Zesa Seeks Cabinet Approval For 14% Hike Of Electricity Tarrifs

Zesa Seeks  Cabinet Approval  For 14% Hike Of Electricity Tarrifs

ELECTRICITY charges will increase by about 14 percent if Cabinet rubberstamps the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority-approved application for a tariff hike which was made by Zesa Holdings. According to impeccable sources, an inter-Ministerial Committee is currently studying Zera’s determination to have electricity charges raised from 9,83 cents per kilowatt per hour to 11,2c. Zesa Holdings, through the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC), had applied for a tariff increase of 14,6c/kWh to help finance…

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Power Providers Seek Permission To Raise Electricity Tarrifs For 2016

Power Providers  Seek Permission To Raise Electricity Tarrifs For 2016

With many areas in Zimbabwe subjected to a total of 18 hours at a time without electricity due to ongoing power cuts, it certainly never rains but it pours for the suffering Zimbabweans who live destitute lives with 90% unemployment, Poor Service delivery in Health care, Housing, Roads, Education and unsurprisingly so, Electricity.   The powerhouse of Zimbabwe’ electricity supply, the Kariba Dam almost running dry and e after ectricity generation at its lowest because…

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‘Legislate A Ban Against Electric Geysers To Reduce Power Usage’-Energy Ministry

‘Legislate A Ban Against Electric Geysers To Reduce Power Usage’-Energy Ministry

ZIMBABWE has literally become a blackout nation as the country struggles with a crippling electricity supply crisis which has forced daily power cuts lasting as long as 18 hours in some areas. The country has, for years, failed to generate enough electricity to meet its needs forcing power utility ZESA to ration supplies as it does not have the money to plug the shortfall with imports. But the crisis has worsened in recent days after…

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Gweru ZESA employee (39), jailed 9 years for raping ( 4) year old daughter

Gweru ZESA employee (39),  jailed 9 years for raping  ( 4) year old daughter

  A ZIMBABWE Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) employee who recently appeared before the court in Gweru on allegations of raping his 4-year-old daughter was on Friday slapped with an effective 9 years in jail. The man, who cannot be named to protect identity of the child, is 39 years old and lives in Gweru’s Mkoba 6 suburb. Regional magistrate Morgan Nemadire sentenced him to 12 years but conditionally suspended three years. Nemadire said…

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