Opinion / Columnist
Appeal for research information for a book
22 Nov 2011 at 06:02hrs | Views
I desperately need some information for my book from the people in Zimbabwe or those with contacts with them. I promise to treat all submitted information in strictest confidence and will not disclose respondents' real names or contact details.
How have Zesa blackouts affected you personally, your family, your relatives, your social life or your job or business and what have you done about it? For example, reduced hours resulting in pay cuts and so on; children's studies affected and how?
How have Zesa bills affected you, your family, your friends, your job or business and what have done about it? For example, lost your job or closed your business and so on. Have you resorted to alternatives like gas, or firewood?
Do you think the poor have benefited from rural electrification? Explain.
President Robert Mugabe reportedly announced plans to acquire a nuclear reactor from Argentina in the 1990s and vowed to pursue nuclear power in 2005 after Zimbabwe discovered uranium at Kanyemba but nothing has been heard of it since then (The Guardian, 21/11/05).
Can Zimbabwe manage a nuclear reactor to supplement Zesa's electricity and other forms of energy given the challenges it is facing with Hwange and Kariba Power Stations? Explain with examples.
Is Zimbabwe capable of managing a nuclear accident like the one at Japan's Fukushima plant given its poor disaster preparedness in lacking ambulances and fire engines let alone trauma centres? Explain your answer.
NB: I am writing a book looking at various issues including those cited above from a social science perspective rather than as a technical person or engineer, because I am not.
Thank you for your co-operation.
Please send your answers to zimanalysis2009@gmail.com
How have Zesa blackouts affected you personally, your family, your relatives, your social life or your job or business and what have you done about it? For example, reduced hours resulting in pay cuts and so on; children's studies affected and how?
How have Zesa bills affected you, your family, your friends, your job or business and what have done about it? For example, lost your job or closed your business and so on. Have you resorted to alternatives like gas, or firewood?
Do you think the poor have benefited from rural electrification? Explain.
President Robert Mugabe reportedly announced plans to acquire a nuclear reactor from Argentina in the 1990s and vowed to pursue nuclear power in 2005 after Zimbabwe discovered uranium at Kanyemba but nothing has been heard of it since then (The Guardian, 21/11/05).
Can Zimbabwe manage a nuclear reactor to supplement Zesa's electricity and other forms of energy given the challenges it is facing with Hwange and Kariba Power Stations? Explain with examples.
Is Zimbabwe capable of managing a nuclear accident like the one at Japan's Fukushima plant given its poor disaster preparedness in lacking ambulances and fire engines let alone trauma centres? Explain your answer.
NB: I am writing a book looking at various issues including those cited above from a social science perspective rather than as a technical person or engineer, because I am not.
Thank you for your co-operation.
Please send your answers to zimanalysis2009@gmail.com
Source - Clifford Chitupa Mashiri
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