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Angola sugar manufacturing project under way

Consulting engineering company Bosch Projects is undertaking the largest greenfield sugar project in Angola. Bosch Projects signed a multimillion-dollar contract with Japanese trading company Marubeni Corporation on April 24 to undertake this...
03 Aug 12
 
 
NUMSA

Company Announcement: Renewable Energy: Stop Another Capitalist Grab! PDF Available

On behalf of NUMSA’s leadership and 287 422 members of our union, let me greet and welcome you to this important conference of metalworkers of South Africa. Without being boastful, for NUMSA, the gathering that starts today is a first trade...
 
 
ELECTRICITY

Hogan declines to elaborate on Eskom's sweet deals

Public Enterprises Minister Barbara Hogan on Friday refused to reveal details of Eskom's long-running contracts with foreign companies like BHP Billiton that contributed to the entity's R9,5-billion loss last year. Hogan told Parliament's...
19 Mar 10
 
 
Electricity

Applications for wind-generated power filtering through

Since the introduction of the renewable energy feed-in electricity tariff in April, the local power utility has received enquiries relating to connecting 3 000 MW of wind-generated power from the Western Cape and 600 MW from the Eastern Cape to...
02 Oct 09
 
 
ELECTRIFICATION

Govt aiming to electrify all formal KZN homes by 2012

Government aimed to electrify all formal households in KwaZulu-Natal by 2012, Energy Minister Dipuo Peters said last week, after her first meeting with the KwaZulu-Natal provincial government.
07 Aug 09
 
 
Industrial & Commercial Lighting

Poor could benefit from electricity-free torch

While Eskom and South Africa’s municipalities struggle with the process of distributing free electricity to the poor, a Cape Town importer has landed a product providing a cheap source of light to those who cannot afford, or who have no...
 
 
Electricity

Joburg on track with free-power plan

Johannesburg is on track to provide residents with 50 kWh of free electricity by July 1, confirmed mayor Amos Masondo during his budget speech in May.
28 Jun 02
 
 
Electricity

Buying electricity by clicking a mouse

In an era of instant access to information and convenience shopping over the Internet, consumers will now have the option of buying one of the most important amenities of life online – electricity.
 
 
 
 
 
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