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| Discussions on the establishment
of Cahora Bassa hydro-electric power station on the Zambezi River, in
Mozambique, started in 1965. Dr Straszacker handled the negotiations, that started in
1968, between the South African and Portuguese governments. It was intended to supply
electrical power along a 1 400 km route to South Africa. Apollo substation,
established by Escom, received the first power transmitted from Cahora Bassa in May 1975.
The civil war in Mozambique caused an interruption of electrical power supply from this
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| A national power network was established in
the 1960s. This network was destined to link the Transvaal power stations with the Cape
Province undertaking. The lack of coal made it cheaper to transport electricity to the
Cape Province via power lines from the north. The announcement of the Orange River
Project, which would provide a power source halfway, made this 400 kV link viable. The
transmission line to Beaufort West was completed in 1969. Power then flowed from Eastern
Transvaal into the Western Cape distribution system. |
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| This webpage was last
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