Craig Wilson and Duncan McLeod are in the studio this week for a packed episode of TalkCentral, TechCentral’s business technology podcast. In episode 39, we look at Eskom’s load-shedding schedule, the appointment
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City Power Johannesburg has posted load-shedding schedules on its website, but said this did not mean it would happen, the Citizen reported on Thursday. “On an annual basis we update our load-shedding schedules
The public are advised not to be alarmed at steam issuing from the Koeberg nuclear power station during the next few days, a spokesman said. “Given the events in Japan, we want to assure the public that perfectly clean steam
Eskom has spent more than R75,5bn on the capital investment programme since 2005, and delivered 5 031MW of new electricity generating capacity into the system, transport minister Sbu Ndebele said
Telecommunications company MTN SA is building a new data centre in Centurion, north of Johannesburg, that can operate entirely independently of SA’s electricity grid. The site will be able to function indefinitely without
The demand for electricity was set to increase by about 2% in 2011 as the country’s economy recovered, Eskom CEO Brian Dames said on Thursday. “Therefore, we are targeting every day
A short distance off the highway between Johannesburg and Pretoria, not far from the Samrand offramp north of Midrand, is a large but otherwise nondescript building. To the casual observer
Where will the money come from? This is the key question arising from confusion over cabinet’s decision to “support” — as opposed to authorise — a proposed additional R20bn for power utility Eskom.
Eskom on Thursday defended the pay and bonuses for its executives, including CEO Brian Dames. The public utility said in a statement that Dames’s salary increase was only 10,6% and that his reported 91% increase was due to “performance bonuses” from the previous two years.
Brian Dames is Eskom’s new CEO, with effect from 1 July. The Eskom veteran is taking control of the power…