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It has been said by government officials – South Africa signed a nuclear cooperation deal with Russia, as part of the tender process that will involve other competing countries and is apparently not a contract to build power plants.

The Russian atomic agency Rosatom issued a statement saying: it had signed a $10bn deal with Pretoria for the installation of 9.6 gigawatts of nuclear capacity by 2030, to help Africa’s most advanced economy cope with chronic electricity shortages.

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Date posted: 1 September, 2014 | Author: | No Comments »

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Johannesburg – Efforts to transfer oil from a bulk carrier that ran aground off Richards Bay harbour were underway, the department of environmental affairs said on Sunday.

It said a contingency plan was in place.

“The plan is to ensure that the environment and health of marine species in the area are protected.

“At the moment, no oil spill from the vessel has been reported.”

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Date posted: 25 August, 2014 | Author: | No Comments »

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Jinko Solar Holding Co., Ltd. is a global leader in the solar PV industry with production operations in Jiangxi and Zhejiang Provinces in China and sales and marketing offices in Shanghai and Beijing, China; Munich, Germany; Bologna, Italy; Zug, Switzerland; San Francisco, the United States; Queensland, Australia; Ontario, Canada; Singapore; Tokyo, Japan; and Cape Town, South Africa.

They will be opening a 120Mw solar photovoltaic (PV) module production facility in Cape Town.

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Eco Impact has been retained by Jinko Solar to supply them with Environmental, Health and Safety Legislation Registers.

Date posted: 12 August, 2014 | Author: | No Comments »

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Johannesburg – A Free State dairy has been instructed to exhume and incinerate 30 cattle it buried near a stream, causing a serious pollution threat, the water affairs ministry said on Sunday.

“I’m very angry about this and heads will roll,” Minister Edna Molewa said in a statement.

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Date posted: 16 February, 2014 | Author: | No Comments »

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Mbombela – The crumbling Thaba Chweu local municipality in Mashishing, Mpumalanga, is in the throes of a water shortage after pumps broke down recently.

Thaba Chweu Democratic Alliance (DA) councillor Sonja Boshoff said that faulty pumps at the Mashishing water works were unable to build up pressure to fill the town’s four reservoirs, which provide water to 37 000 people.

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Date posted: 20 October, 2013 | Author: | No Comments »

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Bloemfontein – A protest over water problems in Brandfort in the Free State ended behind closed doors on Tuesday. It was organised by the local Democratic Alliance, which said it would as the Public Protector to investigate. The protesters marched to the Masilonyana municipal offices to demand an end to what they describe as ongoing water shortages in Brandfort and surrounding areas.

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Date posted: 16 July, 2013 | Author: | No Comments »

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