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Kariba's usable storage drops to 2.89%
The water level at Kariba Lake has continued to show a general decline, with only minor fluctuations driven by rainfall in the lake and its immediate catchment area. As of December 11, 2024, the lake'...Published: 16 Dec 2024 at 13:09hrs | 2069 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe re-introduces brutal load-shedding timetable
The Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) has re-introduced brutal load-shedding schedules after it was forced to cut its power generation at the key Kariba plant.This is expected to se...Published: 08 Mar 2024 at 14:30hrs | 514 | by Staff reporter
Low water level threatens power generation at Lake Kariba
ZIMBABWE's power generation capacity is likely to decline this year due to low water levels at Lake Kariba, which have plunged down to 5, 63% this week from 27% last year.This comes as the cou...Published: 24 Nov 2022 at 04:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls records highest flows for the month of February
Victoria Falls, one of southern Africa's biggest tourist attractions, has hit its highest peak in years for the month of February following heavy rains that have pounded major catchment areas of the Z...Published: 18 Feb 2021 at 15:04hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe dams gain record inflows in more than 5 decades
Dams in the country have gained a record 47,5 percent inflows since 1974 following improved rains in the current 2020–2021 summer season, the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (ZINWA) says. ...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 05:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kariba water rises 25%
Prospects for improved power supply appear much brighter this year following indications that the water level in the Kariba Dam, which produces more than half the electricity consumed in the country, ...Published: 29 Jan 2021 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZETDC Kariba shreds its own loadshedding schedule
The ultimate tourist resort town of Kariba must brace for dark days like it has never endured before since 1960.Zimbabwe's electricity shortages are getting worse each day as the Kariba lake w...Published: 26 Jun 2019 at 07:06hrs | 1 | by Laiton Kandawire, Patsaka-Nyaminyami CR Environment and Tourism Series
Two dead bodies found in Lake Kariba
The Zimbabwe Republic Police details stationed in Kariba have anounced that they have retrieved bodies of two male adults aged 39 and 19 years, who went missing in Gatche Gatche Tsuwa area on 14...Published: 19 Jun 2019 at 14:18hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
ZimParks chief brings sanity in the Fishing industry in Lake Kariba
Following decades of several cries by the new fishing generation that had been trying in the fishing business enterprise especially of matemba regards allocation of permits, the current Director Gener...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 11:24hrs | | by MuHwisiry Chaiyeiye a Patsaka Nyaminyami Community Radio Correspondent
Zimbabweans should brace themselves to more load shedding
ZESA Holdings has attributed the temporary reprieve in rampant electricity load shedding in various parts of the country to low demand of power as most industries are on annual shut down.Zesa ...Published: 03 Jan 2016 at 10:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Crayfish breeding out of control in Lake Kariba
SCIENTISTS say a fresh water crayfish brought from Australia is breeding out of control in Lake Kariba, devouring the food sources of other fish and putting the nation's entire aquatic ecosystem at r...Published: 08 May 2013 at 04:23hrs | | by Angus Shaw I AP
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