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South Africa’s miners are buying their own power, and Eskom is no longer the default supplier of electricity.
Sites, grid connections and power-purchase agreements are in place for 180MW, but nothing is generating yet.
R46.2-billion of prepaid electricity moved through the group in the year to May, up 4%. The commission it earned fell 13%.
Households will not be able to choose who sells them electricity when South Africa’s competitive electricity market opens.
Tesla picks Morocco over South Africa, Google’s Gemini arrives in Volvos and Tracker CEO Dillan Fernando is in studio.
A R7.15-million CSIR study into “clean coal” is done, but the test plant is unbuilt, underfunded and years from results.
The city and the energy department say the arrears are cleared and Eskom has dropped its threat to cut supply.
Energy minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has outlined a major overhaul to South Africa’s electricity pricing policy.
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