Tinashe Mutarisi Frustrated by Loadshedding
In a video, Mutarisi tells his employees to go home and await instructions from their supervisors.
Tinashe Mutarisi Frustrated by Loadshedding
Paint manufacturing and distribution giant, Nash Paints owner Tinashe Mutarisi was forced to ask his workers to go home on managed leave as the company was experiencing electricity shortages for a week.
This development has crippled business at the company.
Nash Paints Factory Gutted by Mysterious Fire
A video, widely circulated on social media, paints a gloomy picture as Tinashe Mutarisi explains that the company is losing revenue and this subsequently affects employees’ incomes.
Mutarisi tells the gathered workers to go home and await instruction from their supervisors.
He also points out how a fire ravaged the factory in May this year, destroying property and assets worth around US$1,3 million.
Nash Paints, had its factory gutted by fire in May, with the owners saying they lost almost US$1,3 million worth of raw materials and plant equipment.
Nash Paints executive chairman Mr Tinashe Mutarisi said the inferno that took down a major part of the plant, occurred around 3am and there was no one at the factory.
He said investigations were in progress to determine the cause of the fire.
Safeguard personnel called us from their offices after fire alarms at the plant went off. We then had to call the fire brigade which responded in record time and managed to extinguish the fire.
Mr Mutarisi, who was visibly shaken by the incident, thanked the fire brigade for saving the other part of the factory, saying losses could have been worse.
Tinashe Mutarisi Frustrated by Loadshedding
Zimbabweans have been warned to prepare for crippling power cuts in the coming few months as the El Nino weather phenomenon is expected to negatively impact rainfall patterns resulting in reduced water inflows at Lake Kariba, the site of the country’s most reliable power plant.
The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Energy and Power Development, Gloria Magombo, told the Economic Policy Dialogue breakfast Indaba held by the Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC) recently that the business sector will bear the brunt of the load shedding. She said:
We will have a feel of these challenges [deepening power crisis] and I want to just also forewarn you given that we are expecting an El Nino, which will have an effect on Kariba water levels.
See video below
https://twitter.com/cdesetfree/status/1716835766985474284?t=CbxaGaGmF3pZxnr1rJFWMw&s=19
