Friday, January 15, 2016

Zambia Asks South Africa for Emergency Power

Zambia has asked South Africa for up to 300 megawatts (MW) of emergency power to ease an electricity crunch that has hit mining companies already grappling with a slide in global copper prices.

According to the Zambian High Commissioner to Pretoria, Emmanuel Mwamba, Energy minister Dora Siliya made the request in a meeting with South African President Jacob Zuma and his energy minister.

It is unclear at this stage what South Africa’s response to the request was. 

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Source: Africanews.

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