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Total Blackout: Force Majeure and Supervening Impossibility in a Grid Collapse
15th August 2023 If South Africa were to experience a total grid collapse, parties to a contract may be able to invoke force majeure clauses, or if no such clauses... →
DA lays criminal charges against Ekurhuleni CM for permanent electricity crisis challenges faced by residents
8th August 2023 This week, the Democratic Alliance (DA) in Gauteng laid criminal charges against the Ekurhuleni City Manager (CM), Imogen Mashazi, for failing to... →
City of Johannesburg, City Power setting the table for a weekend in the dark
27th July 2023 The DA demands answers from the executive in the City of Johannesburg, about how security contracts that ensure the safeguarding of critical... →
Big platinum group metals pull in return for small fuel cell car market push 
By: Martin Creamer 20th July 2023 If fuel cell electric vehicles can capture 10% of the global car market, demand will be created for five-million to six-million ounces of... →
NMB Mayor Van Niekerk knew Qaba would apply for top MBDA job
20th July 2023 Damning correspondence between senior Northern Alliance (NA) politicians has revealed that NMB Executive Mayor Gary van Niekerk knew then suspended... →
South Africa dare not fail in securing future demand for platinum
By: Martin Creamer 19th July 2023 South Africa dare not fail in securing future demand for its ‘incredible’ platinum group metals (PGM) endowment, the Hydrogen Economy Discussion... →
Impala Platinum taking steps to develop solar energy plant in Rustenburg
By: Martin Creamer 19th July 2023 Impala Platinum on Wednesday announced its intention to develop a 100 MW-plus solar energy plant at its platinum group metals operations in North... →
Communication blackout: impact of power grid collapse on ICT
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 17th July 2023 Eskom, South Africa’s electricity utility, insists a grid collapse is ‘unlikely’ and that it would take an ‘unforeseen and sudden sequence of... →
