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27 May 2012
                       
 
 
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23 Jan 2012
 
 
Heavyweight industry group issues carbon tax warning
CARBON TAXES
An industry lobby group comprising large mining groups and mineral processing companies is cautioning against the proposed introduction of a carbon tax in South Africa until South Africa has fully...
 
 
10 Jan 2012
 
Energy intensive users prepared to reduce demand
ELECTRICITY
Power utility Eskom’s biggest industrial customers, mainly mining and manufacturing companies, on Tuesday indicated that they would scale down demand to prevent rolling blackouts if the...
 
 
02 Sep 2011
 
News this week
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South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) denys a bid by its Youth League leader Julius Malema to have disciplinary charges against him dropped, allowing a hearing to proceed that could...
 
 
30 Aug 2011
 
 
 
Daily podcast – August 30, 2011
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Firebrand ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema, facing suspension from South Africa's ruling party, said he is ready to step down if it will bring unity to a political group increasingly divided...
 
 
29 Aug 2011
 
SA’s power prices approaching affordability ‘tipping point’
ELECTRICITY PRICES
South Africa’s electricity prices, which have more or less doubled from an average real level of 25c/kWh in 2008 to the current level of 50 c/kWh, were approaching an affordability “tipping...
 
 
28 Jul 2011
 
Price path warnings as SA loses cheapest power spot to Canada
ELECTRICITY PRICES
Canada has surpassed South Africa as the cheapest global provider of electricity, a new survey by energy cost management consultancy NUS Consulting shows. The ‘2011 International Electricity...
 
 
12 May 2011
 
SA should expect more distribution-linked blackouts as R27bn backlog grows
POWER DISTRIBUTION
South Africa's electricity distribution sector urgently requires a centrally-funded asset recovery plan to deal with a serious maintenance and investment backlog that continues to grow yearly, an...
 
 
18 Feb 2011
 
Energy-intensive firms team up to make carbon tax input
CARBON TAXES
Energy-intensive companies, including miners, operating in South Africa have established an ‘Industry Task Team on Climate Change’, or ITTCC, to prepare a formal response to the National...
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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