Another way of impoverishing the already impovershed Zimbabweans. How many Levies are we going to end up with? First and foremost it is not money or the lack of it that causes Zesa to underperfom. We have got very good university graduates trained to engineer but just sit in the offices at Zesa instead of coming up with clones of all the equipments that they use to generate power. The boilers, turbines, control systems are all made from materials that we have in abundance including tha fuel. Zesa should among other companies allow their stuff to come up with alternatives. China is notorious for fake stuff because they are innovative, in the end they better their products(if they do) and cement that foundation that started off as the unpopular process of illegal clones. 

In another forum perhaps, l can come up with a myriad of ways for Zesa to save itself and generate more Electricity in an even cheaper way.

This is a good idea. The problem will be convincing people that the money will not end up in 4X4s. God rid us of this excitement with cars. I believe if we have to forgo certain things we should to achieve that. Yet a better proposal is to respect property rights and it would be easy to go the PPP (Public Private Partnership) route for electricity and guarantee the investment through payments for electricity.

We could do this for electricity, roads, rail, water and waste management and open up ruthless competition for phones and data service providers. I think the capital is there if people can see their investment bringing them money without half of it being taken by someone. Until the issue of property rights is resolved even Zim business people will not invest in the utilities and as it appears a breakdown at Kariba today will plunge the country into complete darkness. The electricity and utilities debate to me is so critical in Zimbabwe it should be at the centre of what we talk about.