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Electricity Woes

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Planned ISMO unlikely to be panacea for power sector’s woes

The proposal to introduce an independent system and market operator (ISMO) into South Africa’s power generation sector seems to have found favour with government. However, it remains to be seen whether an ISMO would help in resolving the...

By: Saliem Fakir

29 Jun 12

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Daily podcast – June 12, 2008

In today's podcast: recruitment problems and long-lead times were threatening to delay power utility Eskom's wind energy project, South Africa's business confidence declines further in the second quarter of the year, and Cosatu will...

By: Shannon de Ryhove

12 Jun 08

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