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First load shedding for the year begins

Eskom has begun implementing stage one load shedding, it announced on Twitter on Friday. A tweet sent from the power utilities media account read “Eskom has started load shedding in stage 1 as of 11:05.” Eskom spokesperson Khulu Phasiwe...

Concern for PPC shareholders in AfriSam merger

Experts believe the merging of South Africa’s two largest cement producers —PPC and Afrisam —does not make Business sense. Following a SENS announcement, in December, on a non-binding merger proposal from the AfriSam group to PPC, many industry...

Ebola delays completion of Liberian hydro project

The completion date for the Mount Coffee Hydro Power Project in Liberia has been extended to 2016 as a result of the deadly Ebola virus. According to a report by The Inquirer Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf explained that every project in...

The global impact of dams on river flow: Part 2

When dams are built they have an impact not only on the flow of water in the river, but also on the people who live downstream and in the surrounding ecosystems. By placing data from close to 6 500 existing large dams on a highly precise map of the...