By Thulani Mpofu Zambia is poised on September 14 to unprecedentedly halt power generation at its largest hydro plant at Kariba due to critically low water levels caused by the country’s worst drought in 40 years. Built in 1959, the dam, where Zambia has a 1,080-megawatt (MW) facility, had a usable live storage of 8.7% on August 26 compared to 26% on the say day a year ago. As a result of the abysmal water level, ZESCO, the national power company, has, since the first quarter of 2024, been generating only 215 MW at the complex. Other hydro facilities in the southern African country are similar…
