Showing posts with category "energy"
Water warning for one of South Africa’s biggest cities
The City of Cape Town’s Water and Sanitation directorate has advised residents to be more cautious about their water usage as the current rainfall is noticeably lower than the previous hydrological...
August 3, 2022
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energy
Eskom to move to stage 4 load shedding – here’s the new schedule
Power utility Eskom says that load shedding will increase to stage 4 on Thursday (4 August) between 16:00-24:00, due to the continued shortage of generation capacity.
August 3, 2022
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energy
Eskom announces stage 2 load shedding – here’s the new schedule
Power utility Eskom has announced that stage 2 load shedding will be implemented today, following further losses in generation capacity.
August 3, 2022
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energy
The link between the petrol price and property in South Africa
Motorists filling up with petrol on Wednesday (3 August) will have seen a welcome reduction on their bill, following record highs in preceding months.
August 3, 2022
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energy
Alternative to Ramaphosa’s energy plan – including tax rebates
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has published its Energy and Electricity Policy outlining how it thinks the energy crisis should be managed.
August 3, 2022
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energy
Sasol restarts refinery after outage – ramps up production
Sasol, South Africa’s biggest fuel producer, restarted the Natref refinery it owns with TotalEnergies SE after delayed oil deliveries last month resulted in a shutdown.
August 2, 2022
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energy
Eskom warns load shedding could return at short notice today
Power utility Eskom has warned that it might have to implement load shedding at short notice following a loss in generating capacity and a slow return of generating units to operation.
August 2, 2022
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energy
New plans for Eskom’s ‘unsustainable’ debt in South Africa
Finance minister Enoch Gondongwana has alluded at the government taking on a portion of Eskom’s R400 billion debt.
August 2, 2022
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energy
Mantashe on Eskom 2.0 and power ships for South Africa
Anything that is not forbidden is allowed, says the minister of mineral resources and energy Gwede Mantashe – on power ships and a state-owned power utility.
August 1, 2022
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energy
Eskom meets with 70 private institutions over electricity crisis
Power utility Eskom met with the chief executives and top leadership from 70 private institutions on Friday (29 July) to discuss possible solutions to the energy crisis.
July 31, 2022
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energy
Expect a massive electricity price hike to fund Ramaphosa’s energy plan: report
South African power utility Eskom says it needs to hike tariffs to fund president Cyril Ramaphosa’s new energy plan.
July 31, 2022
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energy
Here is the official petrol price for August
The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy has published the official fuel adjustments for August 2022, with motorists finally getting some relief from hikes.
July 30, 2022
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energy