Bassa [化] 仲丁威
Bassa \Bas"sa\, Bassaw \Bas*saw"\, n.
See {Bashaw}.
- The Cahora Bassa Dam, a huge hydroelectric plant spanning the Zambezi River in northwest Mozambique, is capable of producing enough power to satisfy all of this country's energy requirements and 8% of South Africa's needs as well.
- "Cahora Bassa cuts across everything in our bilateral relations," says Glen Babb, South Africa's deputy director general for foreign affairs.
- President Joaquim Chissano of Mozambique shook hands with Botha at an airfield welcoming ceremony, then took him on a tour by jeep of the nearby Cahora Bassa hydroelectric project before a two-hour meeting.
- Diplomats and government sources in both countries believe that agreement on Cahora Bassa will pave the way for a meeting between Mozambican President Joaquim Chissano and South African President P.W. Botha.
- At the moment, though, Renamo seems to be under no one's control in the countryside, making its reaction to the Cahora Bassa rehabilitation unpredictable.