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South Africa:
Cosatu's Eskom Idea Is 'Catalysing', but a New, Larger Plan Is Now Being Considered
Daily Maverick, 10 February 2020
While Cosatu's idea of using state employees' pension fund cash to bail out Eskom has sparked a discussion, vice-president of Business Unity South Africa Martin Kingston says the… Read more »
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South Africa:
The PIC Remains a Bystander in Talks to Raid Government Pension Savings for Eskom Bailout
Daily Maverick, 9 February 2020
Taking R250bn out of the R1.8trn worth of pension savings belonging to 1.7m current and retired government employees, which the Public Investment Corporation manages, amounts to a… Read more »
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South Africa:
Cosatu's Great Eskom Bailout Plan - a Critique
Daily Maverick, 9 February 2020
Cosatu's proposal to use government pension funds and development bank finance to slice Eskom's debt in half is gaining traction and has conditional approval from President Cyril… Read more »
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South Africa:
Cosatu's Proposal for PIC-Funded R250 Billion Bailout and Eskom's Municipal Debt Take Centre Stage
Daily Maverick, 5 February 2020
It's Day Two of Nedlac discussions on Cosatu's proposals to use government workers' pension and social savings to slash Eskom's R450-billion debt. That it got here means the pitch… Read more »
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South Africa:
NGOs Challenge Eskom's Latest Application to Escape Compliance With Air Pollution Laws
groundWork, 7 February 2020
The Life After Coal campaign, consisting of groundWork, Earthlife Africa and the Centre for Environmental Rights, has filed comprehensive submissions opposing Eskom's latest… Read more »
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South Africa:
Brian Molefe's Eskom Retirement Fund Saga Is Just the Tip of an Iceberg
Daily Maverick, 6 February 2020
It was not only former Eskom CEO Brian Molefe who unlawfully participated in and profited from an Eskom Pension and Provident Fund membership. Other people in power were also given… Read more »
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South Africa:
Stage 2 Load Shedding Continues
SAnews.gov.za, 6 February 2020
Eskom says Stage 2 rotational load shedding will continue today and tomorrow, with a high probability over the weekend. Read more »
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Africa:
Electricity Matters, but Poor Human Capital Is SA's Real Problem
ISS, 3 February 2020
Action must be taken to solve South Africa's electricity crisis, and quickly. That is the conclusion of modelling from the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR),… Read more »
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South Africa:
There Is Life After Eskom - We Just Have to Imagine It
Daily Maverick, 23 January 2020
It's time to get serious and creative about our future energy supply. And if that future does not include Eskom, so be it. Read more »
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South Africa:
Ramaphosa Promises End to Employing Poorly Qualified, Politically Connected People
News24Wire, 20 January 2020
While struggling state-owned enterprises such as Eskom and SAA are diminishing the state's capacity, the practice of parachuting poorly qualified, but politically connected, people… Read more »
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South Africa:
Big Power Users Tell Ramaphosa They Want to Generate Their Own Electricity
News24Wire, 15 January 2020
Big power users, including mining houses who say load shedding will be the death of the industry, say they want government to move faster with new self-generation regulations… Read more »