President arrives in Hwange for power expansion project commissioning

Prosper Ndlovu in Hwange

 President Mnangagwa has arrived in Hwange to lead proceedings in the official commissioning of the US$1,5 billion Hwange Power Station Units 7 and 8 Expansion Project.

The two units have 300MW capacity each and have been built through loan support from the People’s Republic of  China.

President Mnangagwa is being accompanied by his deputy, Dr Constantino Chiwenga, Finance and Economic Development Minister Prof Mthuli Ncube, Energy and Power Development Minister, Zhemu Soda, Agriculture Minister, Dr Anxious Masuka, Mat North and Devolution Minister, Richard Moyo, Speaker of Parliament Advocate Jacob Mudenda, senior Government officials, Zesa executives

The investment is one of the massive signature development projects implemented under the Second Republic, which is already impacting positively on local communities and the country as a whole.