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BPRA demonstration against ZESA a success
Bulawayo Progressive
Residents Association (BPRA)
October 27, 2011
About a thousand
Bulawayo residents today (Thursday 27 October 2011) took to the
streets protesting poor service delivery by the Zimbabwe Electricity
Supply Authority (ZESA) and demanding the return of the Bulawayo
Thermal Power Station to the residents. The demonstration was organised
by Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association (BPRA). The demonstration
began at 1000hrs at the large City Hall and proceeded to the ZESA
Regional Offices where a speech was given by the Bulawayo Progressive
Residents Association (BPRA) chairperson, Mr Reason Ngwenya.
The demonstrations was aimed at demanding:
- The return
of the Bulawayo Thermal Power Station to the ownership of the
people of Bulawayo.
- Full compliance
with the ruling of the Competition and Tariffs Commission (CTC)
to reduce charges by 43 percent.
- Compensation
for all people whose properties were damaged by power surges.
- Reduction
in load shedding and adherence to load shedding schedules.
- Exemption
of disadvantaged people such as the elderly and orphans from immediate
power disconnections for failure to meet payment obligations.
Visit the Bulawayo
Progressive Residents Association fact
sheet
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