Parliament sidelined ZESA before hired generator failed during Mnangagwa speech

HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa delivered part of his State of the Nation Address (SONA) under torchlight on Tuesday after parliament officials chose to sideline the national power utility, ZESA, for a hired generator that later failed, ZimLive can reveal.

Mnangagwa was opening the third session of the eighth parliament at the new Mt Hampden building when the lights abruptly went out.

It has now emerged that parliament elected to power the event using a generator — a decision taken to avoid a repeat of last November’s embarrassing blackout during the national budget presentation.

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