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Blessings Chidakwa
Herald Reporter
Private players will soon be eligible to generate, distribute, and transmit electricity to households, particularly in new suburban areas countrywide.
They will act as retailers in those areas, thereby complementing Zesa.
This development follows the realisation that Zesa is struggling to expand into all new urban areas, hence the need to involve the private sector.
A similar model has been implemented in neighbouring Zambia, where two private players—the Copperbelt Energy Company and the North Western Energy Company—provide transmission and distribution services.
Speaking at a National Energy Compact workshop in Harare yesterday, Energy and Power Development Minister July Moyo said Cabinet has agreed to rope in the private sector.
“Zesa’s investment might not be enough to take electricity to all households. So we invite the private sector to consider becoming retailers in those areas.”
“Our position, which Cabinet has already agreed to, is that we should invite the private sector,” he said.
