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<strong>The</strong> <strong>First</strong> Fifty <strong>Years</strong><br />
Eckhard Muller scouted further<br />
upstream of Goodenough for<br />
another suitable dam site� He<br />
found one at Zamani, some 20 km<br />
upstream of the factory, but a<br />
great deal further by road via<br />
Dududu�<br />
<strong>The</strong> factory was shut down on<br />
the morning of 9 November 1992<br />
when the river flow dropped to 15<br />
cusecs, but rain on the day allowed<br />
the factory to restart the following<br />
day� <strong>The</strong> mill ran very precariously<br />
through December when the river<br />
reached its lowest ever recorded<br />
level of 6 cusecs� In December the<br />
<strong>Saiccor</strong> Board agreed to spend R3,8<br />
million building temporary dams<br />
at Zamani and Goodenough (some<br />
3,7 million m 3 of storage)�<br />
Grinaker arrived at Zamani in<br />
February 1993 with their huge<br />
scrapers to remove ‘mountains’,<br />
under the supervision of Eckhard<br />
Muller and CBI’s site manager<br />
Tom Roering� Mike Bentley and<br />
Graham Kelly looked after<br />
<strong>Saiccor</strong>’s interest (the scrapers<br />
were also used for making<br />
playing fields for local schools)�<br />
Zamani Dam was completed on<br />
30 March 1993, with full support<br />
and co-operation from inkosi Roy<br />
Bele�<br />
Zamani Dam<br />
Zamani Dam, earthworks in progress, 1993<br />
Zamani Dam on completion, with water flowing over the spillway, 1993<br />
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