“Fucking bastards, fucking bastards” my colleague shouts in my ear as we read the latest bullshit proposal coming out of those who mismanage this failed state.

Get this: the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) cannot supply enough power to homes and businesses on a regular basis. This means incessant power cuts. It also means that many people have had to go out and buy generators at great expense. These generators also need to be serviced (often) and they need fuel. Not a cheap endeavour.

However this is now seen as a way for the authorities to make some money. According to The Zimbabwe Independent, “the government has introduced a legal instrument which now makes it an offence to own a generator either for domestic or industrial purposes without the approval of the Zimbabwe Electricity Regulatory Commission (ZERC).”

Apparently ZERC will charge US$ fees for the “verification and inspection” of generators.

Come on Zimbabweans . . . go tell the government where to shove their levies, preferably in a place where the sun doesn’t shine.

This entry was posted on August 15th, 2008 at 1:20 pm by Bev Clark and is filed under Activism, Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.