Zimbabwe: ZPC Trusts Chivayo With Gwanda Solar Project Again - Gives Him Two Year Ultimatum

Zimbabwe: ZPC Trusts Chivayo With Gwanda Solar Project Again - Gives Him Two Year Ultimatum

THE Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) has given shadowy character Wicknell Chivayo's Intratek a revised deal for its US$172 million Gwanda Solar Project, eight years after it bungled work and failed to lay a single panel.

Wicknell Chivayo’s Intratrek set for another advance payment to restart US$132m Gwanda solar project

Wicknell Chivayo’s Intratrek Zimbabwe is set to receive another advance mobilisation payment from the government to resume the long-delayed 100MW Gwanda solar project, years after receiving an earlier US$5 million advance before ZPC cancelled the contract.

Gwanda solar project back on track after Govt green light

Business Reporter THE 100-megawatt Gwanda solar project is back on track after the developer, Intratrek Zimbabwe, received a “Notice to Proceed” from the Government, which has directed the contractor to complete the solar plant within 24 months. This follows the restated Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract for the project, signed on March 27, 2025, between the Government, through the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) and Intratre…