February 6, 2012. The Masvingo Rural District Council has approved a US$13 million mini-hydro power project at Lake Mutirikwi Great Zimbabwe Hydro-Power Company had applied for the establishment of the mini-hydro power plant. The company is jointly owned by a Zimbabwean company, ZOL and its South African partner, New Planet. The company applied for five hectares of land to build amini-hydro power plant, commencing work in September this year. The mini-hydro power plant is expected to produce five megawatts of electricity that will be fed into the national grid upon completion of the project in March 2014.