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Zimbabwe: Lake Kariba Fails to Generate Power Despite Rains
New Zimbabwe, 14 January 2020
Water levels at Lake Kariba remain below expected volumes needed to generate power despite the rains the country has been receiving, Energy Minister Fortune Chasi has revealed. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: How Politics and Poverty Affect Electricity Provision
The Conversation Africa, 14 January 2020
Zimbabwe's economic challenges are numerous, but one of the most pressing is electricity scarcity. Around 40% of the country's population has access to electricity. Read more »
Lake Kariba Fails To Generate Power Despite Rains in Zimbabwe
Zimbabweans face the prospect of longer power cuts following revelations by authorities that water levels at Kariba Dam, the country's source of hydro-power, remain below expected volumes needed to generate power. Zimbabwe is enduring an unprecedented electricity crisis which has prompted up to 18 hours a day of so-called load shedding, because the grid can't generate enough energy to meet national demand or pay for adequate power imports, owing to foreign-currency shortages.
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Zimbabwe: 'Lack of Maintenance a Threat to Dams'
The Herald, 20 August 2019
Zimbabwe has several dams with potential of causing serious risk to the viability of multi-million dollar agriculture projects and the public due to lack of maintenance over the… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Power Shortage Looms As Kariba Dam Dries Up Due to Drought
New Zimbabwe, 22 March 2019
The Zambezi River Authority (ZRA), which manages the Kariba Dam on behalf of Zimbabwe and its northern neighbour Zambia, has warned of a serious electricity crisis as water levels… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Local Businesses Turn to Solar Energy
The Herald, 7 November 2019
Many Zimbabwean small to large businesses are turning to solar energy to try and overcome one of the country's worst challenges - prolonged electricity cuts. With the country… Read more »
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