ZESA Holdings yesterday revealed that it had lost over $6 million through vandalism of its equipment, mostly transformer units.
By Tarisai Mandizha Business Reporter
Addressing journalists during a tour of the Zesa Enterprises (Zent) depot in Harare, Zesa Holdings spokesperson Fullard Gwasira said cases of vandalism were on the increase.
“Vandalism has been rising and it is a very disturbing trend. The downside of it is that it retards the network and it has a very huge cost to the economy,” Gwasira said.
Speaking at the same event, Energy and Power Development minister Dzikamai Mavhaire said: “I want to warn people in the rural areas against draining of transformer oil.
“We have seen the number of transformers that are vandalised which shouldn’t be here, but there are here because of people who are careless.”
Zent divisional manager for manufacturing Loveness Kunaka said over 4 000 transformers had been vandalised and of these, only 645 had been taken for repairs.
“We have the capacity to quickly repair transformers, but due to limited resources we are operating under capacity,” Kunaka said.
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She said Zent had obtained orders to supply transformers to several countries in the region.
