Shortly after several industrialists and mining houses announced that they wanted to become self-sufficient with the availability of electricity, the ANC’s Energy Minister immediately took the gap to help Eskom. Minister Jeff Radebe has apparently “paved the way” for private institutions to generate power to be included in the Eskom network, but such institutions must..
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ANC’s energy loophole – private institutions are going to be forced to supply Eskom with their own electricity
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Cope says Cyril Ramaphosa and ministers must pay for fuel to feel our pain, so we can call for #Nofuelbudget, that will surely save South Africa some money
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Just hours after the latest petrol price hike kicked in on Wednesday, the Congress of the People (Cope) suggested that President Cyril Ramaphosa and his cabinet ministers pay for their own fuel to feel the financial impact being endured by citizens. The party said in a statement that the day the president and his cabinet..
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Energy minister Jeff Radebe is embroiled in a mystery $1bn (R14.5bn) oil deal in war-ravaged South Sudan
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Energy minister, Jeff Radebe is entangled in a secret $1bn (R14.5bn) oil deal in war-ravaged South Sudan, but his investment pledge has raised eyebrows in government circles – and could land him in hot water. The minister’s team has already spent about R20m pursuing the mystery deal, including hiring a private jet to travel to..
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The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa) board are being replaced, will the new members approve nuclear deals??
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General financial misconduct, not adhering to shareholder instructions and repetitive legislative non-compliance are among a litany of challenges which lead to the government replacing the South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa) board.
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JZ nukes protocol for his own agenda
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Amid the long series of Gupta emails that show the family’s trail through the corridors of “state capture”, it can be easy to lose sight of the other instance of “state capture” — or even “country capture” — that is afoot. Jacob Zuma’s Cabinet reshuffle earlier this week, his 11th in the eight years he..
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Energy fund faces ruin if state mining company moves to Zwane’s department.
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The Central Energy Fund (CEF) faces financial ruin when Energy Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi hands the state’s mining company, African Exploration Mining and Finance Corporation, to the department of mineral resources. This will take place in the few months left of this financial year. Sources in the department have told the Mail & Guardian it will..
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