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ALEXANDRA FELEKIS
Energy Minister Jeff Radebe says Eskom on its own cannot supply the R1trn of investment in power generation, transmission and distribution needed by 2030 under the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP). read
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Eskom has secured a $180m loan from the New Development Bank (NDB) for its Renewable Energy Integration and Transmission Augmentation Project...read
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ALAN M CLEGG
So much of the world's growth over the past 200 years has been due to the discovery and ever-increasing use of affordable energy derived from fossil fuels led by coal, followed by oil, and natural gas...read
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Energy
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ISSUED BY PRIVATE PROPERTY SOUTH AFRICA
Although the threat of loadshedding seems to have faded for now, it's always a good idea to stay prepared. Here are 10 ways you can stay loadshedding-ready... Read
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PROF WIKUS VAN NIEKERK
South Africans should be allowed, and in fact encouraged, to generate their own electricity... Read
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Mining
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WERNER VAN ZYL
The periodic table of chemical elements turns 150 this year. The anniversary is a chance to shine a light on particular elements... Read
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ANDONI MAIZA LARRARTE & GLORIA CLAUDIO-QUIROGA
It was confidently billed at the time as the "deal of the century". The Sino Congolaise des Mines (Sicomines) was the most significant Chinese investment project in Africa when it was agreed in 2007... Read
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Nuclear Power
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The recent revelations by Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan that three separate safety incidents had occurred at Koeberg Power Station in 2014 and 2015 should raise red flags for South African citizens... Read
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Science & Engineering
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Extracting cobalt and lithium from old products and infrastructure is essential to heading off predicted metal shortfalls, empowering clean energy transitions and reducing risk of human exploitation. Read
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FRANCK KUWONU
African countries barely existed when the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Paris, France in 1948, three years after the end of the Second World War... Read
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GERALD GONDO
Never before has the need for infrastructure felt so immediate and acute. This became apparent to me as I travelled to Nairobi, Lagos, Lusaka and Gaborone... Read
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ISSUED BY BIZCOMMUNITY.COM
Bizcommunity is proud to announce the launch of BIZ | Daily - a daily top story round-up, curated from across 18 industry sectors by most impressions and social media shares... Read
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MATTHEW FLINDERS
In a recent poll, 90% of the British public agreed that the way Brexit negotiations were being handled was a "national humiliation". Read
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