Eskom is investigating a fire that broke out at its Kusile Power Station in Mpumalanga on Friday. According to Eskom the fire started at the Unit 3 fabric filter plant between 5:30pm and 6:30pm but was extinguished immediately. The power utility...
Eskom has confirmed that another senior executive has been suspended amidst the utility’s investigations into allegations of corruption. EWN on Thursday reported that Abraham Masango, group executive for capital, was up for suspension for allegedly...
The Kusile Power Station project has reached another major milestone with Unit 1 reaching full load last week. This means Unit 1 is running at the full design and operating capacity – 800 MW – taking Kusile one step closer to commercial operation....
Construction on a new coal power station in South Africa has been halted after a worker was killed when a crane collapsed at the site, utility Eskom said on Tuesday. An Eskom official said Kusile’s completion date would not be affected and...
The Joint Venture between Stefanutti Stocks and Basil Read has for the third year in a row won the top award in the 2015 Master Builders Association (MBA) North annual Construction Health and Safety Competition. As in the 2013 and 2014 MBA North...
Eskom has appointed ABB South Africa to execute the control and instrumentation contract for Kusile power station. “Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd (Eskom) has appointed ABB South Africa (Pty) Ltd, to execute the Control and Instrumentation contract...
There are currently 13 Reimer units operating in South Africa, as well as one in Angola and another in Zambia. One RA950-25, our biggest model with a cement/fly-ash bin combination, belongs to Stefanutti Stocks and is working at the KUSILE POWER...
By Andrew Etzinger While the construction of Eskom’s three new power stations has attracted public interest, much less attention has been paid to a dedicated programme to reduce demand and help Eskom keep the lights on until the new power stations...
The creation of an Infrastructure Codesa, similar to the Convention for a Democratic South Africa (Codesa), will keep the infrastructure development momentum going. While South Africa is, this year, celebrating its hard-fought 20 years of...
