South Africa’s distribution infrastructure has a R35bn maintenance backlog that keeps on mounting, at the risk of major power problems. The distribution network is a vital cog in the electricity chain because it is closest to the power...
Durban – South Africa and the African continent would experience unprecedented levels of urbanisation in the next few decades which would present major challenges that governments and urban planners needed to be more aware of, Planning...
Eskom denied planning to retrench 17 000 contract workers at its Medupi power plant in Limpopo. “This is not correct,” said spokeswoman Hilary Joffe, last Tuesday. “There are currently more than 17 000 workers on site at Medupi...
A new power plant in the eastern Senegalese village of Kalom is generating electricity, income and well-being. Powered by agricultural waste, the station has lit up homes, lightened women’s domestic burdens and even put a little money in some...
