Investors have concerns about South Africa, former Federal Reserve chairperson Alan Greenspan told a conference in Sandton on Tuesday.
A change in attitude is needed to keep building, writes Maya Fisher-French.
Deliberations over power utility Eskom’s proposed 53% tariff hike are ongoing, the National Energy Regulator of South Africa said on Friday.
South Africa must embrace private sector involvement in the electricity sector if it wants to solve a power crisis that threatens to derail its growing economy, a business group said on Tuesday.
Electricity authorities on Monday called for action to deal with a R25-billion maintenance backlog that could further stifle economic growth.
South Africa’s power crisis poses a threat to economic growth and the government’s efforts to reduce unemployment and poverty, Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka said on Monday.
The regulatory framework that will enforce the energy conservation programme and penalise consumers who use electricity excessively is being finalised, it was reported on Friday.
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/ 31 January 2008
Understandably, in a time of crisis someone has to carry the blame.
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/ 15 November 2007
Picture it: Johannesburg, 2010. It’s the final of the World Cup, and Bafana Bafana are playing England. Soccer City is brightly lit.