Botswana,Zim moot joint power deal

Minister of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources, Ponatshego Kedikilwe and Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai met in Gaborone last Saturday and discussed the Hwange Colliery Power Station project from which Botswana wants to import power and in return help Zimbabwe exploit its vast coal deposits.

Minerals, energy and water resources spokesperson Mpho Kerapeletswe said that the duo focused on how best the two countries can cooperate to mitigate the effects of the prevailing power supply and demand mismatch.