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<title>Energy Industry Today: South Africa Energy &amp; Environment News</title>
<link>http://energy.einnews.com/news/south-africa-energy-environment</link><description>Constantly updated news and information about energy industry.</description><item>
<title>Sub-Saharan Africa news in brief: 14&apos;27 August</title>
<link>http://energy.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185303388</link>
<pubDate>27 Aug 2008 20:29 GMT</pubDate>
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...  glass factory and a cement company. Nigeria, South Africa step up clean energy efforts Gas thermal, solar, wind and waste-to-energy  ...  form part of to repair Nigeria&apos;s damaged electricity infrastructure. Meanwhile, the world&apos;s first hybrid wind-and-solar  ...
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<title>Co-Generation Woes Begin With Eskom Anglo American</title>
<link>http://energy.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185294393</link>
<pubDate>27 Aug 2008 19:28 GMT</pubDate>
<description>
...  reserve margins, co-generation  the production of electricity using waste heat from industrial processes   ...  shedding, released earlier this year, the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) highlighted Eskoms unsuitability to procure additional  ...
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<title>Growthpoint asset portfolio climbs to R27bn</title>
<link>http://energy.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185272301</link>
<pubDate>27 Aug 2008 16:53 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Growthpoint noted that it had appointed an energy and environmental adviser to counsel on all its new  ...  of the drive for greener building in South Africa, which was largely being spearheaded by property  ...
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<title>President Mugabe&apos;s speech to 7th parliament</title>
<link>http://energy.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185268743</link>
<pubDate>27 Aug 2008 16:32 GMT</pubDate>
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...  special tribute to President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa for his outstanding role as mediator of  ...  be introduced during this session. In the energy and power sector, the shortage of foreign  ...  funding, coupled with the unprecedented rise in oil prices on the world market. This situation  ...
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<title>Zille on the state of the city</title>
<link>http://energy.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185259066</link>
<pubDate>27 Aug 2008 15:32 GMT</pubDate>
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...  selected a top-notch team of international and South Africa experts in a consortium of the South African Sail Group and the French Stade de  ...  will start erecting the stadium roof. Our Electricity Services have started installing high voltage underground  ...
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<title>Absa CEO defends inflation targeting</title>
<link>http://energy.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185256728</link>
<pubDate>27 Aug 2008 15:29 GMT</pubDate>
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...  world is going into a higher inflation environment which he believes will last for a  ...  increases of 2% a year as stable. South Africa has a target of 3-6% and, like  ...  is especially the case if the international oil and food prices can hold-on to recent  ...
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<title>Matthews, Debra Lanett</title>
<link>http://energy.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185255016</link>
<pubDate>27 Aug 2008 15:25 GMT</pubDate>
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...  about services and employment. Debra also addressed environmental issues surrounding the Alton Park and Piney  ...  capacity that she gave most of her energy, for she truly loved children. She worked  ...  the World Conference Against Racism in Durban, South Africa in 2001 as a representative of the  ...
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<title>Africa-focused SME fund raises R1bn at first close</title>
<link>http://energy.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185251761</link>
<pubDate>27 Aug 2008 14:55 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda and South Africa. The new pan-African fund would be targeting  ...  make it a very attractive growth finance environment, said GroFin Managers MD Jurie Willemse .  ...  investing in Nigeria and the Empowerment through Energy Fund, a R50-million pilot fund fully invested  ...
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<title>Ex-Storm investors in data centre deal</title>
<link>http://energy.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185245002</link>
<pubDate>27 Aug 2008 14:19 GMT</pubDate>
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...  investors and management are behind Teraco Data Environments, the company that last month finalised the  ...  systems. Teraco claims to be the first South African commercial data centre that will have ISO  ...  second round. Van Wyk says the recent electricity crisis posed both an opportunity and threat  ...
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<title>&quot;Let me pay special tribute to President Mbeki&quot; - Mugabe</title>
<link>http://energy.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185244191</link>
<pubDate>27 Aug 2008 14:15 GMT</pubDate>
<description>
...  special tribute to President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa for his outstanding role as mediator of  ...  be introduced during this session. In the energy and power sector, the shortage of foreign  ...  funding, coupled with the unprecedented rise in oil prices on the world market. This situation  ...
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<title>More South Africans &apos;concerned&apos; about climate change</title>
<link>http://energy.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185237578</link>
<pubDate>27 Aug 2008 13:29 GMT</pubDate>
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... SOUTH Africans are above the world average when it  ...  may have increased awareness was the countrys energy crisis, with 89% of South Africans saying  ...  of those surveyed in SA, followed by pollution. The biggest fear by all those surveyed  ...
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<title>Africa Oil Week, Africa&apos;s Premier International Oil &amp; Gas Event</title>
<link>http://energy.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185202221</link>
<pubDate>27 Aug 2008 08:54 GMT</pubDate>
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...  50 Corporate Exhibitors The 15th Annual Africa Oil Week 2008 is the world&apos;s largest and  ...  drawn from across the African oil and gas value chain. Cape Town, South Africa (PRWEB) August 27, 2008 -- Africa&apos;s Premier  ...
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<title>Bank Urges Clients to Gauge Their Pockets</title>
<link>http://energy.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185199095</link>
<pubDate>27 Aug 2008 08:11 GMT</pubDate>
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...  the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa (Naamsa), says it is difficult to forecast  ...  said Naamsa. Matthee said the negative economic environment makes the car sales market very competitive.  ...  result of sharp increases in inflation, especially energy and food. ...
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<title>Homeland Energy Purchase of Appolo Fuels to Add 114 Million Tons Measured &amp; Indicated Coal to Homela</title>
<link>http://energy.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185190255</link>
<pubDate>27 Aug 2008 06:55 GMT</pubDate>
<description>
... Homeland Energy Purchase of Appolo Fuels to Add 114  ...  operations - the Kendal Mine near Witbank, South Africa and the Northfield site reclamation project near  ...  provinces of Mpumalanga and Kwa-Zulu Natal. Total South African production for 2009 is forecast to be  ...
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<title>--&gt; Homeland Energy to Purchase US-Based Appolo Fuels and Diversified Energy for US$105-Million</title>
<link>http://energy.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185188447</link>
<pubDate>27 Aug 2008 06:46 GMT</pubDate>
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... Homeland Energy to Purchase US-Based Appolo Fuels and Diversified  ...  Africa. Homeland owns two producing operations in South Africa - the Kendal Mine near Witbank, and  ...  provinces of Mpumalanga and Kwa-Zulu Natal. Total South African production for 2009 is forecast to be  ...
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