Community turns to river as water woes persist

“They are holding us at ransom how can they say we should provide them with 40 litres of fuel so that electricians can come from Gwanda to fix the fault. It is their job so why are we being asked to pay?” he said.
A businessman in the area, who spoke on condition of anonymity, echoed the same sentiments and said the situation was bad for business.

“It is a total disaster. We are making losses because of non-availability of electricity.
Beef is rotting so are chickens. We are forced to sell warm drinks,” he said.

The businessman said what was painful was that Zesa seemed not to appreciate the impact of operating without electricity.

He said they were supposed to make brisk business on Christmas but the non availability of electricity affected their business. “As you can hear its noise of generators all over. When we use these generators we make

very little profit because most of the money is spent on fuel,” he said.
Another businessman said Zesa was short-changing them by taking long to attend to faults.
“What is surprising is that if you default in paying for electricity they are fast to disconnect you but when it comes to faults they take their time. We are sick and tired of their behaviour. It should stop forthwith,” he said.