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Two (2) positions: National Council of Disabled Persons of Zimbabwe
Deadline: 7 October 2011

National Council of Disabled Persons of Zimbabwe, NCDPZ seeks to employ the services of an Agronomist and Project Manager with relevant professional qualifications and experience on a three year fixed term contract. National Council of Disabled Persons of Zimbabwe (NCDPZ) is an organisation of persons (men, women, boys and girls) with disabilities.

1. Project Manager

Reports to the Executive Director.

This is a senior position that requires a mature professional of high integrity.

Duties
-Oversee the implementation of the project and ensure that stated goals and objectives are met
-Prepare program work plans, budgets in co-ordination with the agronomist
-Work with the agronomist to ensure that the project is implemented in conformity with the project goal
-Regular monitoring of the project budget to ensure the budget is spent on time with no overspending
-Preparation of periodic project reports relating to the progress of the project
-The Project manager should be able to liaise and communicate with the Agronomist on updates, developments and any information considered relevant to the project

Qualifications attributes and Relevant work experience
-Degree or Diploma in Social Sciences
-At least 3 years experience at senior level in project management in development work
-Excellent English writing and communication skills
-Good analytical and project management skills
-Experience in working with people with disabilities

2. Agronomist: Based in Zezani, Beitbridge

Reports to the Project Manager

Duties
-Provide regular reports on the project activity implementation status against the project goals and objectives
-Document all project activities and reports
-Organize and conduct training in horticulture, technical agronomic skills and conservation farming for 200 households
-Prepare and produce training materials
-Facilitate linkages between agro dealers, potential markets and farmers

Qualifications, attributes and relevant experience
-University Degree in Agriculture or relevant discipline from a recognized institution
-A minimum of 3 years experience managing a sustainable agricultural programme
-Excellent agricultural skills including the ability to manage time, set priorities and meet deadlines
-Class 4 Driver’s License a must
-Understanding of food security programmes, disability and gender issues
-Be computer literate
-A readiness of working with people with disabilities

Interested candidates who meet the above requirements should email a cover letter, Curriculum Vitae (including referees) and copies of University degrees and professional certificates to: ncdzim [at] mweb [dot] co [dot] zw or hand deliver to: Freedom House, Opposite Mpilo OI Clinic, Old Victoria Falls Road, Bulawayo

Please note that only the highest quality applications will be considered. In the case of a successful candidate being found, NCDPZ will perform reference & background checks. NCDPZ is an equal opportunity employer. It particularly encourages applications from people with disabilities, women and previously disadvantaged people.

Programme Manager
Deadline: 7 October 2011

Two international organisations are partnering in Zimbabwe to implement a programme that will facilitate the creation of employment through self-help and practical tools which strengthen the individual and society for sustainable development. The programme is being implemented in 10 districts across Zimbabwe.

We are seeking applications from appropriately qualified and experienced people for the position of Programme Manager Zimbabwe.

Work base: Harare, Zimbabwe
Position details: 2 year fixed term contract
Salary: Negotiable

Job purpose: To lead the national implementation of the programme and managing the programme team and resources to deliver agreed results within the set timeframes and budgets. The Programme Manager, who will be fully responsible for the implementation of the programme, will report to the Steering Committee comprising SCC and HIH senior managers.

Key Responsibilities

-Responsible for managing the implementation of the foundational and growth phases of the job creation processes, including Self-Help Group formation, training, access to finance, markets, skills and promotion of small, micro enterprises.
-Provision of leadership to staff
-Recruitment and performance evaluation of programme staff
-Management of the programme budget
-Monitoring and evaluation
-Responsible for stakeholder engagement and management
-Responsible for representing the programme
-Co-ordination of the progress on the field
-Builds relationships and develops networks

Key requirements

-Senior management experience in leading the development and ensuring the delivery of programme strategy
-Proven analytical skills and ability to think strategically
-Experience in leading and motivating multi disciplinary, geographically remote teams, a high degree of self-awareness
-Experience in representing an organization with partners, government agencies, private sector organizations and donors
-High level financial management skills to steer the operational budget
-Excellent written and verbal communication skills to motivate, influence and negotiate
-An advanced degree in Development Studies or Economics or Social Science or Businesses Management is required
-A valid driver’s licence
-Fluency in English and at least one local language
-Computer literacy
-Over 10 years’ experience in senior management position

To apply, please send a brief motivational letter and CV to both of the following email addresses: recruitzim [at] yahoo [dot] com and jwara.lungile [at] gmail [dot] com

Country Controller: SNV
Deadline: 7 October 2011

SNV Netherlands Development Organisation is working in over 33 developing countries across the world in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe. The emphasis of our work is on poverty reduction and promotion of good governance through (1) increasing production, income and employment and (2) increasing access to basic services in the sectors of water, sanitation & hygiene, education, health and renewable energy. The East and Southern Africa (ESA) Region of the SNV includes Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

This position is located in Harare, Zimbabwe. The Country Controller is a member of the Country Management Team; s/he functionally and hierarchically reports to the ESA Regional Controller while providing finance and control services to the Country Director, SNV Zimbabwe and the Country Management Team.

Purpose

The Country Controller position exists to provide support for all SNV Zimbabwe based activities. S/he implements (Finance) policies along the five pillars (Finance and administration, planning and control, audit, ICT and procurement) for the country and functionally carries out supervision of Portfolio Administrators located in the portfolio offices. In addition, s/he provides (financial) advice to the Country Director and Portfolio Co-ordinators. S/he is responsible for adherence to compliance and in this capacity the guardian of SNV rules and regulations. S/he oversees all Key Qualitative Indicators (KQIs) and reports on a monthly basis to the Regional Controller and CMT.

Major responsibilities

Financial strategy
-Contribute to the formulation of the Financial and ICT strategy of the region
-Develop Country Finance strategy as well as contribute to development of the Country strategy

Financial Management and Control
-Establishing procedures, guidelines and work instructions concerning administration of portfolios within the country
-Monitoring procedures, administrations and data of portfolios on quality, compliance, consistency and effectiveness and taking action if necessary
-Overseeing the budget preparation process by budget holders, monitoring budgets, ensuring compliance to budget procedures and providing timely feedback reports

Financial Accounting and Administration
-Carrying out accounting at country level
-Checking and consolidating data of portfolios, preparing monthly, quarterly and annual budgets and monitor progress and exhaustion on monthly basis
-Carrying out necessary reconciliations and adjustments between existing administrations
-Responsible for liquidity Management within the country
-Archiving all relevant documents, monitoring reporting by portfolios
-Responsible for payment to suppliers and monitoring actual delivery
-Being in charge of salary and tax related issues at country level
-Being in charge of Fixed Assets Management from a financial and economic perspective
-Manage logistics & purchasing for the Zimbabwe office

Information Services
-Providing financial and administrative reports, ensuring quality of outsourced ICT services
-Checking financial and non-financial data on accuracy, completeness and timeliness
-Supporting Human Resources reporting to country offices, portfolio offices and Finance

Resource Mobilisation
-Coordinate risk assessments, contract signing, budget formulation and funds flow for resource mobilisation initiatives in line with the Partnership and Resource Mobilisation guideline. Ensure revenue accruals are done on a monthly basis
-Provide monthly financial reports to management and lead advisors on partner funds exhaustion
-Provide financial reports to partners on the agreed dates in line with the partnership agreements

Financial Training Partners
-Provide support to SNV clients on financial issues as and when required by the advisory practice

Human Resource Management
-Assist in recruitment of Finance staff
-Coach junior employees for optimal performance

Qualifications

Education
-Degree in Accounting, Financial Management or related fields (MBA preferably)
-Professional accounting qualifications (CPA, ACCA, CIMA, etc)
-Qualifications in information systems and especially SPA an added advantage

Work experience and knowledge
-Minimum of 5 years’ relevant work experience in a similar position
-Fluency in written and spoken English
-Computer literate, proficient with MS Word, Excel and financial applications

Personality
-Proactive personally
-Good communicator who is a critical thinker and has a strong personality
-A professional orientation to work
-Impeccable integrity

Applications should be emailed to: Zimbabwe [at] snvworld [dot] org and rshamu [at] snvworld [dot] org

SNV is dedicated to a society where all people enjoy the freedom to pursue their own sustainable development. For more information visit the website: www.snvworld.org

Country Directors: VSO
Deadline: 13 October 2011

VSO has a new strategy and we’re looking for country directors in Africa to help us breathe life into it. This is your chance to play a decisive role in shaping the way our operations in Africa look for years to come. Are you ready for the challenge?

The jobs
We want people to head up our programme offices and we have a number of vacancies in countries across Africa. Working together with a highly motivated team, you’ll translate our new strategy into lasting, meaningful improvements in the lives of the country’s poorest people. You’ll work with our strategic partners to shape our goals, create national strategy, raise our profile, network with government agencies, donors and other international agencies, and generally be a walking, talking embodiment of our values and vision. You’ll also support our volunteers, manage our people, take responsibility for financial and resource management and legal compliance. Easy, right?

You
You’re an experienced senior manager and you’ve successfully managed development or humanitarian programmes at a country level before. You have excellent leadership, negotiation and relationship-building skills. And your project-management skills need to be second to none, because you’ll be using them to plan, resource and implement our innovative programmes Oh, and you’ll need to find the cash to run some of those programmes too, so experience securing external funding and grants is essential.

Us
We’re a development organisations that’s been working through volunteers to fight poverty for more than fifty years. We blush when we admit it, but we’re the leading organisation in the field. We work in almost 50 countries and we’re constantly exploring new ways to use the time, energy and skills of people to make a difference. Even if you know us, it’s worth checking out our website – we might not be the organisation you think we are.

The package
OK, so nobody works for an NGO to make a fortune, but you still deserve to be paid properly. As well as a competitive salary, the package includes comprehensive health benefits, accommodation, children’s education and relocation costs, plus we’ll match pension contributions up to 5% of your salary.

Ready to apply?
Find out more

Deputy Logistics Sub-Unit Manage: JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc
Deadline: 14 October 2011

Key functions

The overall purpose of the Deputy Logistics Sub-Unit Manager is to work closely with the Logistics Sub-Unit (LSU) Manager, Upstream Logistics Co-ordinator and Data Analyst to highlight any gaps in supply and work to ensure these gaps are filled. As a member of the LSU, work to ensure the continuous supply of essential medicines including HIV & AIDS commodities wherever they are needed in the MOHCW public sector.

The Deputy LSU Manager will:
-Deputize the LSU Manager
-Supervise HIV & AIDS and Essential Medicines Logistics Officers and PMTCT Focal Person

Specific responsibilities/tasks

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
-Carry out duties of the LSU Manager in his/her absence
-Work with the LSU Manager to develop annual work plans for the LSU
-Work closely with NatPharm to co-ordinate health commodities distribution systems and logistics management information systems
-Provide pharmaceutical technical advice to the LSU team
-Forecast and quantify essential medicines and HIV related commodity needs
-Prepare technical and status/progress reports on logistics system performance and implementation activities
-Monitor the timelines and completeness of deliveries of commodities within the country
-Generate regular stock status and logistics system progress reports to be presented to programme managers, donors and other stakeholders
-Conduct a regular pipeline analyses and monitoring of commodity supplies at the national and facility levels
-Develop and maintain collaborative working relationships with NatPharm, PMDS, ZNFPC, HIV & AIDS commodity donors, NGOs, NAC and other agencies
-Assist in conducting logistics management training and other related trainings and workshops
-Serve on donor co-ordination and commodity management committees as requested
-Perform any other duties as necessary

Qualifications
-Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy (preferred), Public Administration, Logistics or related field
-Five years’ progressively responsible experience in logistics management
-Very good reporting and writing skills in English
-Ability to conduct effective public presentations
-Demonstrated skills in representation, liaison and collaboration with government, private and non-governmental organizations
-Demonstrated skills in word processing and use of spreadsheets
-Demonstrated knowledge of the Zimbabwe public health sector
-HIV & AIDS work experience
-Police clearance
-Good physical and mental health

Competitive salary and benefits. Interested applicants please submit application letter and complete resume and contactable references to: JSI Country Director, Southwest Wing, Room SW 07, Agriculture House, No. 1 Adylinn Road, Corner Marlborough Drive, Marlborough, Harare. Fax: +263-4-309830. Email: info [at] jsizim [dot] co [dot] zw

Only short listed candidates will be notified.

Information Officer: local NGO
Deadline: 20 October 2011

Background
A non-profit making local non-governmental organization in Zimbabwe working on capacity building and advocacy with youth at national level seeks to employ an Information Officer to start 1st November 2011.  The Information Officer will support the organization for its information management and internal & external communications functions. The Information Officer will support programme departments and will be responsible for developing effective information exchange and communication, collecting and disseminating documentation about program impact. The officer will work under the direct supervision of the Programme Manager.

Responsibilities

* Develop communication materials and coordinate the organization’s publications while maintaining quality standards: writes and edits reports, brochures, newsletters, website content etc.
* Set up and manage the organization’s resource centre;
* Develop and manage internal information resources and networks
* Conducting research
* Develop a strategy and policy for the utilization of new media (including social media) for the organization’s information and advocacy activities;
* Support the organization’s information and advocacy activities through maintaining a database of partner organizations and communicating with these regularly ;
* Ensure the handling of external requests for information;
* Develop and implement an effective communication strategy for YET;
* Assist in distribution of YET publications;
* Assist in development of project proposals, organizing and facilitating  training workshops and monitoring of activities for effective communication of results;
* Perform any other relevant tasks/duties as assigned by the Programme Manager or Director

Qualifications and Experience

* A degree in Journalism, Information Management or any other Social Science degree plus post-graduate studies in a communications related field
* At least 3 years experience working in youth development work and understands the dynamics of the youth sector in Zimbabwe
* Excellent English writing and communication skills
* Ability to work in a youthful and dynamic team
* Effective planning and organisation skills
* Good project management skills
* Excellent computer skills
* Ability to work under pressure

Prospective applicants should email their CV and cover letter to: yetrecruitment [at] gmail [dot] com

Managing Editor: Journal Of Public Policy In Africa (JoPPA)
Deadline: 31 October 2011

The Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA) and Institute of Peace, Governance and Leadership (IPLG) based at the Africa University in Mutare, Zimbabwe has an exciting position for an energetic Managing Editor. The two organisations are in the process of developing a uniquely African Journal on Public Policy to be known as the Journal of Public Policy in Africa (JoPPA). The Journal will play a catalyst role on the continent in the generation and dissemination of new ideas in developing public policy for democratic development.

Overview of Key Responsibilities

The Managing Editor will report to the Editor-in-Chief, who in turn reports to an Advisory Board made up of a panel eminent African scholars and academics. The Managing Editor will be responsible for:

1. Overseeing all phases of the production process ensuring production and distribution of the JoPPA in a timely manner, coordinating efforts with other editors and with authors.
2. The Managing Editor is responsible for developing and/or implementing and maintaining sound business procedures consistent with prevailing Africa University policies pertaining to overseeing and coordinating the production and publication of the Journal.
3. Procedures for efficiently coordinating all logistics pertaining to publication of journal articles.
4. Procedures for efficiently coordinating all logistics pertaining to book reviews for eventual publication in the Journal.
5. Procedures for maintaining accurate, auditable records for interactions with contributors, copy editor(s), and subscribers to the Journal.
6. Administration of all contracted relations with publishers, printers, subscription management services, and other vendors/service providers.
7. Coordination of the compilation and preparation of accepted materials for copyediting;
8. Proofreading of copyedited materials as required at various stages of the publication process.
9. Supervision of such part-time student personnel as may be hired by the Journal for specific purposes and of such IPLG clerical staff as may be temporarily assigned.

Qualifications:

Master’s degree and five years relevant publishing experience in proofreading academic prose and in-house production editing. Must be proficient in APA style documentation. Must be proficient in Word, Excel, and Acrobat. Excellent communication skills including scholarly vocabulary, knowledge of academic footnoting and bibliography form, ability to enter corrections in foreign languages (French and Portuguese) with correct accents and presentation of translated material.

Previous experience in marketing and subscription management will be beneficial.

The position will be based in Mutare, Zimbabwe. An attractive remuneration package, commensurate with experience applies. The job is offered on a two-year (renewable) contract.

Interested applicants should forward a letter of interest and a detailed CV to:

The Assistant Registrar Personnel and Administration
Africa University, Box 1320, Mutare, Zimbabwe
c/o Mrs. Susan V. Musiyiwa
Secretary to Director
Institute of Peace, Leadership and Governance
Africa University
Iplgsec [at] africau [dot] ac [dot] zw

Got any power? Got any water? Got any explanations that make sense? Maybe this one does. The statement below is from the Chairman of the Zimbabwe Power Company.

Chairman’s Statement

Zimbabwe Power Company 2nd October 2011 (10pm)

Starting with the end in Mind

It is important that customers are regularly informed of the stark reality of generation capacity in Zimbabwe. If the facts are understood then it is up to each individual to assess how best they can cope going forward into the next four to five years. There has been no meaningful investment in additional power since the 1980′s – 25years! Over the past two and a half decades there has been major growth in our population as well as a population drift to the urban areas.

The demand for power is around 1,800 MW at daily peak and this is growing. Local installed operational capacity today is around 1,200 MW – so we have a gap of 30%. As ZPC implement their program to stabilise and optimise the generation capacity at all its stations over the next 12 months the supply will increase to 1,500 MW – but in the meantime demand will continue to increase.
The ONLY way to close this gap is to install additional capacity and the shortest timeline to achieve this is four years. So I urge all customers and stakeholders to understand this and take whatever steps they can to mitigate against this stunted power capacity.

I suggest that an Energy Forum is established amongst major customer groups to facilitate dialogue around this critical aspect of life in Zimbabwe. We need to seek solutions that will help address this shortage: remove duties on solar power equipment, remove duties on low energy power devices, change the building by-laws to insist that all middle and high income new houses use solar geysers, insist that new mines install solar systems in their housing and other water heating processes etc. Most importantly to engage in a national education campaign on how to be more economical in our power usage.

Other power producers need to be encouraged to enter the market. Licenses have been issued but it seems there is little appetite to invest, why? We need to debate these issues.

An Update on Capacity Expansion

Kariba and Hwange

There has been a very positive response to the “Expression of Interest” for the expansion at both Kariba and Hwange. The “Expressions of Interest” closed in mid-September and our team of Hatch, KPMG Consortium and management are reviewing the documents before making recommendations to the State Procurement Board. This will then be followed by a formal tender to prequalified companies.

To ensure that the momentum is maintained it is vital that the Independent Regulator is put in place outside of the Ministry and that this new body engenders the confidence of potential investors.

Small Thermals

WAPCOS (an Indian consultancy group in the power sector) will finish the feasibility studies to re-power the boilers at the small thermal stations. We then intend looking for funding / joint venture partners to help us carry out these upgrades.

Recent History and the Current Situation
The month of September has not been a good month for ZPC and hence for you, the customer. Many of us over the last week have experienced up to five consecutive days of load shedding from 5am to 10pm. Why?

Before I continue, it is important to note that ZETDC (Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company) hold the balancing of supply and demand / (load shedding) responsibility. They have a load shedding plan which is in turn based on their expectation of power supply from ZPC as well regional power utilities. ZETDC are forced to deviate from this plan when there is a sudden loss of power from their suppliers – power generation outages at times occur without warning and this throws out the planned load shedding regime.

In writing this statement I will endeavour to give facts, to not be defensive yet not shy away from giving news that you need to hear.

There are four main themes that run through the low generation this month and particularly over the last 10 days, namely: sluggish and below par (in my view) performance of the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM), underperformance of the procurement and logistic chain (both in-house and external suppliers), ongoing cash flow challenges (ZPC have only received approximately 80% payment this year for  the energy it has generated and sent out, as payment of imports are given precedence) and  finally the ongoing occurrence of regional power swings( surges) into our transmission systems where protection is insufficiently robust.

Some Detail

If detail is not what you want please skip to the next section.

Kariba Power Station

This station has been generating at full capacity for much of the last two years except for planned shut downs. In June this year a failure occurred in the generator winding of Unit 2. These are copper windings as thick as one’s arm. It can only be replaced by the OEM who had to design and outsource the replacement section. During this outage a crack was found in one of the turbine blades which only the OEM can repair. This repair work is under way and is scheduled for completion before mid-October. In my view the OEM did not, and could not be encouraged to, respond to our crisis with the urgency demanded by our unique situation or with the respect that a 30 year relationship deserves. Our MD has been in Europe this week to discuss this with the OEM.

During the week ending 25th September the protection on Units 3 and 4 tripped. Unit 4 was isolated from the transformer which it shares with Unit 3. Unit 3 was then brought back into service. After meticulous trouble shooting it was found that switch gear and control devices, which were replaced by another OEM during our maintenance shut downs earlier this year, had failed. Repairs to these devices are underway under guidance of the OEM from Europe.

So in summary Kariba has been down to four units for the last 10 days with the station expected to return to full capacity by  mid- October.

Hwange Power Station
As I have mentioned in prior statements there is a significant amount of work still required to stabilise this station not the least of which is the Ash Disposal section of the process. As money becomes available we go to tender against a prioritised schedule of replacement components – some of which have lead times of up to one year!

We have lost the four Phase One (smaller) units over the last week to 10 days. Unit 1 due to the failure of the “Boiler Feed Pump” which is new and under warranty, Unit 2 due to a the failure of its thrust bearing, Unit 3 due to wear on its induction fans caused by the under-performing de-ashing system and Unit 4 due to the failure of its “Boiler Feed Pump”.

To exacerbate the situation the entire station was taken out by a surge out of Eskom (S.A) on Tuesday 27th September.

At time of writing this statement we now have two Phase Two (larger) units and one Phase One(smaller) unit feeding the grid. We expect to bring another unit back overnight (Sunday) and the fifth by Wednesday this week.

Small Thermal Stations

These stations are situated in Bulawayo, Harare and Munyati. Our major constraint in maintaining modest outputs from these stations continues to be the availability of coal from our three suppliers. All three suppliers assure us that their production will improve over the next two months. Should this not be the case we will have to consolidate and probably run only two of the three stations.
In the middle of this week NRZ went on strike. I must commend our management team and coal suppliers for their rapid response to this event. They mobilised over 40 trucks to haul the coal that was to move by rail.

The next 12 months
Major retrofitting and component replacement projects will continue over the next 12 months. WAPCOS (the Indian company that provides expert advice at Hwange) have provided an experienced project manager to help oversee these projects at Hwange. To execute these projects there will be extended planned outages of units on a sequential basis during the year ahead. For example the precipitators (ash handling) on Phase Two will be retrofitted over the next seven months therefore from the middle of October until May 2012 and one of the Phase two Units will be offline.

At Kariba the system that governs the turbine blades, in sympathy to the power demand, will be replaced on each unit (six weeks per unit) on a sequential schedule. This means that from mid-December until September 2012 only five of the six units will be online.

In addition, over the next 12 months, other units will need to be taken off line for shorter periods to undertake unit specific upgrades or repairs. There will also be the exogenous breakdowns.

So in summary the power supply regime will for the next 12 months will be much the same as it has been for the last 12 months – all in a bid to stabilise and optimise supplies in the medium term.

The refurbishment of the 40km pipeline from the Zambezi to the Hwange station remains a priority and is a one year project. The feasibility study was completed over two months ago and we await the outcome of possible of government-to-government funding with the government of India.

The Tariff

I wish to thank all stakeholders for their understanding on the need for a revised tariff after two and a half years of stagnation. The power woes of today are largely attributable to many years of suppressed earnings by this power utility. To have continued this trend would surely have led us into total darkness.

Sadly this increase in tariff as of 1st October will not translate into immediate improvements in the availability of power. Lead times for retrofitting projects can be many months.

Of equal importance is the positive message that this sends to investors: “Zimbabweans are prepared to pay for their power.”  I urge all of you to take personal responsibility for your power usage. There seems to be a misapprehension that load shedding automatically results in a dramatic reduction in your power usage and hence cost. This will not be the case if you do not manage your consumption. While you sleep the power comes back on and heats geysers, runs fridges and pumps etc.

Board
The board of ZPC remains committed to its responsibilities for the company whose performance is critical to the economy of this country. We see our role as more than one of oversight and governance. We therefore spend time in mentorship roles as well as bringing our diverse skill-sets and experience to bear at an operational level when the situation demands. Arriving at solutions to the complex challenges that have been imposed on the company over the years (lack of investment in new capacity, foregone maintenance of existing infrastructure etc.) requires a team effort.

We have commissioned the “Institute of Directors Zimbabwe” to undertake a performance review of the ZPC board.

In Closing

I hope reading this statement improves your understanding of recent events and the challenges that all of us will face in the medium term – until additional generation capacity is installed.

It is essential that we find ways to hold dialogue across all walks of life on this key economic driver and household resource.

R. Maasdorp
Chairman ZPC

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