Zesa riles Bulawayo residents

Bulawayo residents with outstanding electricity bills have accused Zesa of switching them off permanently after misleading them into believing the exercise was just meant to facilitate installation of pre-paid meters.

Bulawayo Progressive Residents’ Association (Bupra) programmes and advocacy manager Emmanuel Ndlovu last week wrote to Zesa general manager for western region, Lovemore Chinaka, accusing the power utility of deceit.

“While Bupra welcomes the metering exercise as a solution to the problems that have been faced by residents due to Zesa’s billing system over the last few years, the association believes that the power utility is being inconsiderate by disconnecting residents,” Ndlovu said.

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