THOUSANDS OF TONS OF WATER pouring through the floodgates of the Kariba dam and falling about 400ft into the Kariba gorge, on the Zambesi river. Because the dam’s power station, which supplies about 60 per cent of the power for Zambia’s copper belt, is controlled from the Rhodesian side, President Kaunda has asked for British troops to protect the dam.
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Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30938, 20 December 1965, Page 11
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60THOUSANDS OF TONS OF WATER pouring through the floodgates of the Kariba dam and falling about 400ft into the Kariba gorge, on the Zambesi river. Because the dam’s power station, which supplies about 60 per cent of the power for Zambia’s copper belt, is controlled from the Rhodesian side, President Kaunda has asked for British troops to protect the dam. Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30938, 20 December 1965, Page 11
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