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Eskom
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Wednesday Morning Spice
13 Nov 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Eskom’s new plan to punish solar users, Major Liam Payne case development, World leaders meet for climate talks, Drinkers are cutting back on expensive booze, and Danny Jordaan seeks to avoid arrest.
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Tuesday Morning Spice
05 Nov 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
New carjacking trend hitting South Africa, Imagery shows mystery ship built in China, The death of P’Nut the squirrel, German tourist rescued from kidnappers, and Tucker Carlson says demons attacked him in his sleep.
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Cape Town Gives Eskom The Finger As Construction Of The City’s First Solar Plant Begins
10 Oct 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
The City of Cape Town has taken its first leap toward energy sustainability by awarding the tender for its very first solar plant, the groundbreaking Atlantis Solar Photovoltaic Plant.
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Wednesday Morning Spice
25 Sep 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Several arrested after woman dies in ‘suicide pod’, Global tech giants hiring in South Africa, Musk has a ‘great meeting’ with Ramaphosa, and How much Eskom wants for the next three years.
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Friday Morning Spice
20 Sep 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Water outages are the new norm in Joburg, High Court orders homeless near Castle of Good Hope to leave, Online video firms are conducting ‘vast surveillance’ on users, and Kylie Minogue announces biggest tour in a decade.
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Wednesday Morning Spice
11 Sep 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Former minister Pravin Gordhan admitted to hospital, Ex-Cape Town mayco member Malusi Booi arrested, Rupert Murdoch’s $15bn Succession style court battle, Mysterious ‘UFO’ over NYC, and 163 consecutive days without load shedding.
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Monday Morning Spice
02 Sep 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Eskom sabotage vanishes, How Team SA fared at the Paralympics on Saturday, Myanmar people are offering to sell their kidneys online, and Adele announces indefinite hiatus from music.
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Friday Morning Spice
23 Aug 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Eskom’s improved performance silences De Ruyter, Fear grips parts of Soweto, SpaceX’s riskiest commercial mission yet, Online fraudsters moved into sextortion, and How to wear linen like a style god.
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Extortionists Posing As Eskom Employee Target Simon’s Town Farmer
08 Aug 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
Extortionists posing as Eskom employees were out in full force in Simon’s Town recently, targeting a local farmer and his employees with a ruse about a problematic prepaid electricity box.
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Monday Morning Spice
22 Jul 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Paris Olympics 2024: The five biggest rivalries to watch, Xander Schauffele claims second major of 2024, The Italian bubbly that’s taken over F1 podiums, and Prime sued by US Olympic committee.
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Wednesday Morning Spice
10 Jul 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Duane Vermeulen snapped up by Bok management, Greek islands face water crisis, Saudi to pay SA pilgrims over R14.5 million compensation, John Hlophe elected to JSC, and mountaineer’s body found 22 years after going missing in Peru.
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Tuesday Morning Spice
09 Jul 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Joburgers buckle under new R200 electricity surcharge, Alec Baldwin’s manslaughter trial set to begin, BMW’s first electric cars are future classics, and Ramaphosa’s load shedding warning.
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Madness! Eskom Proposes Electricity Hike Of 44% For Next Year
26 Jun 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
This could mean that a household with an average electricity consumption of 900kWh per month could see their bill increase by R1,600 per month.
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Thursday Morning Spice
09 May 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Spanish soccer federation chief Rubiales to stand trial for World Cup kiss, The Next Generation Of iPads, De Ruyter claims load shedding holiday is due to diesel burning, Best-performing JSE-listed tech companies, Police facing skills exodus, and How Gary Oldman made Slow Horses one of the best shows on TV.
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Friday Morning Spice
19 Apr 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
European court rules Pablo Escobar’s name can’t be trademarked, Biden’s ‘Uncle Bosie’ was eaten by cannibals, Children used as ‘guinea pigs’ in clinical trials, Low-cost budget airline opens new direct route from London to Cape Town, and Kim Jong Un releases new song praising himself.
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Nigeria’s Creaking Power Grid Collapses After Raising Tariffs For ‘Wealthier Consumers’ By 230%
16 Apr 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
The head of the Nigerian electricity regulator said tariff increases would “end grid collapses and bring investment into the sector”. Sounds familiar.
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Wednesday Morning Spice
10 Apr 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Whistleblower claims that Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner is flawed, Jacob Zuma to contest elections, Champions League gets alleged terror threats, Using Minecraft to teach coding and robotics, and Scrabble makes historic change to game.
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ANC MP’s “Load Shedding Isn’t The End Of The World’ Comment Is Being Ripped Apart
15 Feb 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
This brazen and ‘illuminating’ remark was made in Afrikaans during the debate last Tuesday to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State Of The Nation Address (SONA).
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Capetonians Can Now Earn Cash For Excess Power Generated By Solar Systems
13 Feb 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
In addition to the Cash for Power campaign, the city has established a voluntary Power Heroes initiative for residents who agree to let the metro switch off their geysers remotely during high-demand hours.
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Tuesday Morning Spice
13 Feb 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Eskom is out of control, French village bans scrolling on your phone in public, SANRAL increases toll fees, Tom Cruise makes things official with Russian socialite, The space race for the moon’s water, and DA pursues graft charges against Deputy President
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Friday Morning Spice
09 Feb 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Eskom teams working around the clock to restore power to Karoo towns, Ecuador’s high court decriminalizes euthanasia, Mutant wolves roaming Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, How the film One Love captures the truth about Bob Marley, and The worst might be over for South African consumers.
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R1 Billion Deal Will Bring Fastest Off-Grid Car Chargers To South Africa
08 Feb 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
“Just how green are electric vehicles when they are powered primarily by coal and diesel?”
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Monday Morning Spice
05 Feb 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Namibian President dies after undergoing experimental treatment in US, Public Protector warns on SA becoming a welfare state, The first Reddit reviews of the Vision Pro are in, The big lie about Eskom’s turnaround, and Duane Vermeulen joins Rassie Erasmus.
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Solar-As-A-Service Makes It Easier To Be Energy Self-Reliant
01 Feb 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Solar is making a more self-reliant future for you and your family a lot easier.
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Free State Dorpie Becomes The First ‘Smart Town’ In South Africa
25 Jan 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
“For a town that depends on tourism, not being subjected to load-shedding is life-changing.”
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Yoh! Darkness Reigned This Year According To EskomSePush’s 2023 Load-Shedding Wrapped
14 Dec 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
The load-shedding schedule app made a lekker little summary of some of the key data regarding the rotational power cuts in 2023.
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Stage 6 Load-Shedding Brought On By ‘Affluent South Africans’ Using Air Conditioners And Fans
04 Dec 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
Instead of laying the blame for load-shedding at the door of ‘affluent South Africans’ and their bourgeois habit of using fans to cool themselves, how about blaming the useless politicians and tenderpreneurs who destroyed the utility in the first place?
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South Africans Gave Their Hilarious Input On The Proposed New Eskom Logo
29 Nov 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
Eskom needs a new logo as much as Minister Nkoana-Mashabane needs another hole in her head.
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Eskom Forecasts ‘Crippling Blackouts’ For December And January
28 Nov 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
Except for three days, officials predict there will be blackouts (between stages 1 and 3) every day throughout December.
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Wednesday Morning Spice
22 Nov 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
MPs vote to close Israeli embassy in SA, Aspiring lawyer sues Elon Musk for amplifying neo-Nazi conspiracy, Locally-directed animation wins International Emmy, Commercial flights are experiencing ‘unthinkable’ GPS attacks, and Mark Knopfler’s bonkers guitar collection is up for Auction.
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