Zambia will start power cuts from Thursday 15 December which are expected to last six hours at a stretch., told the Zambian Parliament that it may only affect residential areas.
Zimbabwe, on the other hand, is already facing 19 hours load shedding daily with devastating effects on all aspects of life in the country. Electricity is turned back on between approximately midnight and 5 AM. "Kariba generates almost half of our power needs, which is why a reduction in its generation capacity immediately registers throughout our economy and in our lives,"Hospitals are sometimes left without water because pumps are inoperative.
Small businesses have been badly hit. Charles Svidzi, a 59-year-old barber, told AFP he was forced to close his shop as he depends on electric hair clippers and there are no customers at night.Kariba's water level has been decreasing steadily because of droughts and low inflows from the Zambezi River and its tributaries.
Kariba Dam is the largest man-made one in the world, providing the bulk of electricity consumed in both
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