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dam-l (Fwd) 3 articles: 2 on Cahora Bassa, 1 on World Bank
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>Three more articles:
>Cahora Bassa Tariffs Source of Tension Between Portugal and South Africa
> (BBC story, ANC Daily News Briefing story)
>World Bank Speaks on South Africa's Economic Development
> (ANC Daily News Briefing story)
>
> Monday, October 12, 1998 Published at 01:16 GMT 02:16 UK
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> World: Africa
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> South Africa visit to Portugal
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>
>
> The South African foreign minister, Alfred Nzo, is
>expected in Portugal. His office said that issues for discussion would
>include South Africa's free trade negotiations with the European Union.
>
> Talks are also expected to cover the Cahora Bassa
>hydro-electric scheme in Mozambique, which has been the subject of
>protracted talks
>involving all three countries.
>
> Rehabilitation of the dam sabotaged during the civil war
>is Portugal's biggest foreign investment, and Portugal said last week
>that it believed the power station was sufficiently operational to start
>repaying its creditors.
>
> Mozambique is keen to restart power supplies to South
>Africa, although the tariff is under debate.
>
> From the newsroom of the BBC World Service
>
>
>>From ANC Daily News Briefing:
>
>SA NOT IN A BIND OVER POWER SCHEME, SAYS NZO
>JOHANNESBURG October 11 1998 Sapa
>
> The Cahora Bassa electricity scheme will be one of the issues
>Foreign Affairs Minister Alfred Nzo will discuss with his Portuguese
>counterpart soon, Nzo said on Sunday.
>
> Nzo was responding to reports that Portugal was "holding South
> Africa to ransom" over the troubled scheme in a bid to recover
> almost R20
>billion Portugal had sunk into the hydro-electric dam.
>
> The Sunday Independent newspaper pointed out that South Africa was
>not likely to be squeezed into paying punitive tariffs for electricity
>from Cahora Bassa because it had an oversupply of electricity.
>
> Nzo said on Sunday: "I am concerned about the tenor of the press
>report in the Sunday newspaper about our relationship with Portugal.
>
> "It is true the Cahora Bassa scheme has been the subject of
> lengthy
>negotiations, but this should in no way be construed as being a major
>complicating factor in our relations with Portugal."
>
> The fact that he was flying to Portugal on Sunday night was
>indicative of the strength of these relations, Nzo said.
>
> "I shall certainly discuss the issue with foreign minister Jamie
>Gama, but as I have said before, a special committee has been created to
>negotiate an agreement on the Cahora Bassa scheme between Mozambique,
>Portugal and South Africa, and I am convinced that an early solution will
>be found."
>
> The Sunday Independent said an agreement between Mozambique and
>Portugal,
> yet to be ratified by South Africa, would have the latter paying
>"above market rates for power it does not need."
>
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