Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) Chairperson Sydney Gata has survived an apparent assassination attempt after gunmen shot at his vehicle on Airport Road in Harare, according to law enforcement sources.

Verification was awaited at the time of writing after sources were quoted by news site zimlive.com alleging so.

Gata is a close ally of President Emmerson Mnangagwa who reportedly saved when former Energy minister Fortune Chasi wanted to wield the axe on his corruption accused board.

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