CoCT makes renewables power play, partners with US for R12m feasibility study

Cape Town in the news:

• CoCT makes renewables power play, partners with US for R12m feasibility study: Cape Town – Emboldened by President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement that municipalities will be able to procure their own power from independent power producers (IPPs), the City has started the ball …: “Cape Town” – BingNews
  
• Status of load shedding not swayed by Ramaphosa, Cabinet or Sona, says Eskom COO: Eskom’s chief operating officer Jan Oberholzer is adamant that Cabinet members have no say about if and when load shedding happens.: “Cape Town” – BingNews
  
• Mboweni moots referendum on rescuing state-owned companies on Twitter: After a short hiatus from Twitter, South Africa’s finance minister Tito Mboweni is once again posting prolifically.: “Cape Town” – BingNews
  
• Nelson Mandela Foundation, De Klerk Foundation to meet over ‘apartheid not a crime’ statement: De Klerk’s statement has been ill-received by political parties and the public, with a picket expected to start at 1pm on Wednesday outside the FW De Klerk Foundation’s offices in Plattekloof, Cape …: “Cape Town” – BingNews
  

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