Wednesday, April 9, 2025

Power Generation at Kariba North Bank Set to Rise with Increased Water Allocation

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Power generation at the Kariba North Bank Power Station is expected to see a gradual increase following a higher water allocation by the Zambezi River Authority (ZRA).

The authority has allocated 13.5 billion cubic meters of water to the Kariba North Bank Power Station, a significant rise from the 8 billion cubic meters allocated last year. This increase comes as part of the total 27 billion cubic meters of water shared between Zambia and Zimbabwe for power generation.

Ministry of Energy Permanent Secretary for Electricity Arnold Simwaba confirmed that the allocation is divided equally, with each country receiving 13.5 billion cubic meters for their respective power generation operations at the Kariba Dam.

Addressing concerns regarding last year’s water distribution, Mr. Simwaba clarified that the 16 billion cubic meters allocated in 2023 was also shared equally between Zambia’s ZESCO Limited and the Zimbabwe Power Company. He dismissed allegations suggesting that ZESCO or its partner institutions were misleading the public to justify power tariff increases, calling such claims baseless and untrue.

21 COMMENTS

  1. “In Dubai there is no rain but there is no loadshedding, the difference is leadship, leadship, mulekutika”

  2. The minister of Energy said I have given you power for 3 hours, please clap for me and strangely the audience clapped. Only in Africa

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    • What about hydropower generation on the Kafue River where Zambia controlls all the water? The Kafue river is full of water now. What’s happening to power generation on power stations on this river? Should people ask before they are told or Zesco is supposed to see it fit to tell its customers?

  3. Please don’t get excited. You should always cut your dress according to the cloth.
    Don’t let politicians tell what to do. You are the professionals. Use only what is reasonable enough not cause long load shedding in the near future.

  4. With this GRZ’s popularity falling these over estimated comments will increase
    Kariba should allowed to recover fully rather than leave it at a critical level for most of the year

  5. The other time I was reassuring Spaka to be still as a hyper bumper harvest and a fast filling Kariba will leave you speechless apart from your usual useless demands for HH to declare his assets. What was your reply? Now, look at your life

  6. I hope Zimbabwe appreciates having a neigbour like Zambia. Sharing the water in Lake Kariba between Zambia and Zimbabwe by fifty per cent is not right. Most of the water in Lake Kariba comes from the Zambian basin of the lake. We are in a crisis and I will not develop my position any further since there are historical aspects. Zambia was founded by people who were not indigenous to the area hence careless agreements. But remember how Zimbabwe behaved when we decided to put a bridge at Kazungula to link us to Botswana.

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    • The Kariba wall was funded by the World Bank during the Southern and Northern Rhodesia before Roy Welensky era. At the time both countries were one entity, hence, called twins. Why mustn’t we share the water at 50/50 allocation? Our shared history is lovely, interesting and brotherly.

    • Stop being childish. We played no part in defining what Zambezi waters were Southern Rhodesia’s and Northern Rhodesia’s. Thats why great african philosophers campaigned for a United States of Africa but 60 years later you are still running one product nations selling that product only to ex colonial masters. Yeah the neo-colonial master will be very happy with you Africans because he has divided and conquered you mentally and economically.

    • @Anti Kythera why indeed should Zambians and Zimbabweans be splitting over rain from God? If we were one country we would realize the water is OURS.

  7. Just a Point Kariba will not fill this year or next a bumper crop not likely lets agree a good crop compared to last year

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    • To some people like TIKI,kariba will have filled up only when the spill gates are opened to let out surplus water. Northern province has already predicted a bumper harvest.Simplified;load shedding will drastically reduce from June and there shall be no hunger in Zambia from the same month
      It is a great blow to diabolical people like KITI and Dejafoool who were praying daily for continued drought. They wanted continued sufferings of Zambians as a conduit to assume power. Shame on you

  8. Has loadsheddig Improved ??? No it’s worse now and schedules are meangless these days all excuses are NCC command

  9. We will discuss this in June when someone predicts bumper crop in Northern Province I hope it is but everything coming out of this GRZ is grossly exaggerated

  10. The issue of load shedding is not rocket science as politicians would like you to believe. How can a country with sufficient installed capacity be experiencing load shedding? Enter power exports to South Africa. My five year old daughter can tell me that if I stop exporting the power, there will be sufficient electricity in the country to even stop load shedding. Why has the country continued exporting power despite the hardships in the nation? The angels currently in power have figured out that the income from these exports is far less than the economic damage to the country. They have instead proposed expensive and long term solutions to the people in the streets.

  11. The issue of load shedding is not rocket science as politicians would like you to believe. How can a country with sufficient installed capacity be experiencing load shedding? Enter power exports to South Africa. Stop exporting the power, there will be sufficient electricity in the country to even stop load shedding. Why has the country continued exporting power despite the hardships in the nation? They have instead proposed expensive and long term solutions to the people in the streets.

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