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  • Why BEE is not to the benefit of blacks 24 Nov 2009 13:53 GMT
    ... entrepreneurship Speech by the CEO of the South African Institute of Race relations, Mr John Kane-Berman, ... striking difference between the black elite of South Africa and the elites of Asia, where the ... includes such things as free housing, water, electricity, healthcare, and education. Writing in July 2007, ...

  • Timberland Reinforces Commitment to Minimize Its Carbon Footprint by Converting to LED Lighting 24 Nov 2009 13:30 GMT
    ... the end of 2009. By reducing the electricity used on a daily basis for lighting ... global greenhouse gas Timberland believes the greatest power for change lies in the hands of ... throughout North America, Europe, Asia, Latin America, South Africa and the Middle East. Timberland's dedication to ...

  • PUMA joins Climate Neutral Network of the UNEP 24 Nov 2009 13:11 GMT
    ... Sportlifestyle brand PUMA will become the first major ... core temperature control and solar power for electricity and water heating. Similarly, its Boston office ... to reduce their own emissions – its South African supplier, Impahla Clothing, became the first Carbon ...

  • Export Council grows membership 24 Nov 2009 10:32 GMT
    ... metering to establish a certification body for electricity meters for utilities, as well as the ... the EMIA Rules Committee. Leopold says that South Africa has a distinct competitive advantage: “Local companies ... a high level of product development make South African companies excellent partners of choice and a ...

  • Eskom gets Zuma's support 24 Nov 2009 09:07 GMT
    ... how important Eskom's development programme is for South Africa," National Treasury head Thoraya Pandy told Sake24. ... among other things, the construction of a solar-power installation at Upington, a railway line in ... power station near Lephalale in Limpopo. The electricity utility has been negotiating with the World ...

  • SAfrica's Zuma backs World Bank loan for Eskom: paper 24 Nov 2009 08:53 GMT
    ... JOHANNESBURG, Nov 24 (Reuters) - South African President Jacob Zuma has written a letter ... said on Monday. Eskom has been rationing electricity since early 2008 when the national grid ... mines and smelters to shut and costing South Africa billions of dollars. Earlier this month the ...

  • Simplifying going green 24 Nov 2009 08:26 GMT
    ... November 24, 2009 Green building in South Africa is not as daunting as you might ... make sense of the new greening laws. "South African National Standard (Sans) 204 is a new ... will save substantially. As more and more South Africans are making the change to a green ...

  • Zuma supports Eskom loan 24 Nov 2009 07:10 GMT
    ... how important Eskom's development programme is for South Africa," National Treasury head Thoraya Pandy told Sake24. ... among other things, the construction of a solar-power installation at Upington, a railway line in ... power station near Lephalale in Limpopo. The electricity utility has been negotiating with the World ...

  • Business misses climate change boat 24 Nov 2009 06:01 GMT
    ... LOCAL business has failed to develop a consolidated position ... to have a “known team” from the South African business sector attending to report back to ... a time when new investment in the electricity sector is desperately needed. “If business is ...

  • Communities can bank in a flash 24 Nov 2009 06:01 GMT
    ... THE founders of Take it Eezi are launching a ... community service payphones and sells airtime and electricity through a network of over 40 000 home ...

  • How bizarre fight over mines skews the agenda 24 Nov 2009 06:00 GMT
    ... Malema implicitly attacks Cronin in racial terms saying: “We ... on the basis that so much of South African mineral wealth is not beneficiated. As anyone ... generation capacity and in the top 10 electricity suppliers by sales. Using Eletrobras, which is ...

  • Prices must ensure returns - Netcare 24 Nov 2009 03:10 GMT
    ... was committed to working with both the South African and UK governments to meet the increasing ... existing infrastructure, was reached, Netcare said. In South Africa, there are plans to introduce National Health ... another Eskom situation where we provide cheaper electricity but can't afford to build turbines... and ...

  • World Cup projects lift SA out of slump 24 Nov 2009 03:10 GMT
    ... Cup projects lift SA out of slump South Africa's spending to host the 2010 Fifa World ... of 1.5 percent growth in 2010. State-owned power utility Eskom is spending R385bn over the ... five years building power plants and expanding electricity capacity to prevent a repeat of shortages ...

  • World Bank considers loan to fund Eskom's expansion 24 Nov 2009 03:02 GMT
    ... funding shortfall, according to the National Treasury. South Africa was in "advanced" talks with the World ... of blackouts last year that shut most South African mines and smelters for five days. The ... R30bn if it gets permission to triple electricity tariffs during three years, a plan that ...

  • Equipment Boost for Hwange Colliery 24 Nov 2009 01:27 GMT
    ... Hwange — Coal producer, Hwange Colliery Company Limited (HCCL) ... excavating equipment worth US$5 million from a South African company to augment its ageing mining fleet. ... resulted in constant load-shedding by the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) due to low availability ...


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