Lean, mean season for small fry
Mail & Guardian Online
In 2008 the petrol price was more than R10 a litre, interest rates went through the roof and there was load-shedding, which really hit SME owners hard. …

Thieving cable vandals cut down electric poles
Daily Dispatch Online
We thought we were experiencing another load shedding,” said Bosch. Yesterday morning residents investigated and noticed that poles had been chopped down …

NMMU leads as pioneer
Weekend Post
… of millions of rands for companies such as Eskom, which translates to the public as higher energy costs and production losses due to load shedding. …

Power of football as a unifying factor
Sowetan
We are now back to our "normal" selves and striking, fighting, load-shedding and corrupt as ever. And, amid the gloom and doom of life on the African …

Association's KZN offices go green
Creamer Media’s Engineering News
This enables meetings to run independently of any load-shedding or power outages, he comments. “Solar hot water systems have been installed using flat …

Methane to power MTN data centres
TechCentral
The project started two years ago, just after Eskom started load-shedding homes and offices across the country. The rolling blackouts hurt SA's economy and …

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SA has shaved 2 372 MW off the evening peak since 2003
Creamer Media’s Engineering News
If we don't get a reduction in consumption, we are going to run into load-shedding again, and this is something we all want to avoid,” says Visagie. …

ArcelorMittal SA mulls 200-MW of power potential across its mills
Creamer Media’s Engineering News
… while remaining within the 90% power-use envelope that was imposed on it and other energy-intensive businesses during Eskom's 2008 load-shedding crisis. …

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Group Five studies Kalahari concentrated solar power project
Creamer Media’s Engineering News
… the reserve margin of electricity generation capacity in South Africa, as well as reducing transmission losses, and the likelihood of load shedding. …

Invader tries to grab Cup
SPORT24
Hope all of you do not cry when, taxes, unemployment,crime,load shedding goes up by huge margins. SWC only a success when these issues are addressed. …

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