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The South African economy is facing a number of domestic challenges while headwinds from the fragile and uneven global recovery remain a constraint to growth. The uncertain and increasingly...
The adjudication process for two large tenders issued by Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) for the procurement of 599 dual-voltage electric locomotives and 465 diesel locomotives for its general freight...
Special economic zones (SEZs) can help South Africa deal with its unemployment challenge by attracting jobs that China and other Asian nations will shed as they relocate some of their...
State-owned power utility Eskom claimed on Monday that the cost of generating electricity at its R2.4-billion, 100 MW Sere wind farm would compare “favourably” with those achieved by private...
The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa)) has granted a license for Eskom’s Sere wind farm, opening the way for construction to go ahead on the R2.4-billion project, which is due to...
International Relations and Cooperation Deputy Minister Marius Fransman returned today, 17 May 2013, from a successful tour of Central and Eastern Europe where he visited Azerbajain, Belarus, the...
The Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) came into existence in 2009. Reflecting on the past 42 months since the establishment of the department, this period has been marked with a...
Addressing this Council in the past, we noted that a historical feature of the South African economy most of the national gross value-add (GVA) is concentrated in a few regions of the country. The...
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...
Due to its abundant natural hydro- and geothermal resources, Iceland generates already today 100% of its electricity using renewable resources, with about 70% coming from hydropower and 30% from...
Human beings must take a leaf from nature where nothing is wasted and everything contributes to balancing the ecosystem. This was one of the major themes to emerge from second day of the...
It is common knowledge that the term of this administration has coincided with the most severe global economic crisis since the 1930s. When we took office in 2009, the SA economy moved into...
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...
South Africa’s rolling renewable-energy procurement programme has gained further momentum with another 19 projects reaching financial close on May 9 and with the tender documentation for the...