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24 Apr 2013
 
 
Eskom concerned that domestic coal prices may migrate to export levels
COAL & POWER
State-owed electricity utility Eskom has again appealed for a domestic coal-pricing regime that is premised on an “efficient and transparent cost, with a fair return” rather than one that...
 
 
23 Apr 2013
 
DA: Statement by Natasha Michael, DA Shadow Minister of Public Enterprises, on Eskom power cuts (23/04/2013)
STATEMENT
Today Eskom CEO Brian Dames appeared in Parliament and confirmed what the DA has been warning against for several months: load shedding is imminent and unavoidable.
 
 
FMF: Statement by the Free Market Foundation, independent policy organisation promoting economic freedom, questions Eskom's role as primary energy supplier (23/04/2013)
STATEMENT
For several years the FMF has warned that there is a real crisis in South Africa's electricity generation and distribution systems which, if left unresolved, will continue to cost the economy...
 
 
 
 
Daily podcast – April 23, 2013.
PODCAST
Communications Minister Dina Pule on Monday shot back at reports published in the Sunday Times, claiming that the “persistent smear campaign” against her was a result of a failed blackmail...
 
 
22 Apr 2013
 
 
 
Eskom outlines plan to trim unplanned outages to 10%
ELECTRICITY SYSTEM
South Africa’s State-owned electricity utility Eskom has approved a new five-year generation strategy, premised on an ‘80:10:10 principle’, which implies average plant availability of 80%,...
 
 
SA: Malusi Gigaba: Address by the Minister of Public Enterprises, during the Power System Update, Megawatt Park, Johannesburg (22/04/2013)
SPEECH
It is gives me tremendous pleasure to stand before you this morning as Eskom is to table before the Nation the Power System Update. We have consistently undertaken this exercise in order to be...
 
 
 
 
Gigaba hints at new Eskom support after ‘difficult’ tariff ruling
ESKOM OUTLOOK
A joint Eskom, Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) task team would “within weeks” deliver its verdict on the implications of the regulator’s February decision to grant the utility yearly...
 
 
19 Apr 2013
 
Dames selected for UN, World Bank global energy initiative committee
ENERGY
The United Nations and the World Bank on Friday announced its selection of 42 members for its global public–private partnership Sustainable Energy for All initiative. The advisory board, which...
 
 
SA: Malusi Gigaba: Address by the Minister of Public Enterprises, during the Frank Dialogue on Black Economic Empowerment, Rosebank, Johannesburg (19/04/2013)
SPEECH
South Africa has recently adopted the National Development Plan (NDP) whose theme, "Our Future - Make it Work", aptly captures the principal focus of this plan and what must pre-occupy the minds...
 
 
17 Apr 2013
 
 
 
National Environment Management Act (107/1998): Basic assessment and water use license application for the proposed construction of the 132KV Dipompong and Tswaing Substations and their associated overhead power lines: Invitation to Comments (Gazette 36
Topics
Notice is given in terms of Regulations published in Government Notice R. 544 in Government Gazette No. 33306 of 18 June 2010, under Section 24(5) of the National Environmental Management Act, 1998...
 
 
15 Apr 2013
 
The wealth that lies beneath African soil
WERKSMANS ATTORNEYS
The numerous renewable energy, economic and infrastructure developments on the African continent make it an attractive investment destination. All that is required to take successful African...
 
 
12 Apr 2013
 
Medupi, Kusile contracts did not effectively incorporate transformation
INFRASTRUCTURE
Decisions around the awarding of contracts to build and maintain parastatal Eskom’s Kusile and Medupi coal-fired power stations were made during a “moment of crisis and urgency” and did not...
 
 
 
 
Daily podcast – April 12, 2013.
PODCAST
State-owned electricity utility Eskom has agreed with labour and contractors at the strike-prone Medupi coal-fired power station project, in Lephalale, Limpopo, to renegotiated the project labour...
 
 
11 Apr 2013
 
SA: Malusi Gigaba: Address by the Minister of Public Works, on the occasion of a Ministerial visit to Medupi, Lephalale, Limpopo (11/04/2013)
SPEECH
In the last thirty years South Africa has under-invested in infrastructure including road, rail, energy and logistics and this, coupled with the current global economic slowdown, has consequently...
 
 
SA: Statement by North West Local Government and Traditional Affairs, on three Municipalities under administration (11/04/2013)
STATEMENT
In what could be described as taking the bulls by its horns by the North West provincial government, the Acting MEC for Local Government and Traditional Affairs, Paul Sebegoe, has implemented...
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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