The author says the opinion piece was the latest in a years-long campaign of misinformatio​​n about the River Club
The utility buys R11-bn of electricity from Eskom which it needs to sell to make revenue and reinvest but instead it loses R2-bn a year due to illegal connections
If the high court in Cape Town rules for an interim interdict in the River Club project to halt building on heritage land, Amazon is likely to pull out
The R4.6-billion project, set to house Amazon’s new African headquarters, is on ‘sacred floodplain’, say applicants
The controversial River Club development gets the go-ahead, but opponents say they are heading for court
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