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Zimbabwe: Dismissed Zesa Engineers Suffering, Says Chairman Zimbabwe: Dismissed Zesa Engineers Suffering, Says Chairman 31 seconds ago 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. ....
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. Gata said his board could not intervene either after a disciplinary committee had dealt with the dismissal matter. ....
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By Anna Chibamu ZIMBABWE Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) allegedly awarded a US$250 million tender to Sakunda Holdings for the installation of the 200MW Dema Diesel Power Plant in violation of the country’s procurement procedures. This came out during a Public Accounts Parliamentary Portfolio committee oral evidence hearing from ZESA officials on Monday. The deal had been agreed upon without following due tender procedures, according to the Auditor General’s report. Committee chair, Tendai Biti described the deal as “atrocious” and demanded answers to several questions relating to the opaque deal. “Who corruptly awarded Sakunda the US$250 million Dema Power Plant deal and why? How did ZESA get a US$35 million loan from Afreximbank without Parliamentary approval,” asked Biti. ....
By Anna Chibamu THE Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) lost 140MW from the national grid after Hwange Power Station caught fire on Wednesday. According to Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) Sydney Gata, the fire resulted in load-shedding in some parts of the country as efforts were being made to restore power. “ZESA Holdings wishes to advise its valued stakeholders that one of the units at Hwange Power Station caught fire around 1700hrs this evening (Wednesday). “The fire broke out in the Unit 1 boiler as a result of a leak in the diesel supply fuel line and lasted for about 40 minutes. There were no casualties arising from the fire,” said Gata. ....