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Nobody enjoys paying the bills, but in the townships of South Africa it has become an increasingly optional activity...Walter and Levy, who do not want their full names revealed - have just been dispatched from their cramped office to help an elderly...
Tags: Levy, SECC, Soweto Electricity Crisis Committee, Eskom, Walter, South Africa, Soweto, Electrician, Electric power, Gauteng Province
President Jacob Zuma has become personally involved in Eskom's application to borrow $3.75bn (about R28.125bn) from the World Bank to fund various projects. This loan could be approved early next year and would help finance, among other things, the construction...
Tags: Eskom, World Bank, supporting eskom, power stations, South Africa, Upington, Lephalale, Jacob Zuma, Medupi Power Station, Chimneys, Business Finance
Eskom expects the World Bank to make a decision on a loan programme of up to $5-billion in the first half of next year, a senior company official said on Monday. Earlier this month the World Bank said on its website that Eskom had applied for the initial...
Tags: World Bank, Eskom, South Africa, Johannesburg, Renewable energy, Low-carbon economy, Energy policy, Medupi Power Station, Business Finance
The government will get tough on companies who do not comply with affirmative action and broad-based black economic empowerment laws, Labour Department director general Jimmy Manyi warned on Thursday. Speaking at a branch meeting of the Sandton African...
Tags: Jimmy Manyi, labour brokers, South Africa, Cape Town, Eskom, Nicey, Labour Party, Affirmative action, Labor
South Africa, plagued by chronic power shortages, plans to have the country's new nuclear power plant up and running by 2020, Energy Minister Dipuo Peters told a nuclear conference on Friday. State-owned Eskom , which operates Africa's sole nuclear power...
Tags: nuclear power, South Africa, Cape Town, Eskom, Environment, Business Finance, Medupi Power Station, Independent Power Producer
Minister of Public Enterprises Barbara Hogan was working on filling vacant top spots in state-owned enterprises (SOE), her spokesperson said on Thursday. "The process for the appointment of board members and CEOs for the SOE you mentioned is underway...
Tags: SOE, Barbara Hogan, Eskom, boards members, chief executive, Indonesia, Social psychology, Sociology, Strategic management, Scout Leader, South Africa, Business Finance, Management, Leadership, Political philosophy
South Africa could have the world's most expensive electricity if Eskom gets it tariff increases, an economist said on Thursday. "South Africa's electricity is more expensive than electricity in the United States, Israel and Mexico and if Eskom gets its...
Tags: Eskom, Mike Schussler, electricity price, South Africa, Johannesburg
Less than a week after confirming the resignation of its CEO, South African power utility Eskom on Wednesday announced three new senior appointments. The utility has appointed Paul O'Flaherty as finance director, Dan Marokane as managing director (primary...
Tags: Eskom, Mozambique, Maputo, Umeme, South African Airways, South Africa, Business Finance, Eni, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Mossel Bay
The Public Investment Corporation (Pic) does not see its way clear to advance Eskom the R30bn that the utility needs this year to fund its expansion programme. This was a bit much for the corporation, Pic chief executive Brian Molefe said on Tuesday.
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Bobby Godsell has confirmed his resignation as chairperson of Eskom with Public Enterprises Minister Barbara Hogan, he said in a statement on Monday. "During this last week the Eskom board has been able to act decisively," he said. "Government, particularly...
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