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19 May 2013
                       
 
 
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Daily podcast – May 17, 2013.
PODCAST
A World Bank Global Development Horizons report has revealed that in less than 20 years from now, emerging economies would have the most “economic weight” as they came to dominate global...
 
 
16 May 2013
 
Shale gas to be included in amended gas bill
SHALE GAS
The proposed amendments to the Gas Bill would open the gas industry and include a platform for the potential development of South Africa’s much-contested shale gas resource. Department of Energy...
 
 
Eskom awards 46 wind-turbine contract for Sere wind farm
RENEWABLE ENERGY
State-owned electricity group Eskom has awarded technology group Siemens the contract to supply 46 wind turbines to its 100 MW Sere wind farm project, which is being developed on a 3 700 ha site...
 
 
WWF: Statement by the World Wide Fund for Nature, conservation organisation, on vulture conservation in Limpopo (16/05/2013)
STATEMENT
The Endangered Wildlife Trust’s Wildlife and Energy Programme (EWT-WEP), in partnership with Eskom Limpopo Operating Unit, the EWT’s Birds of Prey Programme (EWT-BoPP) and the Vulture...
 
 
15 May 2013
 
SACP: Statement by the South African Communist Party, discussion document on the National Development (15/05/2013)
STATEMENT
In approaching the NDP we should not begin, as some have done, with the intention of simply approving or rejecting it. Most of those who line up in this way have probably not read the 484-page NDP...
 
 
 
 
Daily podcast – May 15, 2013.
PODCAST
Energy Minister Dipuo Peters said on Tuesday that the Department of Energy (or DoE) would work towards finalising an Integrated Energy Plan (or IEP) for South Africa during the current financial...
 
 
14 May 2013
 
Eskom CEO calls for ‘super grid’ to power up sub-Saharan Africa
ELECTRICITY
The CEO of South African power utility Eskom, Brian Dames, said on Tuesday that countries in sub-Saharan Africa should work together to establish a “super grid” to boost electricity supply in...
 
 
SA: Dipuo Peters: Address by the Minister of Energy, at the Energy Department Budget Vote 2013/14, Parliament, Cape Town (14/05/2013)
SPEECH
Our first democratically elected President, Dr Nelson Mandela once said, “For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of...
 
 
VF+: Statement by Pieter Groenewald, Freedom Front Plus Spokesperson, proclaims that the Department of Public Enterprises enriches black elite (14/05/2013)
STATEMENT
"The department of public enterprises is now being transformed into an enterprise for black enrichment. The minister brags about black economic empowerment (BEE) of public enterprises and it is now...
 
 
Gigaba outlines vision for using SOC capex to spawn new black miners, industrialists
PUBLIC ENTERPRISES
Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba reported on Tuesday that initiatives would be announced in the coming months to add momentum to a “comprehensive industrialisation and transformation...
 
 
SA: Barbara Thompson: Address by the Deputy Minister of Energy, at the Energy Department Budget Vote 2013/14, Parliament, Cape Town (14/05/2013)
SPEECH
Ugesi ubalulekile ezimpilweni zayinoma ibaphi abantu abaphilayo ezweni elithuthukayo. Ngaphandle kwawo, konke kungacishe kufikelele kwanqhiketshe. Amandla awumgogodla wawonke umnotho oqinile. We...
 
 
10 May 2013
 
NUM asks Eskom to up wages by nearly R3 500
LABOUR
South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers is asking state-owned power utility Eskom to increase wages by up to R3 500 ($390) and hike the housing allowance by an additional R3 000, the union...
 
 
09 May 2013
 
‘We are nowhere near advertising the nuclear tender’
NUCLEAR ENERGY
South Africa’s Energy Minister Dipuo Peters has again stressed South Africa’s phased approached to making a decision on new nuclear capacity – an approach guided by a desire to mitigate the...
 
 
DA: Statement by Joe McGluwa, DA Shadow Minister in the Presidency, concerned by plans to place PetroSA and SABC under the Department of Public Enterprises' jurisdiction (09/05/2013)
STATEMENT
Reports today that the Presidential State-Owned Entities’ (SOE) Review Committee, headed up by the Minister in the Presidency for Performance, Monitoring and Evaluation, Collins Chabane, is...
 
 
SA: Edna Molewa: Address by the Minister of Water and Environmental Affair, at the Water Session held at the World Economic Forum on Africa 2013 Summit, Cape Town International Conference (08/05/2013)
SPEECH
It gives me great pleasure to be with you here today, to discuss the Strategic Water Partners Network – South Africa, an initiative I announced exactly 2 years ago with the 2030 Water Resources...
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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