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- Zimbabwe’s industries have cautioned that a deadly insurgency roiling neighbouring Mozambique has emerged as the greatest threat to power and fuel imports that could further hurt Harare’s economy
- Zimbabwe’s industries get most of their fuel supplies through the Beira-Feruka Harare pipeline, a 504km asset that was constructed in 1964 with capacity to handle 130 million litres of fuel per month
- In addition to fuel shipments via the vast southern African country, Zimbabwe imports a significant part of its power requirements from Mozambique’s Hidroelectrica de Cahora Bassa (HCB) to augment erratic supplies from its ailing power plants
Zimbabwe’s industries have cautioned that a deadly insurgency roiling neighbouring Mozambique has emerged as the greatest threat to power and fuel imports that could further hurt Harare’s economy. Zimbabwe’s industries get most of their fuel supplies through the Beira-Feruka Harare pipeline, a 504km asset that was constructed in 1964 with capacity to handle 130 million litres of fuel per month.
In addition to fuel shipments via the vast southern African country, Zimbabwe imports a significant part of its power requirements from Mozambique’s Hidroelectrica de Cahora Bassa (HCB) to augment erratic supplies from its ailing power plants. The insurgency has ravaged the gas-rich Cabo Delgado province since 2017, claiming over 3 000 lives, including one Zimbabwean, and displacing about 800 000 people.
Last week the European Union established a military mission to help train Mozambican armed forces. The Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI), however, said developments in Mozambique could spiral into a regional crisis with implications on domestic industries’ capacity to access markets in Maputo.
