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Eskom gears up for pay talks
Cape Town :: South Africa | 4 days ago
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Three trade unions for Eskom employees have submitted their demands ahead of this year's salary negotiations, the power utility said on Tuesday. Spokesperson Hilary Joffe said the negotiation process would begin next week. Lists of demands were
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Eskom to launch real time power alerts on SABC
Cape Town :: South Africa | 10 days ago
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South Africans daily real time information on the power system, the power utility has said. "The new power bulletin initiative announced today [Wednesday] aims to encourage South Africans to shift their energy usage during the peak demand period:
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Dames: Eskom spend needs foresight
Cape Town :: South Africa | 11 days ago
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South Africa has learned important lessons in infrastructure investment, said Eskom CEO Brian Dames. Investing in new capacity was a large task, very long-term, and presented problems in funding and building, he told delegates at the African Utility
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South Africa: Electricity - We Will Be Held to Ransom If We Don't Fight Back
Cape Town :: South Africa | 19 days ago
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Living with an electricity monopoly armed with a mandate to provide basic services can be a double-edged sword. If well run and efficient it can be a boon for consumers and the public in general. If poorly and inefficiently run, the aftershocks will
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I use a gas stove, says Eskom boss
Cape Town :: South Africa | 20 days ago
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If you visit Eskom boss Brian Dames at his home during winter, he is likely to point out one of his proudest material possessions: his green swimming pool. Dames is one of the faces of SA's energy and electricity sector. And, with new murmurings
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SA must 'pull together to save power'
Pretoria :: South Africa | 23 days ago
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Cabinet has called for a "national effort" to reduce electricity use during this winter. Briefing journalists in Pretoria on Thursday, two days after Cabinet's fortnightly meeting, Minister in the Presidency Collins Chabane said there were no plans
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Africa: Centre for Environmental Rights to Challenge Kusile in May
Washington :: NJ :: USA | 26 days ago
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The Centre for Environmental Rights (CER) has been invited to present a submission regarding Kusile to the Mpumalanga Department of Economic Development, Environment and Tourism. CER in cooperation with Earthlife Africa, groundWork and 6 community
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Eskom comes under more fire
Cape Town :: South Africa | 1 month ago
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Opposition parties have questioned the timing of Eskom's maintenance schedule, with some saying it could be a malicious act in response to the public's objection to rate hikes, eNCA reported. Eskom's management appeared before Parliament's public
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Numsa says workers are not rhino
Johannesburg :: South Africa | 1 month ago
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Poaching Num members is not the National Union of Metalworkers of SA's priority, its general secretary Irvin Jim said on Tuesday. "Workers are not rhino," Jim told reporters in Johannesburg. "We didn't sit, plan, and poach from the Num." The only
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Beat the peak, Eskom urges consumers
Cape Town :: South Africa | 1 month ago
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Eskom has repeated its urgent call on electricity users to help it "beat the peak" this winter by switching off non-essential appliances between 17:00 and 21:00 each day. Briefing members of Parliament's public enterprises portfolio committee on
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