# The DA has urged Parliament to hold Eskom and regulators accountable over pollution at the Kusile power station in Mpumalanga. According to the party, a Supreme Court of Appeal judgment found that pollution limits were breached and enforcement was weak. The DA’s Kevin Mileham wants an urgent joint parliamentary hearing to establish whether the […]
# Die DA het die Parlement versoek om Eskom en reguleerders aanspreeklik te hou vir besoedeling by die Kusile-kragstasie in Mpumalanga. Volgens die party het ‘n uitspraak deur die Appèlhof bevind besoedelingsperke is oortree en die afdwinging was swak. Kevin Mileham van die DA wil ‘n dringende gesamentlike parlementêre verhoor hê om vas te stel […]
# Die energiereguleerder, NERSA, het in die eerste kwartaal van die huidige boekjaar 124 opwekkingsaanlegte geregistreer. Dit wek saam 804 megawatt krag op, met ʼn geraamde beleggingswaarde van 20,18-miljard-rand. Foto-voltaïese sonkrag-tegnologie was die gewildste keuse vir die opwekking van elektrisiteit. NERSA se woordvoerder, Charles Hlebela, sê 63 van die 124 aanlegte is aan munisipale verspreidingsnetwerke […]
# The National Energy Regulator of South Africa has registered 124 generation facilities during the first quarter of the 2026/2027 financial year. These facilities have a total capacity of 804 megawatts, with an estimated investment value of 20.18-billion-rand. Solar photovoltaic technology was the most popular choice for electricity generation. Nersa’s spokesperson, Charles Hlebela, says that […]
# According to a University of Cape Town study, significant emissions cuts are possible at Sasol’s Secunda coal-to-liquids complex in Mpumalanga without an abrupt shutdown. The study shows that renewable energy and improved efficiency could cut emissions by about 26-percent by 2030, while deeper reductions could come from green hydrogen, electrification and carbon capture. The […]
# The City of Cape Town says its water supply remains stable, but the risk of restrictions has increased due to rising demand and uncertain rainfall. Dam levels were around 76-percent in early July after good rains, but forecasts suggest below-average rainfall ahead. Mayoral committee member for Water and Sanitation, Zahid Badroodien, says the city […]
# Volgens ‘n studie deur die Universiteit van Kaapstad is beduidende uitstortingvermindering sonder ‘n skielike onderbrekings by Sasol se Secunda-steenkool-tot-vloeistofkompleks in Mpumalanga moontlik. Die studie toon dat hernubare energie en verbeterde doeltreffendheid uitstorting teen 2030 met ongeveer 26-persent kan verminder, terwyl dieper verminderings deur groen waterstof, elektrifisering en koolstofopvang veroorsaak kan word. Die universiteit sê […]
# Die Stad Kaapstad sê watervoorraad bly bestendig, maar die risiko van waterbeperkings het toegeneem weens stygende aanvraag en onsekere reënval. Damvlakke was vroeg in Julie ongeveer 76-persent na goeie reën, maar voorspellings dui op ondergemiddelde reënval. Die burgemeesterskomiteelid vir Water en Sanitasie, Zahid Badroodien, sê die stad belê in nuwe waterbronne, insluitend grondwater, die […]
# Die Johannesburgse Stadsparke en Dieretuin nooi gesinne uit vir ‘n reünie op Saterdag die 22ste. Die toegangsfooi sal slegs 22-rand per persoon wees as deel van sy spesiale aanbod van “22-rand op die 22ste” wat die dieretuin se 122ste verjaarsdag herdenk. Dis in 1904 geopen. Stadsparke sê die afslagtarief maak ‘n gesinsuitstappie bekostigbaar en […]
