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South Africa Could Miss Out On EVolution

October 18, 2019 admin BMW, bmw south africa, cars, clean transport, consumer technology, daimler, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ford, green economy, hybrid electric cars, investment, isuzu, Manufacturing, Mercedes Benz, Nissan, phev, policy & politics, South Africa, south africa electric cars, south africa electric vehicles, toyota, Volkswagen, volkswagen group

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2019 23:00:44 +0000

Elon Musk’s home town of Pretoria recently hosted the Smarter Mobility Africa 2019 Summit, where the future of South Africa’s automotive manufacturing industry was one of the major sessions. According its website, “Smarter Mobility Africa brings together mobility thought leaders from business and government to consider, collaborate, co-create and consolidate efforts for accelerating the transition to electric and smart mobility.” Some of the discussions zoned in on how international markets are preparing for the transition to electromobility and how South Africa’s motor vehicle manufacturing industry could be impacted by this shift

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Financially Flailing Eskom Scrambles to Complete Defect-Ridden Coal Plants

October 17, 2019 admin blackouts, Business, Diesel, Economy, eskom, grid, International, kusile, load shedding, Markets, medupi, news, Power Demand, South Africa, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2019 14:53:46 +0000

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South Africa’s state-owned utility Eskom was forced to slash 2,000 MW on a rotational basis nationwide on Oct. 16 and Oct. 17. The newest round of power cuts—the first in nearly seven months—highlight the state-owned utility’s scramble to avert financial disaster stemming in part from the fast-tracked construction of two 4.8-GW coal-fired power plants: Medupi […]

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Will South Africa Build Electric Vehicles?

October 12, 2019 admin BMW, bmw i3, cars, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, eskom, ev charging, ev charging stations, ford, GERMANY, hybrid electric cars, isuzu, jaguar, jaguar i-pace, Kenya, Mercedes Benz, naamsa, Nissan, phev, renault, shell, South Africa, toyota, Volkswagen

Credit to Author: David Zarembka| Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2019 21:30:05 +0000

Like Germany is to Europe, South Africa is the manufacturing powerhouse of sub-Saharan Africa. In particular, it has 8 automobile assembly plants. The companies are BMW, Ford, Isuzu, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, Renault, Toyota, and Volkswagen. In 2018, South Africa produced 610,854 vehicles

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North Vancouver paraglider taking part in fundraiser dies on Mount Kilimanjaro

October 1, 2019 admin local news, north vancouver, South Africa, travel, World

Credit to Author: The Canadian Press| Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2019 14:39:58 +0000

Justin Kyllo, 51, died Saturday morning after an accident on the mountain at Stella Point.

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Scientists Discover Huge, Mysterious Radio Structures at the Heart of the Milky Way

September 11, 2019 admin galactic, galaxy, meerkat, milky way, nature, radio waves, sagittarius a*, South Africa, tech-science

Credit to Author: Becky Ferreira| Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2019 22:20:36 +0000

“These enormous bubbles have until now been hidden by the glare of extremely bright radio emission from the center of the galaxy.”

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South Africa’s president accused of misleading Parliament

July 19, 2019 admin cyril ramaphosa, Graft and Corruption, Latest News Stories, Parliament, South Africa, World

Credit to Author: Dennis Maliwanag| Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2019 00:44:37 +0000

A South African corruption watchdog on Friday said President Cyril Ramaphosa “deliberately misled” Parliament about a campaign contribution, a setback for a leader who has vowed to address sprawling graft allegations that forced his predecessor from office and sparked national outrage.

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South Africa’s ex-president appears at corruption inquest

July 15, 2019 admin corruption, jacob zuma, Latest News Stories, South Africa, World, zondo commission

Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2019 12:14:48 +0000

Former South African president Jacob Zuma is appearing Monday before a state commission probing allegations of corruption during his tenure as the country’s leader.

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Uber driver on the road to int’l music dreams after passenger captures his opera singing

July 14, 2019 admin acts of kindness, Latest News Stories, opera, singing, South Africa, Uber, Uber driver, viral video, World

Credit to Author: nguno| Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2019 09:08:11 +0000

An Uber driver from South Africa is en route to fulfilling his dream to be an international singer after a passenger shared a video of him.

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POWER Digest [July 2019]

July 1, 2019 admin abb, Alberta, Business, Carbon Capture, carbon taxes, carbon-negative plant, China, Coal, drax, Energy Storage, EPR, ethiopia, Gas, geothermal, International, minesto, news, Nuclear, Power Demand, Renewables, South Africa, T&D, Technology, tidal energy, uhvdc

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Taishan-2 EPR Achieves Criticality. A second EPR unit in China’s Guangdong province attained a sustained chain reaction on May 28, marking another major milestone for Framatome, EDF, and China General

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