HCC proposes joint electricity, rates bill

THE Harare City Council (HCC) has initiated discussions on a proposal to relink the electricity with the rates bills, NewsDay Business can reveal.

The electricity bill was removed from the rates bill in the 1980s when Zesa Holdings, the national power utility firm, took over the payments of electricity.

In an interview with NewsDay Business, HCC spokesperson Stanley Gama said the council had informed the ministries of Finance, Economic Development and Investment Promotion and of Local Government and Public Works of the proposal to accelerate the relinking of the power and rates bill.

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