Zimbabwe’s energy minister has taken to Twitter to offer proof that his country had made a R139 million payment to power utility Eskom.
Zimbabwe’s energy minister Fortune Chasi took the unusual step of loading proof of his country’s US$10m (R139m) payment to Eskom on his Twitter account, after earlier payment claims were refuted.
Minister Fortune Chasi said two weeks ago his government would pay US$10m to the South African power utility to ease power shortages.
Eskom is owed a total of US$33m by its Zimbabwean counterpart Zesa.
Zimbabwe started implementing load shedding due to a combination of low water levels at Kariba Dam’s hydroelectric power plant, generation constraints at ageing power stations and limited foreign imports.
Chasi however warned Zimbabweans, that “whilst we have paid US$10m this is no guarantee for power. We need to negotiate.”
