The Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission Distribution Company (ZETDC) has taken Driefontein Mission School to the High Court for failing to pay an electricity bill amounting to $190 000.
In the summons issued at the High Court on May 8, 2017, ZETDC lawyers Chihambakwe, Mutizwa and Partners, state that Driefontein owes its clients money for electricity supplied to account numbers 1786829 and 1793126. The summons state that by February 21 this year, account number 1786829 owed an amount of $30 490, while account 1793126 owed $160 407.
On Friday, the school’s lawyers, Mutatu & Partners Legal Practitioners, filed an appearance to defend the matter and are expected to file the defendant’s plea ahead of a pre-trial conference before a judge of the High Court.
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