Government steps up bid to end blackouts… woos major overseas IPPs to keep the lights on

Ketty Nyoni and Rutendo NgaraSTAFF WRITERS THE government is courting overseas independent power producers (IPPs) as authorities bid to end the country’s debilitating electricity shortages. At the same time, it has emerged that the key US$300 million rehabilitation of the central Kariba Dam is now about 80 percent complete. And with authorities pushing the French…