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Southern African power crisis stems from post-liberation history
THE electrical power crisis that has enveloped southern Africa has its roots in our post-liberation history. Prior to that, the utilities created by the States of southern Africa exhibited considerabl...Published: 08 Dec 2022 at 05:10hrs | | by Eddie Cross
Councils can offer local solutions to climate change crisis
The 2022 budget consultations for Kwekwe City are now done and dusted. Conspicuously absent from the submissions from the residents were inputs towards programs on climate change.Residents see...Published: 23 Nov 2021 at 21:53hrs | 12 | by Taruberekera Masara
Zimbabwe to import 400MW to bridge power deficit
STATE power utility, Zesa Holdings, intends to import up to 400 megawatts from Mozambique and Zambia as part of measures to end a debilitating power crisis, a senior executive said.This comes ...Published: 15 Nov 2021 at 05:20hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Power output plunges 39%
ZIMBABWE'S power output plunged 39% during the seven months to July, as Harare and Lusaka moved to forestall a near catastrophe by applying limits on water outflows from Lake Kariba to bolster the res...Published: 20 Oct 2020 at 06:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kariba Dam left with 4 metres before switching off
Zambian media have reported that water level in Kariba Dam is left with about 4 metres before reaching the minimum height level for hydro-power generation.Zambia and Zimbabwe use the dam for e...Published: 30 Jun 2019 at 18:37hrs | 29 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zim-Bots co-operation commendable
The inaugural session of the Zimbabwe-Botswana Bi-National Commission (BNC) Summit which ended yesterday in Harare presents both countries with mutual benefits that are set to improve the lives of cit...Published: 01 Mar 2019 at 14:07hrs | 2 | by Letty Mabhena
Zimbabwe power generation to improve
WORK on the much anticipated $5,2 billion Batoka Gorge Hydro Electricity project will soon commence after President Mnangagwa met officials from the main contractors, General Electric and Power China ...Published: 25 Nov 2018 at 08:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
AfDB begins to secure $4bn for Batoka development
THE African Development Bank (AfDB) has begun implementation of a resource mobilisation plan to secure an estimated $4 billion for the development of the 2 400 megawatts Batoka Gorge Hydro Electricity...Published: 27 Sep 2018 at 06:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Batoka project on course
The Batoka Gorge Hydro Electricity project, which is set to generate 2 400MW on completion, is on course amid indications that the Council of Ministers from Zimbabwe and Zambia are expected to meet so...Published: 22 Jul 2018 at 10:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi economy can sustain it's people and the continent
Mthwakazi activist Hloniphani Ncube has said Mthwakazi nation which lost its sovereignty in 1893, when the British collaborated with the Shona people to rule the state through the rule by conquest has...Published: 18 Jul 2018 at 07:29hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
7 months and a new reality
Yesterday I saw the new advertisement for the president's campaign on his Facebook page. I must admit it gave me goosebumps. I know, I know, that is what is supposed to do, but I can't help but feel t...Published: 10 Jul 2018 at 11:20hrs | | by Joice Tsitsi
$4,5bn Batoka deal to create 6 000 jobs
Zimbabwe and Zambia have agreed on principles for the $4,5 billion Batoka Gorge Hydro Electricity project secured by Harare, paving way for a technical meeting this week between experts from two the c...Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Residents should heed President Mnangagwa's call
Both commercial and domestic users of electricity owing the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) large amounts of money should heed President Emmerson Mnangagwa's call to pay for electricity b...Published: 29 Mar 2018 at 12:11hrs | | by Chido Chikuni
Water, a top priority human right
A water-wise Good Samaritan has been offering clean water for free to strangers along Samora Machel Avenue West in the vicinities of Belvedere's Marimba shopping centre for decades now. Possibly that ...Published: 23 Mar 2017 at 07:28hrs | 3 | by Chigumbu Warikandwa
Power generation to drop at Zambezi River
THE next six months will be crucial for the country's ability to meet domestic and industrial demand for electricity.This is because power generation from the Kariba Gorge will drop by mor...Published: 26 May 2015 at 06:20hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe courts Chinese power firm
ZIMBABWE is courting China Power Investment Corporation to invest in the $2,2 billion Sengwa Thermal Power Station in Gokwe, Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa has said."We have held meetings...Published: 27 Mar 2014 at 09:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe in need of adequate power supplies
Zimbabwe's economy which is on the recovery path cannot grow productively without reliable and adequate power supplies, the Minister of Energy and Power Development, Elton Mangoma.He said thi...Published: 01 Jul 2013 at 16:59hrs | | by Mafu Sithabile
Mozambique threatens power cuts to Zimbabwe over 'huge debt'
HARARE - Mozambique's Cabora Bassa Hydro Electricity Company is threatening to further reduce or suspend power exports to Zimbabwe over ZESA Holdings' huge debt, a senior government official said yes...Published: 16 May 2012 at 10:23hrs | | by New Ziana
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