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Preferred bidders for renewable energy programme announced
The preferred bidders for phase four of the Independent Power Producer (IPP) procurement programme have been announced... read more>>



Architecture & Design
Carvings on Anglo American's offices renovated
When the mining company Anglo American established its offices in Johannesburg in the late 1930's, it decorated the building with sandstone panels featuring detailed carvings of plants and animals... read more>>
AZA2015 to focus on positive impact of design disciplines on economy
Leading innovative thinkers in the architectural and design industry will be heading to The Sheds@1Fox in Johannesburg for this year's Future City ArchitectureZA (AZA2015)... read more>>
Construction & Engineering
Africa strikes back

The Times Editorial Team

South African engineers working on mines and at a gas plant in Mozambique have been taken to secure camps after threats of reprisal xenophobic attacks... read more>>
Sustainable Development
Group Five building receives two Green Star ratings
The new Group Five head office has achieved both a Design and As Built 5 Star Green Star rating from the Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA)... read more>>
Utilities
SAAMA's conference co-located with African Utility Week
The Southern African Asset Management Association's (SAAMA) annual conference is co-located again with African Utility Week which will take place from 12-14 May at the Cape Town International Conference Centre (CTICC)... read more>>
Brian Molefe appointed as interim Eskom CE

Sikonathi Mantshantsha

As it struggles with a week-long regime of power rationing, Eskom on Friday, 17 April 2015, announced the appointment of Brian Molefe as interim chief executive with immediate effect... read more>>
Joburg unveils load limiting initiative
The City of Johannesburg through its partnership with City Power has unveiled a new load-limiting initiative which will help to curtail household consumption and reduce the potential of loadshedding. read more>>
Africa
Sasol suspends Mozambican project over xenophobia in SA
Mozambique was the first of SA's neighbours to feel the repercussions of the latest outpouring of xenophobic violence when a Sasol contract project was halted due to fear of reciprocal violence... read more>>
Zimbabwe power utility in $5bn expansion drive
Zimbabwe's power utility has budgeted $5bn for projects to scale up electricity generation, as the country battles a crippling deficit, an executive said... read more>>
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Business
[TrendTalk] How to be a sustainable brand

Louise Marsland

Brands that invest in sustainability programmes ensure their own sustainability. It is as simple as that... read more>>
SME survival guide for loadshedding

Daryl Blundell

Loadshedding is here to stay, so every small business needs to take steps to protect its systems and data when the lights go out as well as from power surges when electricity is restored after an outage... read more>>
Government news
Brown updates SA on electricity shortages
Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown has called on Eskom's residential and business customers to use energy sparingly as the winter season approaches... read more>>
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