Mutare residents protest against power cuts

HUNDREDS of Mutare residents staying in council houses yesterday took to the streets after the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply and Distribution Company switched off power supplies over unpaid energy bills estimated at $2 million.

The residents, who have gone for a week without power, accused the local authority of failing to pay energy bills for the properties, but council claimed it was owed over $1 million in lease fees by the same residents.

Some of the residents that were disconnected are from Block, Chimoi and Matida, among others.

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