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Load-Shedding Looms

NewEra.com.na: "Namibia might soon resort to load-shedding as power shortages worsen in neigbouring South Africa, from where Namibia imports 120 megawatts a day.

Namibia, which produces 384 megawatts of power from local plants, has a daily maximum requirement of 450 megawatts, with the extra load imported from South Africa, Zimbabwe and Zambia."

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