“The board has been given a fresh mandate that they need to move with speed on the issues that Eskom is facing.”
Energy Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson and Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown have done little to pull Eskom into line.
The Chamber of Mines says proposed taxes on company revenue to fund the Mining Transformation and Development Agency will place burdens on producers.
The department says any legitimate business should have no issues with transparency.
Enel Green Power is rolling out a version of Tesla Motors’s home-power kit which has the potential to provide self-generated renewable energy.
Renewable energy is gaining fast in South Africa and may still be the most financially viable way to avoid load-shedding and blackouts.
The energy regulator has rejected Eskom’s application to raise its electricity prices further this year.
Eskom has asked at public hearings that it be allowed to raise prices to, in part, fuel gas turbines.
Christo Wiese is just one of a number of potential buyers who’ve been refunded their deposits to buy rhino from SANParks.