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Completed in 1960 under the now defunct Central African Federation, Kariba supplies both Zambia and Rhodesia with power, ties them together like sullen Siamese twins. For two weeks Kaunda has ...
Last week, along the shores of Lake Kariba and at remote Devil’s Gorge, troops tramped through the underbrush seeking terrorists, while Rhodesian jets roared overhead, raining bombs, bullets and ...
save for cosmetic expansions of the existing Hwange Thermal and Kariba Hydroelectric power stations. These expansions have proven inadequate in meeting the demands of a growing population and an ...
The Rhodesian government divided the country into ... South East Border (Operation Repulse), Midlands (Operation Grapple), Kariba (Operation Splinter), Matabeleland (Operation Tangent), Salisbury ...
Water levels at the Kariba reservoir plunged to a record low of less than 1%, curtailing power supply to Zambia and Zimbabwe and shuttering the tourism and fishing industries. The dam, which is ...
A SERIES of earthquakes struck the Kariba area early this week leaving residents shaken, but there were no reports of major damage or casualties. The Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) attributed the ...
Between 1958 and 1964, when the country was white-minority-ruled Rhodesia, more than 5,000 animals ... of the world's largest man-made lakes, Lake Kariba. This time it's the lack of water that ...
Zambia and Zimbabwe will be allocated the least amount of water on record for electricity generation next year due to plunging levels at Lake Kariba, the world’s largest artificial reservoir ...
"You see what I mean?" he said. Zambia's worst electricity blackouts in memory have been caused by a severe drought in the region that has left the critical Kariba dam, the source of Sikunyongana ...