POWER utility Zesa has switched off electricity at Harare City Council Town House over non-payment of bills totalling almost $60 million.
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Town House officials confirmed that Zesa had switched off the municipality headquarters citing non-payment of bills.
Town clerk Tendai Mahachi, however, professed ignorance on the matter saying there was no issue as the two parties owed each other hence they would settle their differences.
“Let me check, but if that’s the case, it’s not an issue because we owe each other so we can sort it out,” Mahachi said yesterday.
The city council was among Zesa’s biggest debtors, owing the power utility $774 million in unpaid bills.
Mayor Muchadeyi Masunda said he had been away for some time with Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai in Chicago, United States, and United Kingdom hence he did not have details on the matter.
He, however, said it could be true that they had been switched off as Zesa has done that before.
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City council spokesperson Leslie Gwindi said he was travelling to Bulawayo for the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) and he had no information on the matter.
A top Zesa official, who declined to be named, confirmed that they had switched off Town House over unpaid electricity bills.
