Cape Town – Environmental groups have slammed the government’s decision to build nuclear plants, saying it will not lead to energy security for South Africa.
“As for nuclear energy as being our answer to whatever Eskom thinks it will be, that’s not entirely true. If Eskom is concerned with electricity security, [...]
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The City of Cape Town is planning several MyCiti bus services between Mitchell’s Plain, Khayelitsha and the city centre, mayor Patricia De Lille said on Thursday.
“This express service will provide new avenues of opportunity for our people who have been let down by the lack of capacity in passenger rail services,” De [...]
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ESKOM will later this month sign a €100m loan with French development agency Agence Française de Developpement (AFD) for its 100MW Sere wind project in the Western Cape, Eskom CE Brian Dames said yesterday.
The loan draws Eskom closer to the commencement of work at the project, which is [...]
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THE eThekwini municipality has been given a tough 12-point plan to transform Durban into a low-carbon city, including proposals to raise new climate pollution rates and taxes from some of the city’s biggest industries.
The recommendations are part of a scientific expert’s report by the Academy of Science of [...]
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Although Africa is endowed with fossil and renewable energy resources, which could more than adequately cover its energy needs, it remains the most poorly electrified continent in the world. The proportion of people without electricity in Africa is higher than anywhere else on the planet, with as little as 5% of [...]
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Demonstrators wearing gas masks, lab coats to emulate scientists from oil company Shell protested in Cape Town on Tuesday against hydraulic fracturing (fracking) for shale gas.
Shell SA is punting shale gas as an affordable alternative to coal, nuclear and renewable energy industries and wants to explore 90000km of the Karoo.
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