abb the global power and automation company announced that it has won contracts worth us$ 44 million from nigerias stateowned national electric power authority nepa for two transmission and distribution projects to upgrade the countrys electrical supply infrastructure this work is critical to the continued
CORRUPTION Watch the recently established civil society watchdog is considering ways to cast an anticorruption spotlight on South Africa’s R850billion infrastructure programme which is being led primarily by stateowned companiesExecutive director David Lewis says the programme which government aims to
London Global miner Anglo American JSEAGL posted a rise in secondquarter output for its key commodities with iron ore and copper helped higher by production rampups at the flagship Kolomela and Los Bronces mines while platinum and diamonds were weakerAnglo announced production results for the second
the longawaited period of infrastructure renewal and extension at stateowned transport and logistics company transnet is beginning to take shape with the announcement of r458billionworth of capital expenditure to run from this year until beyond 2006under the plan which was announced at the release of
South Africa’s nuclear regulatory body National Nuclear Regulator NNR said on Tuesday that it had received two Nuclear Installation Site License NISL applications from Eskom one for Thyspunt in the Eastern Cape and another for Duynefontein in the Western Cape Both applications were received on March
johannesburg north suburbs are experiencing a boom in property purchases thanks to buyers in the mining industry from africa and other countries estate agents operating in these plush suburbs report an overwhelming increase in property buyers from china india and african countries including ghana nigeria
the south african economy continued on its positive economic growth path with a 55% annualised expansion in the fourth quarter of 2004 the south african federation of civil engineering contractors safcec said in its state of the civil industry report released yesterdaythis growth rate was supported by
aes wins bid to build power plantsthe aes consortium was announced today as the preferred bidder to build and operate sa’s first privately owned power generation plants minerals and energy affairs minister buyelwa sonjica announced that aes led by aes pacific ocean holdings and several local companies
cape town the downturn in the economy has led to a drop in the amount of electricity sold by producer eskom which could lead to tariffs going up mps heard on wednesday according to figures tabled at a meeting of parliaments public enterprises portfolio committee there has been a 744% drop in the amount