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stories - An electric car is an automobile which is powered by electricity. An electric car usually looks just like those using fuel; that is on the outside at ... moreleast. This is especially true of fuel-powered cars that are converted into electric cars. One thing that separates an electric car from a fuel-powered car without having to look under the hood is sound identification, as electric cars are practically silent.... hide
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blogs - I am always baffled how people that have no morals and are blatant liars get into politics..face it if SA politicians had any moral values,South Afric... morea would not be in the state it is..surely it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that FOOD and basic needs such as water,electricity and housing are MORE important than soccer stadiums and choo choo trains..rapists and murderers should not get a lighter jail sentence than a person with speeding fines..just a thought. ... hide
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blogs - Bluntly: prepare your community for a world with no food distribution, no electricity, an economic depression and financial meltdown -- and lots of hu... morengry people.
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stories - The Atteridgeville city council employee is alleged to have charged residents a connection fee of R2 000.
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stories - Give ESKOM a kick in the pants, do not use excessive if you can help.
1. cook on gas
2. Do your own housework, let everyone in the house help.
3. T... morery using the laundry services they are cheaper for you than ESKOM
I think The City Council is now getting out of hand, the less you use the more you pay, do not allow this.... hide
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stories - South Africa's central bank governor Tito Mboweni said a six percent rise in electricity tariffs would be reasonable and anything above that would sto... moreke inflation.... hide
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stories - i THINK IT IS ABOUT TIME eSCOM STOPPED SELLING OUR ELECTRICITY TO OUR NEIGHBOURS. EVER SINCE THEY STARTED BUILDING THESE SOCCER STADIUMS WE HAVE HAD T... moreROUBLE, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO IN 2010. ALL LIGHTS OUT EXCEPT THE STADIUM???
HOW DOES A NORMAL HOUSEHOLD SAVE WHEN YOU ARE ACTUALLY NOT USING BECAUSE YOU YOURSELF CANNOT AFFORD WHAT ESCOM IS CHARGING. ... hide
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stories - This company (PDC Solar) supply & install solar geysers into residential households, mostly in Johannesburg, but around South Africa too. Solar water ... moreheaters are an excellent way to reduce the burden on Eskom's electricity crisis, and the installation actually saves you money too by significantly reducing your monthly electricity bill.... hide
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stories - Like our electricity problems - planning for the future. Using all the money for high salaries, big bonuses, employing unprofessional staff, on and o... moren I can go. Zimbabwe here we come, sliding down into ruin.... hide
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stories - Consumers will know on June 6 whether they will have to fork out more for their electricity bills. This is when the National Energy Regulator of SA (N... moreERSA) will rule on Eskom’s application to raise its rates by 53%.... hide
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stories - a lot of good that does the ordinary man in the street. While the government sits with a huge surplus the ordinary folk are struggling on all fronts -... moreelectricity, health, food, fuel etc. I think there is a huge imbalance probably caused by government's not being able to trust the incompitents they have placed in positions of authority. But having said that we must congratulate the minister and just hope he doesn't dissappear when/if Zuma gets into power.... hide
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stories - Ask the minister to check cost of electricity in Uruguay
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stories - IF ESCOM HAS GIVEN BONUSUS TO THEIR CEO'S THE PEIOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY MUST STOP PAYING ELECTRICITY ACCOUNTS. THE THIEFING OF CONSUMERS FUNDS MUST STO... moreP NOW. THIS COUNTRY HAS OFFICIALS WORKING THAT ARE WORSE THAN ROBERT MUGABI(A THIEF, OFFENDER OF HUMAN RIGHTS
AND AN OPPRESSIVE DICTATOR. THANK GOD WE ONLY HAD A BAD LAW OF SEGREGATION WHICH EVERY ONE DOES NOT LET YOU FORGET. HAVE A GOODS DAY GINA... hide
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stories - Sir's you have the right to the "books" at your municipality. Please see for yourselves who are and who are not paying their electricity bills. If bi... morells are paid and Evkom get the money they should this time of crap will end. Some pay and other they are not interested. What have been done to collect all the outstanding money owned??? ... hide
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stories - What do you think we are - We are also sick and tired of the Police Brutality, Crime, Murders, Electricity bungling, Price Hikes, Fraud, etc. and stup... moreid inane columns. If you not one side of the fence you must be on the other - it’s healthy, but fence sitting is a no no...... hide
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stories - It would be interesting for an investigation to be conducted as to when the load shedding occurs in the Municipality Council memebers area of residenc... moree i.e. does their electricity go down during convenient times e.g. 1am in the morning or during the day and evening?... hide
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stories - WE ALL KNOW THAT THIS COUNTRY REQUIRES A NEW GOVERNMENT. THE CURRENT ONE HAS NO IDEA WHAT IT IS DOING. IF YOU WERE NOT USED TO FLUSHING TOILETS AND EL... moreECTRICITY WHY WOULD THEY EVER THINK THAT THESE THINGS WERE IMPORTANT. GUIVING THEIR PEOPLE HOMES IS NOT IMPORTANT... hide
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stories - "Minister for Public Enterprises Alec Erwin has promised that high penalty tariffs are to be charged for electricity consumption in excess of a quota ... morelimit with effect from July 1."
And now we are to be penalised for the government's lack of foresight (and stupidity)when they started supplying all the squatter camps with free electricity? (Free, meaning all the illegal connections that no-one dare check out for fear of their lives!)
If only the powers that be realised years ago that it was... hide
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stories - (painful as it may be..)
electricity tariffs should cater for
generation + 15 % reserve + maintenance
transmission + maintenance
local government ... moreinfrastructure + maintenance
(maintenance was used for bonusses..)... hide
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stories - I find it laughable that Eskom would have the odacityto DEMAND anything ...
It is absolutely COMICAL that the "management" would be so arrogant as ... moreto expect performance bonuses. THey should be thankful to still be employeed.
I think it is time that we, the REAL CONSUMERS demand COMPETENT people in charge and regular uninterupted supply of electricity.
The CHEEK !!! :(
... hide
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stories - Come on guys - it looks like Mad Bob is head of ESKOM! STOP giving out the exorbitant salaries, perks, performance bonuses - (performance - what perfo... morermance? Sheez...) and get the show on the road - it is NOT our fault you are in the dwang now! Get your act together!... hide
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stories - Large parts of Johannesburg and Pretoria are reportedly without power, as Eskom begins cutting electricity supplies. This comes after three of the uti... morelity's generators in Gauteng failed at the weekend.... hide
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stories - I feel very sorry for this lady and I am sure now that her story is in the newspaper, she will be paid in full. However what I can't understand is th... moree fact that their electricity has been cut off. Surely it has nothing to do with her claim. One must not depend on money from claims because one doesn't know when such money will arrive. First thing that I do, is pay the school, electricity, water and bond. Or did she mention it in her article to get more "ag shame" comments? It really upsets me ... hide
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stories - Magubane stop supplying black townships and Zim with free f%$^&&**(&n power ,stupid people
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stories - I am sick and tired of the crime in South-Africa.
Solidarity general secretary Flip Buys had highlighted several questions which were troubling So... morelidarity members. These include the skills problem, affirmative action, crime and electricity crises, mother tongue education, what they termed new poverty, and problems and solutions.
"Mr Zuma, it is our view that our country urgently needs strong leadership that is aimed at restoring the confidence of the citizenry in the state - not just gov... hide
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stories - A hand-crafted print ad created without the use of electricity stole the hearts of The Times Young Creatives Competition judges at the 2008 Design Ind... moreaba.... hide
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stories - SA is in an electricity supply crisis and large projects (Coega) is to be delayed. Yet IPSA says it can timeously build and supply the neccessary powe... morer. Newsbriefs I saw says Mr Maroga "did not know" about IPSA ? I am just concerned that Eskom will start playing games in that they know they cannot meet the demands of Coega but do not just want to loose them as a major client by allowing IPSA to take the supply business. I would like to watch very closely how Eskom is going to handle this.... hide
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stories - Receive load shedding details by email before they hit
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blogs - A radical approach to conserving electricity
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stories - Eskom will not be able to supply mines and other industrial customers with more than 90% of their electricity needs until 2012, says its finance direc... moretor.... hide
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stories - "The current problems with electricity supplies arise not from negative factors, but from positive factors, President Thabo Mbeki said on Sunday."
... moreWho does he think he is kidding? Thabo Mbeki's legacy is going to be dominated by the current planning fiascos (education, electricity, water, crime fighting etc etc), and his involvement in the corrupt arms deal. ... hide
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stories - Despite those of us lucky enough to have access to electricity being under much sufferance of late, nobody can condemn Eskom for its decision in conse... morerving the last few remnants of our natural environment. Research programmes such as this one play a major role in any creature's habitat and once preventing further decline in and decimation of our wildlife and birdlife, this project is something Eskom can be proud of.... hide
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stories - There is a "very real" risk that South African could face an economic recession as a result of the current electricity crisis. As far as I am concerne... mored this is on Government's head. ... hide
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blogs - As more South Africans come to grips with the absolute chaos that is being caused by the lack of sufficient electricity capacity in the country and ro... morelling blackouts, there is an increasingly strong case for people to ditch their cars in favour of bikes and scooters to avoid the traffic jams associated with what has become an everyday life - load-shedding.... hide
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blogs - Chris Moerdyk's article raised many issues - the most important is about people wanting to leave the country. The electricity crisis was the 2nd facto... morer - Jacob Zuma is nuber 1 and Kenya is number 3. The second major migration will take place (1994 being the first).
I have thought long and hard about the electricity crisis and have concluded that this has come about because we did not have leadership with vision. Nelson Mandela's vision for SA was a free democratic country and he led us through... hide
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stories - You can build you own electricity generator
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stories - South Africa is on the brink of a water contamination crisis, potentially as bad as the electricity fiasco of the past few weeks, Business Times repor... moreted on Sunday.... hide
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stories - As South Africa braces for another month of rolling blackouts, followed by four months of electricity rationing, the country's power utility, Eskom, h... moreas assured hospitals that they will stay plugged into the national power grid.... hide
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blogs - Warning: do not read if you are a Celine Dion fan!
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stories - Eskom's chief executive Jacob Maroga has warned that repeat offenders could soon face being cut off from the national electricity grid.
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stories - Eskom has struck a deal with mines to cut their electricity usage by 10% in return for an uninterrupted supply.
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stories - The situation at South Africa's gold mines has still not returned to normal as the current electricity shortages continue to affect production.
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stories - South Africa's gold mines, and mining companies in other sectors, were instructed last night by electricity utility Eskom to shut their mines, possibl... morey for up to between two and six weeks.... hide
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blogs - 2010 World Cup electricity appeal - please give generously!
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stories - Eskom has said it has received claims totalling at least R400 000 from irate electricity consumers for damages incurred as a result of ongoing power o... moreutages.... hide
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stories - Homeowners and businesses are being forced to generate their own electricity as blackouts strike everywhere, but suppliers are running out of generato... morers and many do not expect new stock for weeks. ... hide
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stories - How we can all help solve the power crisis
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stories - An article on the prez's eventual reaction to the gross incompetence of the national electricity provider
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videos - Here again an IQ shortage. What were or are they thinking? Does the train make the electricity? Why don't they go burn down the CEO or MD's of Escoms ... morehouses? Are they stupid or what?... hide
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stories - The South African Human Rights Commission says Eskom must give answers about the ongoing electricity crisis.
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stories - Fears have been raised that the electricity cuts could leave residents vulnerable to crime.