South Africa’s mining houses close one after the other because it has become too risky to let their workers work underground during load shedding. It costs billions of rand to stop underground mining activities and still have to pay workers even though there is no production for the whole week. Economists point out that Eskom..
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SA mining houses are closing one after the other due to Eskom load shedding
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Petra Diamonds halts SA mining operations over power cuts – Eskom will be to blame for the downfall of SA’s economy
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Petra Diamonds has confirmed it received a notification from Eskom, asking it to reduce its load to the essential level. As a result, it has announced it’s in the process of halting its mining operations in South Africa. Petra Diamonds said all production, hoisting and processing have stopped with immediate effect at its operations in..
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Enormous food shortage to hit SA, white farmers are hesitant to produce due to the ANC-regimes plans to seize farms for black empowerment
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South Africa is heading for an enormous food crisis due to the uncertain conditions that farmers are currently experiencing whilst trying to maintain their production. It’s not just the uncertainty about land theft that makes farmers hesitate to produce, but the lack of government clarity on the issues. Farmers say they cannot incur high input..
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World’s largest platinum mine group, Amplats production stalled and lots R1.6bn in revenue due to load shedding
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Eskom’s load shedding in recent months had Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) in a position that it couldn’t produce. The mining group could not extract the 92,000 ounces of metal that would normally be delivered in the first quarter of the year. With platinum prices based on the average of recent months, this means that load..
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South Africa’s online freedom is at risk, Amendment Bill stands to change South African content creation drastically
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The Film and Publication Amendment Bill stands to change South African content creation drastically. In terms of entertainment, South Africa has certainly got a high level of freedom. We are able to create online content, upload it an publish it without being worried about being cuffed. Until now… New Bill to reduce online freedom The..
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