More incredible is that we from Zimbabwe and Zambia are starting to do general maintenance 60 years later. Zambian und Zimbabweans are the same people and tribe, separated by a river, by the way. We speak and understand the same traditional language and of cause englisch.
And in the middle of nowhere. They built what is now Kariba town to host the skilled workers. Presumably the labourers were housed in what became the townships nearby?? Add in the searing heat of the Zambezi valley and it was a fantastic piece of engineering.
I lived in Mufulira ( Zambia) in the late 60s to late 70s and visited the Kariba dam and lake, stayed in the Cutty Sark Hotel, I remember the beauty of the whole area including such marvels as the Victoria Falls to. Very fond memories
@@mwabamubemba1813 I will one day my friend, when I tell my family of my memories it is not as good as seeing it for themselves, I have been very lucky to see such wonders😊👌👌
Shame. The EU can't utilise the Zambezi Power Authority when funding the rehabilitation project because they are at a politico-economic war with Harare. EU funding Zambia. Not Zambia and Zimbabwe. Well, the good news is as long as the magnificent structure is maintained that's cool.
its a pity because all this developement is directed towards Zambia bt by the fact that they share the bridge the Zim side will also benefit. E.U is doing a great job
Ci sono passato sopra la diga enorme ci sono ancora villaggi capanne le truppe dei Tonga che aspettano di ritornare xke li hanno spostati x fare la diga dopo 30 anni adesso non so se sono ancora lì tutto questo io vivevo in zambia
So sad that the shoots were designed incorrectly. If only they could rerouted down by about 60m and horizontal with 15 deg upwards spouts. I can't help to wonder whether the optimal cost effective solution at the moment is to provide some kind of deflectors outside each of the 6m dia tubes to cause the stream to break up in order to reduce the solid stream that hits the coffer dam below.
So they do the same as the chinese lending money and giving the contract back to the E.U companies. Was there any international bidding for this project.
Absolutely! Our country will become the Breadbasket of Africa once more. Nothing ( especially the collapsing zanu pf party ) can ever stop positive progress, prosperity and change coming back to our country, people and Wildlife. There is a bright future ahead indeed.
Shut the hell up, this dam provides electricity for Zimbabwe, Zambia, and some is even sold to South Africa, don’t worry, there’s plenty of places for you to go build your mud huts somewhere else
P.s, you did get reparation, 60 years ago when your ancestors (not you) were removed from the area, people like you were not moved, maybe your parents, but not you, so stop complaining
@@zimbabweyouthoutdoors4613 what of reparation was offered to the locals? Providing them the transportation to move the indigenous to the dry poor high land? I'm a Country girl. I so none of what you are referring at. I lived in the Up Country with my grandma in the village. Villagers were forced to immigrate in urban areas South Africa, Bulawayo name it to seek for jobs in order to sustain it's families. The Ba-Tonga people have been mocked & played on both in Zambia, Zimbabwe & alone other rive banks of Zambezi... For several years. The land have it's indgenious yet they voiceless, neither does the so called energy have it been benefited much to the land owners. You need to stop bullying land owners.
Demanding it from who? TH-cam? As a Dr one would expect you to know the correct channels to follows, if indeed your demand is legitimate. Were you personally removed from that land?
Yes I grew up in SA and heard of many South African men going up to work on the dam. The wages were way above average but the conditions were rough.
I can imagine.
Even more incredible thing is that they did IT in the 50s!!!!!
More incredible is that we from Zimbabwe and Zambia are starting to do general maintenance 60 years later. Zambian und Zimbabweans are the same people and tribe, separated by a river, by the way. We speak and understand the same traditional language and of cause englisch.
@@playgirl7305 the white man built IT
And in the middle of nowhere. They built what is now Kariba town to host the skilled workers. Presumably the labourers were housed in what became the townships nearby?? Add in the searing heat of the Zambezi valley and it was a fantastic piece of engineering.
Just go to show we here in Africa can design and built world beating projects.
Look what the ancient Romans and Israelites had built thousands of years ago. 50's was around breakfast.
Can we have brilliant minds to grow even bigger n better than waiting for Kariba to rot before we can be awake
I lived in Mufulira ( Zambia) in the late 60s to late 70s and visited the Kariba dam and lake, stayed in the Cutty Sark Hotel, I remember the beauty of the whole area including such marvels as the Victoria Falls to. Very fond memories
Good to know hope you can for another visit. Zambia is far better now
@@mwabamubemba1813 I will one day my friend, when I tell my family of my memories it is not as good as seeing it for themselves, I have been very lucky to see such wonders😊👌👌
The Kariba dam. Absolutely no preventative maintenance carried out since it was inherited from the Rhodesians.
The Italian engineers who designed and built the Kariba dam and the ones who designed the Zambezi bridge were way ahead of their time.
La diga è stata progettata ing francese
Costruita da italiani
Shame. The EU can't utilise the Zambezi Power Authority when funding the rehabilitation project because they are at a politico-economic war with Harare. EU funding Zambia. Not Zambia and Zimbabwe. Well, the good news is as long as the magnificent structure is maintained that's cool.
Great place enjoy every time am there
its a pity because all this developement is directed towards Zambia bt by the fact that they share the bridge the Zim side will also benefit. E.U is doing a great job
Ci sono passato sopra la diga enorme ci sono ancora villaggi capanne le truppe dei Tonga che aspettano di ritornare xke li hanno spostati x fare la diga dopo 30 anni adesso non so se sono ancora lì tutto questo io vivevo in zambia
Melhor mesmo uma boa manutenção. Para não termos danos na kahora bassa e nos sucumbir em tete
So sad that the shoots were designed incorrectly. If only they could rerouted down by about 60m and horizontal with 15 deg upwards spouts. I can't help to wonder whether the optimal cost effective solution at the moment is to provide some kind of deflectors outside each of the 6m dia tubes to cause the stream to break up in order to reduce the solid stream that hits the coffer dam below.
Dutch Know everthing about dams and water management.so! I believe in you meener
The designer was the french engineer Andre Coyne, the same of the Malpasset dam collapsed in 1959
This was 50s tech no computers biggest of its kind . Easy to sit in an armchair now and criticise.
The plunge pool scouring to 80m deep under the dam, is the inevitable result of lack of hydraulic engineering design experience of the then designer.
Great video! Hope it all works out.
Thank you for the kind comment
From the word 'kaliba' a hanging rock
Anyone know who did the intro song to this video
Amazing
I was under the impression that the Cahora Bassa dam further down the Zambezi river in Mozambique was larger?
Karina is deeper
No..Kariba is larger
Aswan high dam is bigger.
So they do the same as the chinese lending money and giving the contract back to the E.U companies. Was there any international bidding for this project.
Mio padre ha lavorato li
Can we get an update on progress????
What would happen if the dam had to just crumble
😱🚫
The Hoover Dam in Nevada is more beautiful than the Kariba Dam. Just as the Colorado river is far more beautiful too
And then?😂😂😂🙄🤷♀️
0:23 There has not been any "economic development" since decolonization. Post colonial African countries only go backwards.
The construction of the Kariba Dam is a fascinating engineering project
Ancient Romans made better concrete than we do today. How long will dams last now, or are we building human disasters?
Zim will raise again
Amen! It's already beginning
You got my subscription
Absolutely! Our country will become the Breadbasket of Africa once more. Nothing ( especially the collapsing zanu pf party ) can ever stop positive progress, prosperity and change coming back to our country, people and Wildlife. There is a bright future ahead indeed.
Mary manneko monyau is neither a Zambian or Zimbabwean.
This is just a lot of blablabla and nothing about the rehabilitation project.
When was the last time you came to the dam and captured some images to prove that there is nothing happening
@@mwabamubemba1813 I was referring to the video, not the dam.
WE DEMAND REPARATION, FLEEING & DISLOCATING US. HOW MANY LOCAL DIRECTORS ARE FROM ZIMBABWE & ZAMBIA?
Shut the hell up, this dam provides electricity for Zimbabwe, Zambia, and some is even sold to South Africa, don’t worry, there’s plenty of places for you to go build your mud huts somewhere else
P.s, you did get reparation, 60 years ago when your ancestors (not you) were removed from the area, people like you were not moved, maybe your parents, but not you, so stop complaining
@@zimbabweyouthoutdoors4613 what of reparation was offered to the locals? Providing them the transportation to move the indigenous to the dry poor high land? I'm a Country girl. I so none of what you are referring at. I lived in the Up Country with my grandma in the village. Villagers were forced to immigrate in urban areas South Africa, Bulawayo name it to seek for jobs in order to sustain it's families. The Ba-Tonga people have been mocked & played on both in Zambia, Zimbabwe & alone other rive banks of Zambezi... For several years. The land have it's indgenious yet they voiceless, neither does the so called energy have it been benefited much to the land owners. You need to stop bullying land owners.
@@dr.nakazwenamwiingam-beenz3482 ARE YOU A WITCH DOCTOR?
Demanding it from who? TH-cam? As a Dr one would expect you to know the correct channels to follows, if indeed your demand is legitimate. Were you personally removed from that land?