Power play: Zimbabwean president in bid to block SA from taking over foreign electricity deals

[rvZA]

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa will visit Mozambique and Zambia in a bid to save the country's electricity import contracts that are being eyed by Eskom.

Mnangagwa's trips come at a time when South Africa, which is undergoing an electricity crisis, seeks to replace Zimbabwe as an importer of electricity from Mozambique and Zambia.

"This week I am paying a working visit to Mozambique. In the coming weeks I am likely to meet president [Hakainde] Hichilema of Zambia in Livingstone. Both sister countries supply us with power," Mnangagwa wrote in his weekly column in the state media.

Power play: Zimbabwean president in bid to block SA from taking over foreign electricity deals | News24

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa will visit Mozambique and Zambia in a bid to save the country's electricity import contracts that are being eyed by Eskom.

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[TelkomUseless]

I thought comrades never go against comrades. Look at Russia and ANC.

 

[MikeaMatrix]

"Comrades" up until we have to compete for the same resources.

 

[Nerfherder]

Its terribly worded but if I understand : Zim currently gets power from Zambia and Moz, now SA wants that power ?

But don't we currently EXPORT power to other SADC countries ?

 

[rvZA]

Its terribly worded but if I understand : Zim currently gets power from Zambia and Moz, now SA wants that power ?

But don't we currently EXPORT power to other SADC countries ?

I do not think I know anymore who is actually generating electricity anymore and who is providing it to whom. All I see now is a dog-eat-dog scenario playing out and expect them to kill one another for this scarce commodity in the near future,

 

[Oldfut]

Its terribly worded but if I understand : Zim currently gets power from Zambia and Moz, now SA wants that power ?

But don't we currently EXPORT power to other SADC countries ?

I don't know; was at Kariba "town" a few weeks ago. Plenty water and, locals said, very few power outages. A dump though. Big works on the dam wall underway.

 

[Phylax]

I don't know; was at Kariba "town" a few weeks ago. Plenty water and, locals said, very few power outages. A dump though. Big works on the dam wall underway.

The more north you go, the more dump it gets.

 

[konfab]

The more north you go, the more dump it gets.

Just look at Joburg compared to Cape Town.

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

The more north you go, the more dump it gets.

until you get to Congo, thats as far Dump as it gets,
after that, gets better.

 

[Phylax]

until you get to Congo, thats as far Dump as it gets,
after that, gets better.

TIL

 

[Nerfherder]

until you get to Congo, thats as far Dump as it gets,
after that, gets better.

Its like a dump hump.

 

[ForceFate]

Its terribly worded but if I understand : Zim currently gets power from Zambia and Moz, now SA wants that power ?

But don't we currently EXPORT power to other SADC countries ?

I think we export when we have excess... They also import from us when they need additional capacity. That's how I understand it.

 

["D"]

The more north you go, the more dump it gets.

until you get to Congo, thats as far Dump as it gets,
after that, gets better.

... and that's how @eg2505 died while trying to cross the Sahara ...

 

["D"]

that article just gave me an aneurysm

President Emmerson has said the following to President Cyril:

"You merely adopted the dark; I was born in it, moulded by it. I didn't see the light until I was already a man, by then it was nothing to me but BLINDING!"

 

[neoprema]

President Emmerson has said the following to President Cyril:

"You merely adopted the dark; I was born in it, moulded by it. I didn't see the light until I was already a man, by then it was nothing to me but BLINDING!"

The only light Emmerson is seeing is coming from the LED Matrix on his Bentley he bought with the country's money his pillaging like his predecessor.

 

[Acid0]

I always laugh when the article says South Africa is experiencing electricity crisis. As its something new.
No we had a crisis ten years ago and we have adopted to it now.

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

President Emmerson has said the following to President Cyril:

"You merely adopted the dark; I was born in it, moulded by it. I didn't see the light until I was already a man, by then it was nothing to me but BLINDING!"

now all he needs in a Rogue Nuclear weapon/Scientist and a cool mask,
and we have ourselves a very cool villain/Dictator that can give Qaddafi a run for his money.

 

[The Darkness]

We should be building more power generation units be it salt solar, nuclear, wind etc and stop embarrassing ourselves trying to scrounge watts from less powerful countries. Get some decent business leaders in place and untie their hands so we can create profitable investment opportunities for outside investors to fund these stations, and get our Chinese buddies to ship in a workforce able to deliver results in 18 months. Stop this pissing around having meetings and conventions, blustering around as fake business minds and put some proper CEO minds into this easy to solve situation. Just get to it now.