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Zimbabwe:
Caution Needed On Renewable Energy
Financial Gazette, 1 October 2015
It is apparent that Zimbabwe, like South Africa, is suffering from a crisis in the supply of electricity, due to a total lack of forward planning and investment over at least the… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Zesa's Poor Planning Prompted Power Cuts
Zimbabwe Independent, 2 October 2015
LACK of proper planning and poor management of the Kariba Dam has resulted in the current powercuts as both Zambia's power utility, Zambia Electricity Supply Company (Zesco) and… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Kariba Dam and Power Crisis - the Cost of Poor Management
Zimbabwe Independent, 2 October 2015
Fifty years ago, the Kariba Dam was the centrepiece of collaboration of the Central African Federation. Built in just four years, it was opened by the Queen Mother in 1960 in front… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Power Deficit Chokes Informal Sector
Financial Gazette, 1 October 2015
Jefta Moyo leapt out of his bed at the noise of children shouting in celebration: "Magetsi adzoka! Magetsi adzoka!" Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Energy Minister Undenge Not to Blame for Power Crisis, Says Mugabe
New Zimbabwe, 1 October 2015
President Robert Mugabe has defended under fire Energy Minister Samuel Undenge at a time when the power situation in the country continues to worsen. Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
President Speaks On Power Crisis
The Herald, 2 October 2015
Power outages bedevilling the country are a result of low water levels at Lake Kariba and Government is working on a robust system premised on harnessing solar energy to avert… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Catching Up to Changing Times
Waza, 30 September 2015
Zimbabwe's electricity supply authority has announced a load-shedding schedule that will see some neighbourhoods going without electricity for more than eighteen hours in a day.… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Power Cuts Affect Tobacco Planting
Financial Gazette, 1 October 2015
POOR planning continues to undermine productivity in the agricultural sector, and the current country-wide power cuts have exacerbated the situation, negatively affecting… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
60 Percent of Zimbabweans Live in the Dark - Govt
Financial Gazette, 29 September 2015
THE Zimbabwe government on Tuesday said that more than 60 percent of the country's 13 million people have no access to electricity as the country struggles to meet demand,… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Power Supply Crisis Grounds Fragile Economy
Financial Gazette, 1 October 2015
CAPTAINS of industry scrambled to engage government this week after a debilitating power crisis escalated, threatening over 200 companies. Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Govt to Outlaw Electric Water Heaters
The Herald, 1 October 2015
Government will phase out electric geysers and replace them with solar powered water heating geysers in January next year as one of the measures to save electricity, Energy and… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Geyser Ban Noble
The Herald, 1 October 2015
Regarding the specifics of the banned geyser strategy, the powers that be need to brace for the challenges of implementation and monitoring, two aspects that are almost always… Read more »
