Category Archives: ESKOM

Notes on: Understanding Eskom with Jacob Maroga

Eskom’s former CEO, Jacob Maroga, private sector energy expert and regular contributor to public debate on South Africa`s energy situation in conversation with civil nuclear engineer, Hugo Kruger.  Jacob Maroga joined Eskom in 1995 in the distribution technology sector. His deployment was to lessen the cost of electricity connection to … Read the rest

How South Africa Should Select a Nuclear Power Plant

sound advice from internationally recognized civil nuclear engineer, Hügo Krüger

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How SA should select a nuclear power plant

In his address to the University of Witwatersrand’s Business School on August 17, 2023, Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Gwede Mantashe, reaffirmed that nuclear energy will be part of South Africa’s mixed energy strategy. File photo: ANA

In his address to the University of Witwatersrand’s Business School on August 17, 2023, Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Gwede Mantashe, reaffirmed that nuclear energy will be

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South Africa: Malthusian Climate Policies The “just” transition is absurd, Malthusian, and Neocolonial

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Malthusian Climate Policies

The “just” transition is absurd, Malthusian, and Neocolonial

25 July 2023

The Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Gwede Mantashe, is right that the concept of a “just” energy transition is a foreign one and that South Africa should rather transition … Read the rest

South Africa Must De-Link from the British Commonwealth Model

prepare to have your minds blown with this astonishing interview… the de Villiers Commission : policy paper for the de-industrialization of post apartheid South Africa …and much much more . Interview with Crown Prince Adil Nchabeleng, independent energy expert.

Source: Morning Shot

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President’s Climate Report is “flawed, simplistic and inadequate”, and not in South Africa’s interests

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President’s Climate Report is “flawed, simplistic and inadequate”, and not in South Africa’s interests

An industry response.

Truth in Energy & the Izwe Lami Freedom Foundation

Media Statement

18 July 2023

For Immediate Release

President’s Climate Report is “flawed, simplistic and inadequate”, and not Read the rest