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Eskom
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Monday Morning Spice
09 Feb 2015 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Load shedding is killing people now. Controversy over Mockingbird sequel. Zuckerberg gives $75 million. HSBC’s great tax dodge. Australia shark attacks out of control. Bobbi Kristina’s boyfriend under investigation. Joan Rivers won a Grammy.
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Wednesday Morning Spice
04 Feb 2015 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
DA to march on Eskom. Penis acid attacker speaks. ANC clears way for digital TV rollout. Mockingbird author to publish SECOND novel. US FAA to regulate business on the moon. Bobbi Kristina update. NZ office bonk caught on film.
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This Announcement From Eskom Is Hysterical [Audio]
30 Jan 2015 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Eskom has some important info for all us power users about the upcoming load shedding schedule. We have the lowdown here.
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You Can Kick Eskom To The Curb For About R350 000 [Infographic]
29 Jan 2015 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Are you afraid of the dark? Sorry for you. Eskom says the darkness will carry on for a good few years. You can either invest in a candle factory or go Off The Grid.
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Blackouts Are Actually Causing Flight Delays in SA Now
07 Jan 2015 by Kiernan / No Comments
At least you don’t have to deal with Eskom’s inadequacies whilst flying mile-high, right? Well what if you can’t get off the ground in the first place…
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This Is How Eskom Has Been Lying To You
15 Dec 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
You WON’T believe this…this is the cold hard truth exposing Eskom. The lies and the half-truths! You deserve to know!
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EPIC – Engineer On Eskom, “They Know Fuck All About Building Power Stations”
15 Dec 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Whoop whoop it is almost holiday time for errrrbody! Luckily, the guys over at Eskom who are supposed to be building us a new plant have already been on holiday for four days.
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Knock-On Effects – Eskom Collapse Is Hitting SA Agriculture Hard
10 Dec 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
If you were worried about not being able to have dinner at your favourite restaurant because of the power cuts, then you need to start worrying about more pressing issues.
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Whoops – City Of Jo’burg Sends Out ‘Nigga’ Tweet
10 Dec 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Eskom is nailing NOTHING right now. OK, wait, they are totally nailing being incompetent and useless. As is CityPowerJHB. They are doing a stellar job.
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Tuesday Morning Spice
09 Dec 2014 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Eskom ran out of cash for diesel! Blackstar goes after Times Media. Apple exec goes to prison. Oscar could get bail. Joaquin engaged to yoga teacher. Facebook breakthrough.
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Eskom – SA Could Come To A Standstill
08 Dec 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
I feel like this electricity problem is really bringing our country together: EVERYONE can talk about it, whether rich, poor, purple, green, jobless or MD. It’s great.
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Finally – They’ve Made A Site That Gives You Load Shedding Info – Just Type In Your Address
05 Dec 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Finally, an easy way to organise your day around Eskom’s magnificent load shedding. Now you can still have the girls over for tea and actually have boiling water. #FunTimes
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Johann Rupert Says What We’re All Thinking
28 Nov 2014 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Sometimes the voice of millions doesn’t get heard, until echoed by the right individual. In this case it is Johann Rupert, one of SA’s most celebrated business leaders.
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Here Are All The Load Shedding Times For Cape Town
03 Nov 2014 by chelsea / No Comments
Time to schedule your life down to the tee, as one of the sources we take for granted in our daily lives gets sporadically taken away from us.
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LOAD-SHEDDING: This Interactive Map Shows You Where And When It’s Happening
23 Jun 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This map takes the hassle out of load-shedding! Save this as a bookmark, and make sure you plan your day around the potential power-outs…
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Eskom Gives Times For Imminent Load Shedding
18 Jun 2014 by Seth Rotherham / 1 Comment
All this talk of load shedding and nothing seems to be happening? Not anymore, because today Eskom have gone further than the “emergency” they declared last week – they’ve now given actual times!
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Eskom Declares Emergency
07 Mar 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 5 Comments
On Thursday, large parts of the country experienced blackouts. Load shedding occurred after Eskom declared an emergency. The power cuts were due to wet coal stocks, caused by seven days of heavy rain.
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Greenpeace Puts Eskom Under New Management
23 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Activists from Greenpeace Africa, groundWork and Earthlife Africa JHB, this morning hoisted a banner and chained themselves to the entrance of Megawatt Park, Eskom’s headquarters in Johannesburg.
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Eskom Will Be Taking Even More Of Your Money Soon
22 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Having just come out of winter, and with a decreased summer load on the national grid, you would expect that a little relief would be in order from our nation’s energy supplier – not quite. After lukewarm showers, green swimming pools and rooms lit with a single lightbulb, we’ll be finding out this week if we’re in for another increase in the price of electricity.
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Eskom Defends R36 Million Staff Parties
09 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
On the back of numerous electricity price hikes comes the news that Eskom blew more than R36 million on staff parties and team building experiences last year. The parastatal has however come out and defended the expenditure saying fun days are used to commit workers to keeping the lights on.
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Eskom Power Failures Peaking – And Winter’s Just Beginning
11 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Eskom’s electricity generating capacity has reached record lows over the last week, with unplanned power outages reaching their highest level for the year on 3 May, and yesterday coming precariously close to that figure again. Considering winter’s only just begun, this is going to cause some major worries across the country.
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National Union of Mineworkers Planning A “Powerful Strike”
21 Jul 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said yesterday that workers in the coal sector would go on strike following failed wage negotiations. These are the people that have to make sure Eskom has enough coal to keep on providing electricity to the country. Their bosses offered a seven percent increase, while they thought 14% was fairer.
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SA’s Power Supply Is Shrinking – And We’re All Going To Feel The Pinch
08 Apr 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
In case the message hasn’t already been made abundantly clear, South Africa needs to embrace new energy sources – and quickly. Eskom can’t foresee our (yes, it affects everyone) power supply problem improving for the next five years.
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Eskom Thanks SA And Themselves For Energy Savings – But Mostly Themselves
17 Jan 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Eskom said South Africa saved 1800 megawatts over the last six years. Apparently that’s enough energy to power Durban. The energy powerhouse hastened to add that this saving was due to energy efficient lighting. And not just any lights – the lights rolled out by them from 2004 to 2010.
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KOEBERG WORKERS NOW GLOW IN THE DARK
22 Sep 2010 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
News24 reports that 91 Eskom employees suffered radiation contamination while doing maintenance at the Koeberg nuclear power plant on Monday. During maintenance on Koeberg Unit One, 91 workers tested positive for cobalt 58 as they left the site on September 12, said Eskom spokesperson Karen de Villiers. The workers then had body scans to search […]
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