Zimbabwe: Dismissed Zesa Engineers Suffering, Says Chairman
Zimbabwe: Dismissed Zesa Engineers Suffering, Says Chairman
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By Anna Chibamu
ZIMBABWE Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) chairman Sydney Gata says some top company engineers who were fired after following ministerial directives on the utility’s several power projects are now suffering with their kids not attending school anymore due to lack of money.
The Zesa boss was giving oral evidence before parliament’s Public Accounts Parliamentary Committee which hosted the Zesa board and management this past week.
He said efforts to have the engineers reinstated have stalled because their cases have been referred to the labour courts.
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2021-01-28 15:35:45 GMT2021-01-28 23:35:45(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
HARARE, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) The Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) disclosure process for the 4.5 billion U.S. dollars Batoka Gorge Hydro-Electric Scheme (BGHES) has been completed, paving the way for the implementation of the project, an official said Thursday.
Chairperson of the Zambezi River Authority Council of Ministers, Zhemu Soda, who is also Zimbabwean Minister of Energy and Power Development, made the disclosure during the 38th Council of Ministers virtual meeting held Thursday. It is encouraging to learn that most of the preparatory works for the implementation of the scheme have been completed. This includes the updating of the 1993 engineering feasibility studies and the undertaking of the environmental and social impact assessment (ESIA) studies which have culminated in the production of a draft ESIA report.