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1. New energy videos: Economics of Energy & Affordable Electricity in South Africa at a Tipping Point (South Africa)

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   30 March 2012 DesignBuiltSA - March 23 & 29, 2012 Two newly uploaded videos in ICA energy infrastructure playlist: 1. Affordable Electricity in South Africa at a Tipping Point? Mike Rossouw, Chairmen of the heavy energy users group in South Africa, explains what is happening with the electricity pricing in South Africa and how this WILL affect you, your business and investments in South Africa. 2. Economics of Energy (from South Africa) This programme looks at the economics of energy. Dr. Kelvin Kemm explains how economics and energy are intimately linked. Dr. Kemm also looks at alternative energy solutions…

2. South Africa: First ever PV Plants Map South Africa unveiled

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   23 March 2012 Renewable Energy World.com - March 20, 2012 Researchers at PV Insider have completed work on the PV Plants Map South Africa 2012, which details the size and location of 18 PV projects…

3. South Africa: Congress of South African Trade Unions denounces e-tolling blackmail

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   18 April 2012 Africa Report - 18 April 2012 South Africa's largest trade union federation says it is ready for a battle with the government if it continues with the contentious e-tolling system in the country's economic hub of Gauteng. The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) said it was mobilising its two million members for "the mother of all protests against the act of highway robbery set to be committed from 30 April 2012." Cosatu's spokesperson, Patrick Craven said: "We are confident that we will be joined by thousands more angry residents and motorists who support our demand for the scrapping…

4. Review of real economic developments across South Africa & Africa

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   on Gauteng’s highways has repercussions beyond the province’s borders, says Intelligent Transport Society of South Africa (ITS South Africa) CEO Dr Paul Vorster . It is also creating trepidation over the funding model for all future road projects in South Africa. “Already the N1/N2 Winelands project is on hold. We need clarity over the funding model as soon as possible. South Africa cannot start any new road…

5. South Africa joins the Infrastructure Consortium for Africa – as the first G20 member.

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   5 December 2013 “… We are very excited to welcome The Republic of South Africa as the first G20 member…”   said ICA Coordinator Mohamed Hassan. Tunis | December 5, 2013:  Launched at the G8…

6. South Africa: Troubled parastatals look to Africa for growth

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   relying on expensive oil-based generation to fill the gaps. The big prize for South Africa would be stepping into a neat gap in the market: a transportation hub in West Africa. This would include a thriving…

7. South Africa: Web Africa scolds deja vu Dept. of Communication innaction

   Home › News & Events › Infrastructure News › South Africa: Web Africa scolds deja vu Dept. of Communication innaction

   23 April 2012 Business Tech - 20 April 2012 Web Africa CEO, Tim Wyatt-Gunning says that within the context of the staggering inaction by the Department of Communication (DoC) over the past decade, the latest call for an ICT policy overhaul from communication minister Dina Pule, should be taken with a pinch of salt. “While Minister Pule should be applauded for taking action in her call for a policy…

8. Telecommunications Infrastructure in South Africa

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   15 March 2012 Eversheds - March 12, 2012 South Africa, the country that invented touchtone dialling, boasts an outstanding telecommunications infrastructure and a diversity of print and broadcast media. With a network that is 99% digital and includes the latest in fixed-line, wireless and satellite communications, South Africa has the most developed telecommunications network in Africa. Telecommunications is one of the fastest growing sectors of South Africa's economy, driven by rapid growth in mobile telephony and broadband connectivity. Regulation The Electronic Communications Act, 2005 seeks…

9. Soitec funded for 50MW solar power plant in South Africa

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   13 February 2012 Electronics Weekly.com | February 13, 2012 Soitec has secured financing from one of the largest investment banks in Africa to build the company’s planned 50-megawatt peak solar power plant in Touwsrivier, Western Cape, South Africa. In December, Soitec was selected by South Africa’s Department of Energy as one of the preferred bidders under the country’s independent power producer (IPP) programme. According to South Africa’s Department of Energy, the country’s goal is that 42% of all newly installed capacity in the next 20 years will be based on renewable-energy sources. Read…

10. South Africa: Umgeni water boss urges training for jobless engineers

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    19 September 2012 NEPAD Water Centres of Excellence: CYRIL Gamede, the new CE of Umgeni Water, says there are enough engineers in South Africa and perceptions of shortages have arisen because employers do not want to train up newly qualified engineers. Mr Gamede, who took up his position at South Africa’s second-biggest bulk water utility on August 20, is also the president of the Engineering Council of South Africa and was an operations director at Umgeni from 1996 to 2002. Umgeni’s main customer is eThekwini municipality, but it also supplies water to the north and south KwaZulu-Natal coastal…