ENERGY and Power Development Minister, Samuel Undenge has admitted that government was not ready to deal with the power crisis facing the country, publicly admitting that they were "caught napping".
Addressing stakeholders during a clean energy week conference held in Harare last week, Undenge, who faced a public backlash for the devastating power blackouts until President Robert Mugabe exonerated him on his arrival from the United National General Assembly in the United States of America, pointed out that the electricity crisis facing the nation was not unique to Zimbabwe.
...
AllAfrica Subscription Content
You must be an allAfrica.com subscriber for full access to certain content.
You have selected an article from the AllAfrica archive, which requires a subscription. You can subscribe by visiting our subscription page. Or for more information about becoming a subscriber, you can read our subscription and contribution overview.
For information about our premium subscription services:
You can also freely access - without a subscription - hundreds of today's top Africa stories and thousands of recent news articles from our home page »
Already a subscriber? Sign in for full access to article