, Chinese firm reach agreement
THE Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) has completed the construction of a 27km temporary power line to supply electricity at the Mvuma Steel production company site, setting back in motion ...Published: 14 Dec 2021 at 05:42hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zesa bosses implicated in illegal debt collection deal
ZESA Holdings Group financial controller, Mr Tafireyi Chikwenhere, yesterday told the court that three top executives at the power utility allowed a local law firm to perform debt collection services ...Published: 03 Dec 2021 at 05:18hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
'Loadshedding to go in three months'
LOADSHEDDING being experienced in the country will be a thing of the past in three months' time as the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) is employing a number of measures to ensure there is...Published: 19 Oct 2021 at 06:28hrs | 1 | by Staff writer
Mnangagwa declares war on electricity transformer vandalism, theft
Anybody who vandalises a transfer or electricity equipment is not fit to be a citizen and legislation should be in place to put away such people so the country can develop without them, President Emme...Published: 01 Jul 2021 at 17:23hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zesa board chair acquitted of bribery as Chivayo remanded
FORMER Zimbabwe Power Company board chairperson Stanley Kazhanje, who was being accused of receiving a US$10 000 bribe from businessman Wicknell Chivayo, has been acquitted of the charges before plea....Published: 08 May 2021 at 08:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hwange Power Station resumed electricity supply today
ZESA Holdings has assured customers that normal electricity supply from Hwange Power Station is expected to resume today as they are in the process of fixing Units 2 and 5 to restore power supply to t...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 18:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zesa board reinstated
Zesa Holdings executive chairman Dr Sydney Gata and the rest of the Zesa board can now return to duty under a directive by President Mnangagwa pending finalisation of investigations after the Zimbabwe...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 06:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Mnangagwa clears ZESA's Dr Gata to go back to work
Executive Chairman of ZESA holdings Dr. Sydney Gata has been re-instated to his position as Exercutive Chairman.The matter was communicated by the government on Tuesday afternoon. Secr...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 13:04hrs | 3 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chasi talks tough on Zesa board appointments
ENERGY and Power Development minister Fortune Chasi is talking tough on Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) Holdings board appointment as he seeks to undo previous cherry-picking of acquainta...Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 07:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Young entrepreneurs urged to actively participate in energy sector
Zimbabwe is faced with a high unemployment rate which has seen a majority of young people resort to entrepreneurship. However most young people are shying away from the Energy sector and space....Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 10:05hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa's cabinet panics
Zimbabwe's thermal power stations may soon fail to feed onto the national electricity grid after coal suppliers warned their stockpile lasts for 12 days, plunging the country into colossal power crisi...Published: 25 Jul 2019 at 08:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
South African tycoon's invasion of Zimbabwe analysed
Matshela Koko served as acting CEO of South African power utility ESKOM, he has been awarded a contract to produce 100MW of solar-generated power in Gwanda. This comes on the back of a project that wa...Published: 24 Jul 2019 at 13:06hrs | | by Nicholas Ncube
Chase this Kambarami and his his side kicks back to their roots - MLF
MLF has always maintained that partaking in Zimbabwe elections when we are Mthwakazi is the worst thing we can engage in as Mthwakazi. Before a single year has lapsed, he has shown the true Agenda the...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 20:03hrs | 3 | by MLF
Ex-ZPC board chair reveals other Chivayo beneficiaries
FORMER Zimbabwe Power Company chairperson Stanley Kazhanje, who is accused of concealing his business interests in Intratrek Zimbabwe, yesterday revealed in court that he was not the only engineer pai...Published: 27 Jun 2019 at 07:05hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
JUST IN: Fortune Chasi fires ZESA board
Minister of Energy and Power Development Advocate Fortune Chasi has announced that he has fired the whole ZESA board. Chasi said, "I looked at the minutes and discovered that the board spent m...Published: 07 Jun 2019 at 18:08hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chasi breathes fire over Chivayo
Energy minister Fortune Chasi has told the Zesa board to take urgent action to ensure that controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo completes the Gwanda solar project or that he repays the $5 millio...Published: 26 May 2019 at 13:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
'No immediate end to load-shedding'
ENERGY minister Fortune Chasi (FC) took his oath of office this week, promising to tackle the electricity crisis head-on. His appointment comes at a time power utility Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Auth...Published: 24 May 2019 at 07:36hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Just enjoying our Katuruturu as it is now Zituruturu
I always say things from my perspective, got to think and appreciate the only local team that has made Kariba proud by bringing us premier soccer league. The promotion of ZPC FC coincided well with th...Published: 22 Apr 2019 at 17:55hrs | 4 | by MuHwisiry Chaiyeiye
New Zesa board tasked to curb corruption
Energy and Power Development minister Joram Gumbo has challenged the newly-appointed Zesa board to come up with initiatives to mitigate challenges such as corruption and illegal power connections that...Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 07:33hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zesa gets new board
ENERGY and Power Development Minister Dr Joram Gumbo yesterday announced a new seven-member ZESA board, and directed the members to superintend over the rebundling of the power utility, fight corrupti...Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zesa fires its CEO
ZESA Holdings has fired chief executive Joshua Chifamba after the board decided not to extend his second term contract following his suspension and subsequent arrest last year over damning allegations...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 13:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
15 Zesa bosses sent on mandatory leave
ZESA Holdings has sent 15 managers across its subsidiaries on mandatory leave to pave way for a forensic audit into the affairs of the parastatal, it has emerged. The audit has been going on a...Published: 09 Oct 2018 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo mourns Alderman Sibanda
Bulawayo mayor and alderman, Alexius Mackson Sibanda, has died.He was 73.Sibanda is survived by his wife, 10 children, 21 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.He will be...Published: 22 Aug 2018 at 06:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Terminate Chivayo tender'
THE Zimbabwe Power Company must immediately terminate it's contract with Intratrek as one of its directors, Mr Wicknell Chivayo, has a criminal record and does not qualify to be a managing director of...Published: 13 Jun 2018 at 08:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZRP, ZACC in a spot over Chivayo
PARLIAMENT has urged the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc)and the police to immediately investigate businessman Wicknell Chivayo and four former energy ministers for alleged corrupt activitie...Published: 03 Jun 2018 at 20:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Army's diamond mining activities under spotlight
Defence secretary Martin Rushwaya is today expected to appear in Parliament for grilling over the army's mining activities in the Chiadzwa diamond fields.Rushwaya was initially scheduled to ap...Published: 19 Apr 2018 at 07:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Energy council shoots down Zesa reforms
The Zimbabwe Energy Council has said Cabinet should focus on privatising entities, strengthening corporate governance structures and employing more competent people on the board instead of creating on...Published: 16 Apr 2018 at 07:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Wicknell's woes mount
ENERGY minister Simon Khaya Moyo yesterday told Parliament that more heads were set to roll at Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) over the $7 million Gwanda solar project which was awarded to businessman Wi...Published: 23 Jan 2018 at 05:48hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Crime busting unit targets Wicknell Chivayo
HARARE - An elite crime-busting unit run by government is going after flamboyant businessman Wicknell Chivayo over a string of energy deals entered with the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) - a unit of Ze...Published: 20 Dec 2017 at 21:04hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Wicknell Chivayo arrested
HARARE - Controversial Harare businessman, Wicknell Chivayo, is staring down the barrel of a gun as the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) and Parliament turn the heat on him in a bid to hav...Published: 11 Dec 2017 at 06:15hrs | 30 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo feels heat over Zesa projects
Controversial Harare businessman, Wicknell Chivayo, is staring down the barrel of a gun as the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) and Parliament turn the heat on him in a bid to have h...Published: 10 Dec 2017 at 10:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabes a refuge for dodgy dealers
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe and his family have become a refuge for controversial characters and dodgy dealers trying to hide their criminal activities and get protection by associating themselves with th...Published: 15 Apr 2016 at 17:14hrs | 1 | by Wongai Zhangazha
Wicknell multi-million tenders deals face probe, heads to roll at ZESA, ZPC
Ex-convict and controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo multi-million energy deals with the Zimbabwe Power Company are under probe due to his criminal record.Some Zesa board members are quer...Published: 10 Apr 2016 at 08:00hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Wicknell multi-million tenders deals face probe, heads to roll at ZESA, ZPC
Ex-convict and controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo multi-million energy deals with the Zimbabwe Power Company are under probe due to his criminal record.Some Zesa board members are quer...Published: 10 Apr 2016 at 08:00hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zesa boss' contract renewed
ZESA Holdings Chief Executive Engineer Josh Chifamba's contract has been renewed for another four years in line with government's corporate governance and remuneration policy framework for chief exec...Published: 30 Jul 2014 at 18:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF seizure of ZESA jobs condemned
NCA has added its voice to condemnation of Zanu-PF's recent cherry-picking of party loyalists to the boards of some of the country's struggling entities. Among those whose appointments hav...Published: 17 Jun 2014 at 08:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Politicians dominate new Zesa boards
Energy and Power Development Minister Dzikamai Mavhaire yesterday appointed board members for Zesa Holdings and its nine subsidiaries, with the new boards dominated by politicians and former ambassado...Published: 12 Jun 2014 at 23:15hrs | 2 | by Felex Share
Zimbabwe energy minister sued by Zesa managers
THIRTY NINE Zesa Holdings' managers are accusing Energy and Power Development Minister Elton Mangoma of usurping the powers of the power utility's board by unilaterally slashing their salaries in alle...Published: 05 Jul 2011 at 10:42hrs | | by .
The political motivated arrest of Mangoma is not political: Solahart Ltd
SOLAHART Zimbabwe (Pvt) Ltd, the company which is suing Energy and Power Development Minister Elton Mangoma and Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission Distribution Company over a tender for a p...Published: 29 Mar 2011 at 07:12hrs | 1 | by Byo24News
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