COP17 inspires local mechanic to complete eco-friendly geyser
The Witness
A LOCAL mechanic's idea to manufacture a bio eco-friendly geyser was motivated by the load shedding which began in 2008, but the 17th Conference of Parties (COP17) inspired him to complete his project. Prithy (Batchu) Bhekarie, owner of RVN Motors …

Bloomsbury in Cape Town?
Books LIVE (blog)
Liz McGregor's an investigative journalist of international repute and has co-edited two collectors' anthologies on contemporary South Africa; At Risk and Load Shedding should be essential reading for anyone with an interest in an archive of our times. …

Taxman tops the pile while Telkom simply torments us
Independent Online
(And I have to wonder, seriously, whether Telkom has a “load shedding” policy where it shuts off little-used suburban lines when the pressure gets too much.) The problem is that no one at Telkom is listening to us when we complain, either by phone …

Falling in love with the slow cycles of Zanzibar
Mail & Guardian Online
Ironically, we managed to bump into the two Dutch girls again, for the fourth time, and over Serengeti, Tusker and Safari beers we shared tales and bragged about our respective highlights until the sun disappeared, and the daily Zanzibar load-shedding …

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Black Tuesday in Joburg thanks to power failure
Business Day
While SA has not had any load shedding since April 2008, Eskom executives have warned of possible power constraints until the commissioning of the first unit of the utility's Medupi power station in 2013. Medupi has been the subject of delays, …

Keep left, pass right
Citizen
Aladdin Jr must be a South African tale, as Eskom's load-shedding is one of the few reasons a boy would play with an oil lamp. The boy in question, Aladdin (Counihan) then inadvertently releases a rather chatty but enlightening Genie (Williams) who not …

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