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As winter approaches, Cabinet says it welcomes the finalisation of the contract for 400 megawatts (MW) of additional capacity through the standard offer programme,...
Skills needed to meet the demands of the future energy sector: SA not ready
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Unmanaged electricity expenditure could cripple South Africa’s agriculture sector
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The acting Group Chief Executive of Africa’s largest utility, South Africa’s Eskom, Calib Cassim, says the power company’s executive management has agreed to assist...
Shedding light on the City’s solar plans
The Mayoral Committee Member for Energy, Councillor Beverley van Reenen, on Tuesday, 16 May 2023, spoke at a Small-Scale Embedded Generation (SSEG) event hosted...
Local base, efficiency will spur growth for SEW-Eurodrive in Zambia
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Francis Musaba,...
Electrical assembly’s manufacturer sees growth spurt
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Loadshedding is having a huge impact on the uptake of new equipment, warns Shumani
LOADSHEDDING is having a huge impact on the total uptake of equipment in general, says Victor Nemukula, MD of Shumani Industrial Equipment. Companies are...
A small business confidence plummets as the energy crisis intensifies
The escalation of the energy crisis in South Africa, which has brought with it the onset of indefinite stage 6 loadshedding, has had an...
Technology, innovation driving City’s energy security initiatives
The Mayoral Committee Member for Energy, Councillor Beverley van Reenen, delivered the welcome address at Africa Tech Week and outlined the City’s steps to...
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