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/ 24 February 2010
Nersa on Wednesday granted Eskom a 24,8% tariff increase for the 2010/11 financial year, falling short of the power firm’s request for a 35% hike.
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/ 23 February 2010
South Africa plans to build multiple nuclear plants to plug the country’s power deficit and reduce its carbon footprint, a senior official said.
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/ 23 February 2010
Eskom has filed court papers accusing former CEO Jacob Maroga of having "failed to perform his duties" and being "dishonest", it was reported.
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/ 22 February 2010
The National Energy Regulator of SA (Nersa) is expected to announce its decision on Eskom’s tariff application on Wednesday.
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/ 19 February 2010
Opposition parties heavily criticised the ANC’s economic policies, but offered few constructive alternatives at a Critical Thinking Forum this week.
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/ 10 February 2010
If ever there was a poster for why nationalisation sucks, Alexcor, Eskom, SAA, SABC, Denel and Sentech would feature boldly and largely on it.
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/ 1 February 2010
A commission of inquiry is the only way to sort out the "critical mass of maladministration and mismanagement" at Eskom, the DA says.
Eskom is seeking substantial price hikes, but there are still questions about where the parastatal’s funds are going. Lynley Donnelly reports.
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/ 28 January 2010
The current Eskom application for a 35% electricity tariff increase is a farce, the Democratic Alliance (DA) said on Thursday.
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/ 28 January 2010
Anglo American’s South African coal unit expects domestic demand to drive future expansion, especially in the underexploited Waterberg area.
Will rivers cope with the demands made on them for energy supplies? Ilham Rawoot reports.
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/ 27 January 2010
The numbers show that such a swift and steep increase may hamper the country’s recovery from the economic crisis, curb its growth and threaten jobs.
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/ 27 January 2010
White extremists stuck in 1972 and Women’s League Cardigans. Hayibo’s take on the news of the day.
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/ 26 January 2010
Early indications are that the ANCYL may not back former Eskom CEO Jacob Maroga in his legal challenge against the parastatal.
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/ 26 January 2010
Payouts to "failed" departing chief executives of parastatals have cost the SA public at least R262,1-million over the last decade, the DA says.
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/ 26 January 2010
Cosatu said on Tuesday that the amount Jacob Maroga is claiming from Eskom over his dismissal — R85-million — is excessive.
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/ 25 January 2010
Trade union Solidarity made an urgent appeal to Eskom to provide it with a detailed account of all the foreign employees appointed there.
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/ 24 January 2010
Ousted Eskom CEO Jacob Maroga has slapped the parastatal with a massive R85-million lawsuit, a media report said on Sunday.
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/ 23 January 2010
Eskom is not an efficient producer and a 35% price hike will only throw the country into a deeper socioeconomic abyss, Nersa heard on Friday.
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/ 22 January 2010
The process used by the National Energy Regulator of SA to determine Eskom’s tariff hikes was now deeply flawed, a number of speakers said on Friday.
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/ 22 January 2010
Eskom’s proposed tariff hike will lead to more bad debts for municipalities, the SA Local Government Association (Salga) said on Friday.
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/ 21 January 2010
Eskom’s proposed tariff hike could delay the country’s economic recovery, Business Unity SA (Busa) said in Midrand on Thursday.
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/ 21 January 2010
It’s in the country’s national interest for Nersa to "choose appropriately" when it makes its decision on Eskom’s tariff hike, Eskom said on Thursday.
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/ 21 January 2010
The ANC has dismissed a furore over its investment wing’s stake in a multibillion-rand government energy project, denying any conflict of interest.
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/ 20 January 2010
Cosatu on Wednesday said that Eskom’s proposed tariff increase would plunge poor people into enormous difficulty.
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/ 18 January 2010
Eskom’s proposed 35% tariff hike will lead to more illegal connections, the SA Institute of Electrical Engineers and Cosatu said on Monday.
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/ 15 January 2010
Eskom must consider other models of funding besides increasing tariffs, trade union Solidarity said in Rustenburg on Friday.
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/ 13 January 2010
It was better for the country to swallow the "bitter pill" of an electricity tariff hike now, Eskom’s acting chief executive told hearings on Tuesday.
Nersa’s hearings on Eskom’s massive tariff hikes begins soon but government hasn’t made the plan it is based on available. Read our leaked copy.
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/ 21 December 2009
The SACCI has expressed concern over the potentially negative effect a 35% tariff increase Eskom has applied for will have on the SA economy.
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/ 9 December 2009
South African power utility Eskom’s proposed tariff hikes could be the death knell for the mining industry, auditing firm BDO warned on Wednesday.
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/ 4 December 2009
The ANC told him to wait till after the elections, say Eskom staff.