{"id":57177,"date":"2022-04-09T18:33:43","date_gmt":"2022-04-09T16:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zesa-launches-awareness-campaign-against-vandalism"},"modified":"2022-04-09T21:16:14","modified_gmt":"2022-04-09T19:16:14","slug":"zesa-launches-awareness-campaign-against-vandalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zesa-launches-awareness-campaign-against-vandalism","title":{"rendered":"ZESA Launches Awareness Campaign Against Vandalism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Power utility ZESA Holdings is conducting awareness campaigns against the vandalism and theft of its infrastructure across the country.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, ZESA officials met the business community, churches and vendors, among other groups in Mudzi, Mashonaland East province speaking out against vandalism. Speaking to NewsDay, ZESA spokesperson, George Manyaya, said:<\/p>\n<p>Today (yesterday) in Mudzi we met the business community, churches, vendors, youths, and the disabled, among other groups.<\/p>\n<p>We held an educative awareness campaign, we educated our consumers on the effects of vandalism, and we are very concerned about vandalism because we are losing a lot of money because of vandalism as a country.<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow (today) we are going to meet the general citizenry at Mutoko Centre. It is going to be entertaining, but at the same time educative.<\/p>\n<p>Inasmuch as we still have some challenges, we need to bond with our consumers and customers, they are our key stakeholders.<\/p>\n<p>In recent years, ZESA has been grappling with the theft and vandalism of electricity infrastructure, with the power utility losing about US$5 million each year in stolen equipment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. Power utility ZESA Holdings is conducting awareness campaigns against the vandalism and theft of its infrastructure across the country. On Friday, ZESA officials met the business community, churches and vendors, among other groups in Mudzi, Mashonaland East province speaking out against vandalism. Speaking to NewsDay, ZESA spokesperson, George Manyaya, said: Today (yesterday) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":57176,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6,35,15],"tags":[1493,2189,282,675,7159,19],"class_list":{"0":"post-57177","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-economy","9":"category-homepage-english","10":"category-twitter","11":"tag-africa-press","12":"tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","13":"tag-vandalism","14":"tag-zesa","15":"tag-zesa-vandalism","16":"tag-zimbabwe"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>ZESA Launches Awareness Campaign Against Vandalism - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Power utility ZESA Holdings is conducting awareness campaigns against the vandalism and theft of its infrastructure acro ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zesa-launches-awareness-campaign-against-vandalism\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ZESA Launches Awareness Campaign Against Vandalism\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Power utility ZESA Holdings is conducting awareness campaigns against the vandalism and theft of its infrastructure acro ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zesa-launches-awareness-campaign-against-vandalism\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-04-09T16:33:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-04-09T19:16:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2022\/04\/img-6251db63030a6.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"571\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zesa-launches-awareness-campaign-against-vandalism\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zesa-launches-awareness-campaign-against-vandalism\",\"name\":\"ZESA Launches Awareness Campaign Against Vandalism - zimbabwe\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zesa-launches-awareness-campaign-against-vandalism#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zesa-launches-awareness-campaign-against-vandalism#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2022\/04\/img-6251db63030a6.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-04-09T16:33:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-04-09T19:16:14+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/2e02b5816e71b1149d79877f669a85e4\"},\"description\":\"Power utility ZESA Holdings is conducting awareness campaigns against the vandalism and theft of its infrastructure acro ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zesa-launches-awareness-campaign-against-vandalism#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zesa-launches-awareness-campaign-against-vandalism\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zesa-launches-awareness-campaign-against-vandalism#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2022\/04\/img-6251db63030a6.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2022\/04\/img-6251db63030a6.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":571,\"caption\":\"ZESA Launches Awareness Campaign Against Vandalism\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zesa-launches-awareness-campaign-against-vandalism#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"ZESA Launches Awareness Campaign Against Vandalism\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/\",\"name\":\"zimbabwe\",\"description\":\"\u0623\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631 \u064a\u0648\u0645\u064a\u0629 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0645\u062f\u0627\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0627\u0639\u0629\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/2e02b5816e71b1149d79877f669a85e4\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"ZESA Launches Awareness Campaign Against Vandalism - zimbabwe","description":"Power utility ZESA Holdings is conducting awareness campaigns against the vandalism and theft of its infrastructure acro ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zesa-launches-awareness-campaign-against-vandalism","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"ZESA Launches Awareness Campaign Against Vandalism","og_description":"Power utility ZESA Holdings is conducting awareness campaigns against the vandalism and theft of its infrastructure acro ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zesa-launches-awareness-campaign-against-vandalism","og_site_name":"zimbabwe","article_published_time":"2022-04-09T16:33:43+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-04-09T19:16:14+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":571,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2022\/04\/img-6251db63030a6.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zesa-launches-awareness-campaign-against-vandalism","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zesa-launches-awareness-campaign-against-vandalism","name":"ZESA Launches Awareness Campaign Against Vandalism - zimbabwe","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zesa-launches-awareness-campaign-against-vandalism#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zesa-launches-awareness-campaign-against-vandalism#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2022\/04\/img-6251db63030a6.jpg","datePublished":"2022-04-09T16:33:43+00:00","dateModified":"2022-04-09T19:16:14+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/2e02b5816e71b1149d79877f669a85e4"},"description":"Power utility ZESA Holdings is conducting awareness campaigns against the vandalism and theft of its infrastructure acro ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zesa-launches-awareness-campaign-against-vandalism#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zesa-launches-awareness-campaign-against-vandalism"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zesa-launches-awareness-campaign-against-vandalism#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2022\/04\/img-6251db63030a6.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2022\/04\/img-6251db63030a6.jpg","width":800,"height":571,"caption":"ZESA Launches Awareness Campaign Against Vandalism"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zesa-launches-awareness-campaign-against-vandalism#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"ZESA Launches Awareness Campaign Against Vandalism"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/","name":"zimbabwe","description":"\u0623\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631 \u064a\u0648\u0645\u064a\u0629 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0645\u062f\u0627\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0627\u0639\u0629","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/2e02b5816e71b1149d79877f669a85e4","name":"cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57177\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}