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Zimbabwe turns to fossil energy, as drought bites

2016-01-04 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Herald: With back-to-back droughts since 2013, Zimbabwes main hydroelectric power plant at Kariba is failing, forcing the southern African nation to turn to dirtier fossil fuel-based energies to make up for the deficit. The Kariba Hydropower Station is capacitated to generate 750 megawatts of electricity, but the plant has operated at just 63 percent of capacity since early October when the Kariba dam began to dry up. In good times, hydropower accounts for over 50 percent of...

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Nestlé commissions milk powder facility in Zimbabwe

2015-12-03 01:00:00| Food Processing Technology

Nestlé Zimbabwe has commissioned a milk powder facility after upgrading it, in a move to boost production capacity.

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School dropout rate rising as drought boosts hunger in Zimbabwe

2015-11-23 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: When Thabiso Dube isn't helping his mother at home, the scrawny 8-year-old is working alongside her, doing odd jobs in exchange for food. He should be in class, but has virtually dropped out of school because he is always hungry, said his mother Sithandile Dube, of Lupane district in Matebeleland North province. Thabiso only goes to school "if he has the strength," she says - which can be as little as once a week, usually when there is enough to eat at home. "We haven't had enough (food)...

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VimpelCom and Global Telecom enter agreement to sell their operations in Zimbabwe

2015-11-18 10:54:01| Telecom - Topix.net

Telecel International owns 60% of Telecel Zimbabwe Ltd. Transfer of ownership to ZARNet will occur after customary conditions are satisfied. This release contains forward-looking statements.

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