MOZAMBIQUE: Green lobby opposes dam construction 29 Jun 2007 16:35:56 GMT Source: IRIN Reuters and s total current consumption. Most of the power will be exported to neighbouring South Africa, although surplus electricity will also be used to lure investment in domestic heavy industry. ....Much of the anxiety over the construction of Mphanda Nkuwa is fuelled by the experience of Cahora Bassa, which has been widely cited as an environmental catastrophe since its construction in the early 1970s under the former Portuguese colonial power. ...