(16 Mar 2002) SHOTLIST
Cahora Bassa, Mozambique (recent):
water pouring from dam sluice; dam; underground hydro-electric plant; overground hydro-electric installation; interior hydro-electric installation; men working at desks; computer screen; Ramiro Pereira, operations manager for Hidroelectrica de Cahora Bassa, sot; homes without electricity overshadowed by giant pylons; lake; various of local people at lakeside, including fishermen in canoes; fish in bowl; people at lakeside; South African angler Willie Beaton with fish and local fishermen; local fisherman in canoe; man holding small fish; group of men talking about fish; Willie Beaton catching fish with rod and line; hippopotami in water; local fisherman with net; people spreading capenta fish out to dry; local fisherman Mplan Majomba sot; more of capenta fish; boats across lake; people at lakeside; monkey; Ackland Bischoff, or 'Skip', sot; lake and dam; Enriques Silva, head of hydro resources at Cahora Bassa, drives up; Enriques Silva sot; dam; Vega Angelos, chairman of Hidroelectrica de Cahora Bassa, at his desk; Vega Angelos sot; dam (APTN)
STORYLINE
Using, or abusing big rivers that thread through several countries usually leads to problems between those downstream and those up. Mozambique's huge Cahora Bassa dam on the Zambezi River is a classic case in point, having been the centre of economic, environmental and political arguments since it was built by the then colonial Portuguese rulers. But at least most people living around the dam's reservoir have a good life.
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