Chinese Firm Quits Zimbabwe Dam Construction

A chinese company has discontinued the construction of Marovanyati Dam in Buhera district citing financial constraints and high operational costs.

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Kariba Dam,Lake Kariba from the Zimbabwean side.

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  • Wade Bailey
    Oct 27 2012, 08:42

    China's interest in Africa is both economic as well as political. China has been consolidating power for many years in the Caribbean as well as Africa. The raw materials that they extract from the soil of Africa are being used to power and build their fast growing tech industry. The billions of dollars being generated will eventually benefit primarily China. Chinas African investments, will result in China being able to exert enormous influence in African politics,even at the level of the UN. Increasingly the world will begin to notice a definitive pattern when it comes to Africa and China, even here in the Caribbean the Chinese presence is allrready great.

  • foryohjonathan0000
    Sep 14 2012, 12:00

    THAT'S WHAT WE "AFRICANS" WANT TO SEE IN MANY AFRICAN COUNTRIES - DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESS FOR NOT ONLY FOR THE AFRICAN COUNTRIES BUT FOR THE PEOPLE THEMSELVES, "THE AFRICANS". CONGRATULATION ZIMBABWE, JOB WELL DONE. YOU HAVE FIGHT THE WAR, AND NOW, IT'S TIME TO SHOW MASSIVE LOVE TO THE PEOPLE OF ZIMBABWE AND THE REST OF THE CONTINENT. AGAIN, JOB WELL DONE.

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