A suspected thief has allegedly been electrocuted after a lifeless body was found in a structure that houses a ZESA transformer in Harare’s Highfield suburb.
ZBC News reported that a huge explosion was heard in the neighbourhood in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
At that very moment, darkness plunged the area as lights went off unexpectedly, prompting residents to investigate the incident.
They proceeded to the transformer site where they found the dead body of a man with some tools next to it.
The suspected copper cable thief was apparently electrocuted before accomplishing his mission.
However, residents are worried they are likely to have a bleak festive season given the huge blast on the transformer that could be a sign of a serious fault.
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) was yet to confirm the incident.
g · 2 years ago
*Dutch investor loses US$8m in botched venture with Zimbabwe partner, seeks Mnangagwa’s intervention*
HARARE – Director of Dutch-based investor Euro LPG BV Omar Abdallah, has sought the intervention of President Emmerson Mnangagwa after the Sheriff failed to act on a High Court order overturning a controversial Seizure Warrant used to confiscate the energy firm’s assets worth over US$8 million.
Euro LPG BV in 2019 entered into a joint venture with local partner Francis Chitanda and his company InterGas to form Integrated Gas Distribution Infrastructure (Pvt) Ltd (IGDI).
Despite the fact that Chitanda and his company’s intentions were unclear in the early stages of the joint venture, Euro LPG BV exercised maximum restraint in order to find an amicable solution, with high hopes that the joint venture would be a success.
Chitanda and InterGas failed to account for profits throughout the joint venture, prompting Euro LPG BV’s director Omar Abdallah to take over management of the partnership in the fourth quarter of 2021 after it was discovered that IGDI assets were being illegally disposed of by Chitanda.
A legal battle erupted between the Dutch investor and Chitanda, resulting in the latter seizing the assets of the joint venture.
The warrant was however recently overturned by a High Court order issued by Justice Justice Bongani Ndhlovu.
The Sheriff, on the other hand, refused to release the seized equipment, claiming that they had forgotten where it was kept.
This prompted Abdallah to write to Mnangagwa on November 11 detailing how his firm had been defrauded by his former local partner assets worth US$8 million in the failed ambitious gas venture.
According to the letter, despite Euro LPG BV investing various capital of Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) equipment into the failed joint venture, such as modular LPG storage and filling stations, LPG storage tanks, and LPG road tanker transport equipment, no profits have been realized since the venture’s inception in 2019.
Abdallah alleges InterGas continued to use IGDI assets between 2019 and 2021 without accounting for returns to the joint or main investor.
In an interview, Abdallah criticized the Sheriff for failing to release the equipment despite having been paid the court fees to do so, and he also accused the Sheriff of misleading the investor to another location of a gas company that did not house the said equipment.
“Not only was the Seizure Warrant obtained unlawfully and without due process in favour of these people.
“After having won a court order for the Sheriff to return our equipment and they are now saying they forgot where the equipment is. They even went as far as misleading us about the location of another gas company in Graniteside.
“The Sheriff went as far as getting an asset belonging to another company unrelated to IGDI under code of a Generic Serial Number and went to swear under oath that it was seized based on a Generic Serial Number despite being informed that the Serial No. on the specific asset did not match the order,” Abdallah said.
Chitanda, when reached out for comment, declined to comment stating he could only comment after his trial on one of the cases emanating from the dispute.
Anonymous · 2 years ago
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