Eskom needs to find an additional 3 000 Megawatts of power in order to maintain power plants without implementing load shedding, according to the utility’s newly appointed acting CEO Brian Molefe. Moefe said this when the Eskom Board, led by acting...
Minister of Water and Sanitation, Nomvula Mokonyane, will meet with her counterpart in Botswana this weekend to discuss furthering the programme on shared watercourses. The meeting forms part of the department’s efforts to harness its relationship...
Ministers from governments across Africa have renewed their call for a strong, new universal climate change agreement and increased flows of funds, through market and finance opportunities, sufficient to fulfill Africa’s development aspirations....
Over 40 professional bodies, institutes and associations have provided input and support to the inaugural two-day Indutec conference to be presented alongside this year’s SA Industry and Technology Fair (Indutec). Aimed at addressing challenges and...
Mexican researchers have designed new software that detects leaks in water, gas or oil distribution networks. Cristina Verde Rodarte, researcher at the Institute of Engineering, from the Autonomous National University of Mexico (UNAM), designed a...
Public Works Minister Thulas Nxesi says the improved public awareness of the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) is due to the value it adds in the communities. EPWP is a flagship programme to fight poverty and unemployment through the provision...
The Department of Energy is working with a number of countries on the continent in an effort to grow energy capacity for all Africans. This is according to a statement made by Energy Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson, as well as Deputy Minister...
Eskom’s Sere Wind Farm near Vredendal in the Western Cape has achieved its full commercial operational capacity of 100MW. In a statement on Monday, the utility said the wind farm achieved full commercial operational capacity on 31 March in line...
Government is sending 50 trainees from the South African nuclear industry to China to take part in the nuclear power plant operations training, said the Department of Energy (DoE). In a statement last week, the department said the trainees would be...
