Zimbabwe Power Company told to pull plug on ex-convict Wicknell Chivayo
PARLIAMENT yesterday recommended the investigation and prosecution of the four former Energy ministers Samuel Undenge, Dzikamai Mavhaire, Elton Mangoma and former Energy deputy minister Munashe Mutezo after they were all implicated in Wicknell Chivayo’s controversial Gwanda Solar Project. The call was made by Mines and Energy Portfolio Committee chairperson, Temba Mliswa where he also recommended […]
Zimbabwe government pumps $200m into ailing parastatals
Zimbabwe’s cash-strapped government has pumped nearly $200 million into the country’s struggling parastatals. This comes as calls have been getting louder for the cash-strapped country to restructure its loss-making parastatals to make them attractive for foreign investment and recapitalisation. Market experts said the opportunity cost of missing revenue from government enterprises was being felt across […]
The U.S.$202 million Gwanda scam successfully masterminded by flamboyant businessman Sir Wicknell Chivayo
Just some 10 kilometres before Gwanda was a police roadblock (quite a realistic expectation on the country’s highways these days) and to us it was a somewhat good omen – what a better source of information than a policeman? After the usual formalities of the stoppage, we enquired from the attending policeman how we could […]
Ease Power Cuts, Made Tells Zesa – Zimbabwe Agriculture Minister
Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Minister Dr Joseph Made, has appealed to zesa Holdings for lenience on electricity power cuts that are affecting farmers in most parts of the country. He said his ministry was engaging the Ministry of Energy and Power Development to see how the situation could be improved to save crops under […]
