Daily podcast – January 26, 2009 - Creamer Media’s Engineering News
January 29, 2009
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Daily podcast – January 26, 2009
Creamer Media’s Engineering News, South Africa - 26 Jan 2009 The utility was forced to implement load shedding and reduce its supply to large industrial customers and mines. China is considering including more African … |
Transport costs, starvation and SA’s real bottom line - Business Day
January 28, 2009
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Transport costs, starvation and SA’s real bottom line
Business Day, South Africa - 25 Jan 2009 … from 80% rail in 1985 to 30% last year, as a failure by Transnet in parallel with that of power parastatal Eskom’s load-shedding a year ago. … |
Eskom still wants mandatory rationing, but willing to take finger … - Creamer Media’s Engineering News
January 27, 2009
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Eskom still wants mandatory rationing, but willing to take finger …
Creamer Media’s Engineering News, South Africa - 23 Jan 2009 But the company – which on January 24 last year announced a power-system emergency, precipitating months of load shedding and power rationing to mines and … |
Eskom’s off the floor - Moneyweb
January 26, 2009
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Eskom’s off the floor
Moneyweb, South Africa - 23 Jan 2009 There has been no load shedding since April. We are much wiser and we collaborate better with our customers - but we are not out of the woods. … |
No load shedding since April 2008 - Sowetan
January 25, 2009
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No load shedding since April 2008
Sowetan, South Africa - 23 Jan 2009 There has been no load shedding since April last year, state-owned electricity company Eskom said on Friday. "Although we may have had distribution or … |
Looming synfibre plant closure threatens bleak future for SA … - Creamer Media’s Engineering News
January 24, 2009
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Looming synfibre plant closure threatens bleak future for SA …
Creamer Media’s Engineering News, South Africa - 22 Jan 2009 Further, unplanned shutdowns owing to load shedding and other power interruptions would cause the polymer materials to solidify, taking weeks to restart the … |
Looking brighter, but Eskom still has a load to work out - Business Day
January 23, 2009
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Looking brighter, but Eskom still has a load to work out
Business Day, South Africa - 8 minutes ago So though the system is still vulnerable, and there clearly are bad days, there’s now been no load shedding since April and Eskom has managed to ride out … |
Neotel wireless broadband pricing revealed - Moneyweb
January 20, 2009
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Neotel wireless broadband pricing revealed
Moneyweb, South Africa - 19 hours ago It also has a back-up battery which lasts for over two hours, a very necessary "feature" for a market used to load-shedding and built-in Wi-Fi which is … |
Eskom’s system ‘still very tight’ - Business Day
January 15, 2009
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Eskom’s system ‘still very tight’
Business Day, South Africa - 17 minutes ago It did not take long for South Africans to become accustomed to load shedding. Fast forward to this year. The situation is not as dire. … |
Dicing with death - Independent Online
January 13, 2009
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Dicing with death
Independent Online, South Africa - 10 Jan 2009 … fizzed out by the downpour and parties quiet in the disappointment of midnight load shedding, the blue bridge still seemed to keep a macabre secret. … |
