According to the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) Africa Energy Outlook, a Special Report in the 2014 World Energy Outlook series, the increase of access to modern forms of energy is crucial to unlocking faster economic and social development in...
Eskom’s monopoly over electricity is under the spotlight again. It was the subject of discussion on Friday on the final day of the South Africa-Italy business Summit in Cape Town. Source: SABC digital news Source URL:...
Earlier this week Statistics SA confirmed that the municipal total income for the second quarter of 2014 was R68,4 billion in its Quarterly Financial Statistics of Municipalities report. The main source of municipal income was identified as the...
GE Africa and the United States African Development Foundation (USADF) and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) have announced the 22 winners in the second round of their Power Africa Off-Grid Energy Challenge. Selected from nearly...
The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) is pleased to announce a historic disbursement record in key strategic infrastructure projects in South Africa and SADC region. Total disbursements increased by 39.1% from R9.2 billion in 2012/13 to...
The number of consumer units receiving basic services from municipalities and service providers has increased from 2012 to 2013. The largest increase in the provision of services was 6.2% in sewerage and sanitation. This was followed by a 5.1%...
The City of Cape Town has unveiled the first ‘green’ transport facility in South Africa that generates its own electricity, enabling it to operate off the electricity grid. The Wallacedene taxi rank is the first public transport facility in the...
At least 20 people have been arrested in four days of protest violence in the Southern Cape town of Mossel Bay. Residents set fire to local municipal buildings and looted shops. Source: eNCAnews Source URL:...
Two out of three sub-Saharan Africans (600 million people) lack access to electricity. In June 2013, U.S. President Barack Obama announced Power Africa — an initiative to double the number of people with access to power in Sub-Saharan Africa. Since...
