Botswana has ambitious plans for a commercial agriculture project that will draw nearly half a billion cubic metres of water per year from the Chobe River.

 

 Siphosethu Stuurman takes a closer look at reported discord over Chobe River irrigation scheme. [4:35m]: Play Now | Download (23)

The four countries that are party to the ZIZABONA electricity interconnection project – Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana and Namibia – are set to move the project forward.

Negotiations over the Zambezi Watercourse Commission stimulated development of agreements on transboundary basin management for the whole of Southern Africa.

A transboundary initiative aimed at providing clean drinking water and proper sanitation between Angola and Namibia, is making steady progress.

ZAMCOM’s Michael Mutale uses the model of the village court to explain the role of river basin organisations in Southern Africa.

Sound agreements on the sustainable and equitable management of joint water resources require effective means to implement them. Water officials from across Southern Africa are meeting in Harare, Zimbabwe, to develop a mechanism to accomplish just that.

The Southern Africa region has made great strides in monitoring and responding to seasonal flooding, thanks in large measure to the growing strength of transboundary institutions.

Contradictory weather reports and advice risk undermining public confidence in early warning systems and disaster management in Zimbabwe.

On-again, off-again… it’s the story of both Malawi’s power supply and the interconnection project that could end blackouts with power imported from neighbouring Mozambique.

Zimbabwe’s plans to add two new generators to its Kariba South generating plant may have hit a snag after the Zambezi River Authority said the project was not feasible.