Tag Archives: Eskom

No boom boom

By 6000 | 6000 | March 14, 2011

After the recent events in Japan – most notably the er… “issues” at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear facility following the earthquake – the public in Cape Town and surrounds has been warned not to panic if they see steam apparently leaking from the Koeberg Power Station just up the road from the city. The public are [...]

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South Africa’s Electricity Crisis – Update

By 6000 | 6000 | April 2, 2008

My South Africa’s Electricity Crisis post has turned out to be one of the more popular ones on this site, so with there being significant developments in the ongoing saga, I thought I’d update you, the 6000 miles… reading public, with the latest news. As from Monday, we now have pre-emptive load shedding. Which means [...]

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Why are you still here?

By 6000 | 6000 | February 1, 2008

No, dear readers. This isn’t a question for you.  We all know why you’re still here. It’s the almost ethereal, magical, magnetic attraction of the prose you read on these pages. It’s a completely understandable and excusable addiction. No, this was a question I was asked by the Molton Brown Boys over a particularly tasty curry at Bihari last [...]

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Jacob Maroga saved my hearing

By 6000 | 6000 | January 24, 2008

Coming hot on the heels of my (as yet unpublished) Jacob Zuma Ate My Hamster post comes some unexpected praise for those masters of the dark arts – Jacob Maroga and Eskom. For those who aren’t in the SA loop, Jacob Maroga is the CEO of Eskom and Eskom is the company which provides South Africa with electricity. Sometimes, [...]

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South Africa’s electricity crisis

By 6000 | 6000 | January 18, 2008

Woo. “Crisis”. There’s a strong word. But yes, that’s what it is. It’s a complicated story, but it boils down to this: years of poor planning and underfunding, coupled with a healthily growing economy simply means that there isn’t enough electricity to go around. And therefore, in order to protect the national grid from damage through [...]

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