Miners spearhead wave of captive power generation to plug Zim’s energy gap

SAMANTHA MADE Zimbabwe’s mining companies are driving a wave of captive power generation, transforming themselves from mere electricity consumers into co-developers of energy infrastructure. The shift, marked by multimillion-dollar investments in solar farms and in-house plants, is shielding miners from crippling blackouts while feeding surplus electricity into the strained national grid. Energy and Power Development Minister…