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  • Service Delivery : Load reduction: another looming energy crisis?

    Amidst deepening concerns around the implementation of load reduction measures by City Power, given the increased electricity usage during the winter months, the threat of a grid collapse remains a possibility, according to City Power spokesperson, Isaac Mangena.

     

    Although City Power has implored consumers to reduce their electricity consumption, the reality is, as the winter cold bites, this is often simply not possible.

     

    As if this were not enough, South African consumers are additionally facing a dire cost-of-living crisis since Eskom are seeking an additional 36% tariff increase for 2025.  This means, that customers that receive their power supply via municipalities will potentially see an increase of 43.5% on already exorbitant electricity costs.

    The bottom line is that homeowners could ultimately be forking out a whopping 60% more on their electricity bill this winter – thanks to increased winter tariffs, the proposed Eskom electricity tariffs for 2024/2025, and a sharp rise in energy usage during the chilly months.

     

    These sharp price increases, and the looming instability of the grid may help explain why so many South Africans are now making the switch to solar. According to Eskom’s Generation Adequacy Report, rooftop PV output has more than doubled in less than two years – a trend that Rein Snoeck Henkemans, Managing Director of Alumo Energy, is predicting will continue as families seek to escape the grip of persistent load-shedding and fast

    9 min
  • Service Delivery Watch: This World Microbiome Day 2024, under the theme “Feed your microbes - How diet shapes your gut microbiome” – taking place on 27th June 2024

    70% of our immune system is located in our gut yet studies show that nearly half of low-income South African adults’ diet comes from ultra-processed products containing very little to no microbiomes – the very thing responsible for the health of humans, animals and the planet aiding in immune defence, boosting immune systems, detoxifying and protecting gut health. for gut health. Considering the powerful link between our gut health and our diet is, we have to ask ourselves, are food producers doing enough to support this critical food function – placing microbiomes front and centre and educating consumers around the importance of gut health?

    11 min
  • I have a dream

    Please share your dreams and visions with us and allow our

    guest to guide you through..

     

    Guest on line: El-Sun Mbatha – Astrologer of the Cosmic Intelligence of Azania

     

     

    22 min

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