Civil work on the expansion of Zimbabwe’s Kariba South Power Station have begun, with engineers carrying out extensive blasting at the site as Government moves in to ease the country’s power shortages.
This is in line with the Zimbabwe Agenda for Sustainable Socio-Economic Transformation, which identifies energy and power development as key in production and economic development.
The US$355 million expansion project, that is expected to add 300 MW to the national grid, had been stalled by several unsettled preconditions ranging from monetary to technical issues between the contractor, Sino Hydro of China and the Zimbabwe Power Company.
ZPC is a subsidiary of Zesa Holdings. Most conditions have been met and China Exim Bank is expected to release funding early next month while ZPC has set July 15 as the deadline for meeting all its obligations, which include raising US$35 million (10 percent of the project)…
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