Karpowership has had one of three appeals against adverse environmental rulings rejected, a source has said.
Author: Antony Sguazzin
Karpowership said it will demand a retraction from André de Ruyter, the former CEO of Eskom, because it said he had inferred the firm was corrupt.
Eskom is seeking approval to release more of the pollutant linked to ailments ranging from asthma to heart attacks.
South Africa’s biggest business group urged President Cyril Ramaphosa to use an upcoming cabinet reshuffle to improve government’s performance.
Senior members of the ANC have blamed a range of factors outside their control for South Africa’s electricity crisis.
South Africa made fresh inquiries about securing electricity supply from Turkey’s Karpowership as it battles its worst-ever power outages.
The Turkish company seeking to supply 1.2GW of power to South Africa will get a decision on its application to proceed with the projects by 7 March.
South Africa’s National Energy Crisis Committee expects record power outages to ease as new measures take effect.
Opposition politicians and South Africa’s biggest labour union say they’re readying a lawsuit as blackouts cripple the nation.
Eskom CEO André de Ruyter resigned because “it’s a tough job”, President Cyril Ramaphosa said, stressing that the government has a “cohesive” plan to resolve the national power shortage.