Traditional mud brick rondavels can be easily and affordably upgraded to increase thermal efficiency and aesthetics with the addition of a face brick “skin”. Architect and lecturer, Mthembeni Mkhize, has been researching methods to improve on the...
Residents at New Life informal settlement in Ward 15 broke out in loud cheers when eThekwini Municipality Mayor Councillor James Nxumalo announced the roll-out of the electrification programme to 900 households in the area. “The installations are...
At least R200 million has been set aside for the preparatory work of including nuclear energy in the country’s energy mix, Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene said. Speaking to reporters ahead of his tabling of the 2015 Medium Term Policy Budget Policy...
Eskom fully supports the Department of Energy’s Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (RE-IPPP), saying that IPPs must play a role in the country’s electricity market. In a statement on Tuesday, the power utility said it...
