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Russia, South Africa sign $10 bn nuclear power deal

Russia’s state-owned nuclear company Rosatom has signed a historic partnership agreement with South Africa to build a large-scale nuclear power plant in the African state and develop collaboration in other areas of nuclear industry. The…




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DA lambasts Eskom for top executives’ R50m salaries

The Democratic Alliance (DA) on Sunday lambasted Eskom for spending R50 million on executive salaries in 2014/15. Eskom’s 2015 integrated report on its financial performance for the 2014/15 financial year showed clearly that the parastatal…


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Eskom: now for the really bad news

Businessman Christo van der Rheede says anyone claiming the Eskom situation is not critical is either stupid, or doesn’t care a damn Afrikaanse Handelsinstituut’s CEO says politics is steering SA to disaster Business ‘must stand…


Illegal Connections

Picture: Burnt while attempting to steal cables On Wednesday, August 26 residents in Tasbet Park, Duvha Park, Extension 16 and surrounding areas were left without electricity as the power tripped at the substation. The suspect…


Eskom versus Soweto: The battle for power

Residents say they cannot afford to pay their electricity bills, the utility says they must. Patrick Laurence reports. Soweto, crucible of the resistance to white rule forged in the 1970s and 1980s, is the site…


Electricity

A week after taking the helm at Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd., Brian Molefe was grilled by lawmakers over why the South African power utility, once ranked the world’s best-run, couldn’t keep the lights on. Molefe,…


Hard line taken on ‘white’ sport

Picture: Keep black and white out of the green and gold – Solidarity Failure to field 60% black players will lead to the Proteas, the Springboks and Bafana Bafana being banned from representing South Africa…