Zimbabwe encourages private firms to help ease power shortages


HARARE, March 25 (Xinhua) -- The Zimbabwean government on Tuesday encouraged private companies to generate their own electricity to reduce demand on the national grid.

Speaking at a post-Cabinet media briefing in the Zimbabwean capital of Harare, Minister of Energy and Power Development July Moyo said the country is recording an increase in the number of private companies that are setting up their own power plants amid the ongoing power shortages.

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