UPDATED: 25/08/2022 25 AUGUST 1904, De Beers takes over the town council electricity 25 AUGUST 1954, Gallery founder Alfred Martin Duggan-Cronin dies. De Beers supplied electricity to Kimberley Progress in the use of electricity was somewhat slow and erratic. The next important ...
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LOADSHEDDING OUTLOOK AS AT 08/12/2018 Short Term Outlook According to Eskom no load shedding is anticipated for Sunday, 09 December 2018. UPDATE: 19:00 08/12/2018: “An increase in breakdowns at our power stations today has further impacted the availability of sufficient ...
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Electricity Interruptions now in their third week have been extended from two to three hours in the Northern Cape towns of Vanderkloof, Griekwastad, and Hopetown. Electricity supply interruptions to Tsatsabane Local Municipality has been suspended after the municipality and Eskom reached and ...
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Eskom is contemplating a regulated interruption of electricity supply as opposed to an outright disconnection. Diamond Fields Advertiser Jan 12 2017 ©1999-2017 Independent Online. All rights strictly reserved.
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Eskom issued a notice that the power supply to Langleg will be interrupted on Tuesday from 08:30am to 4:30pm. The interruption will affect the pumping of water from the Riverton Water Purification plant to Kimberley. Municipal spokesman, Sello Matsie, pointed ...
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Municipalities, several of them in the Northern Cape, and Eskom have been at loggerheads for several months over the debt leading to Eskom to cut-off some of the defaulting municipalities and the intervention of the National Treasury. Eskom plans to ...
Read More »THE NOUPOORT Wind Farm in the Northern Cape has been connected to the Eskom grid and the commissioning of the wind turbines has commenced. N Cape wind farm connects to Eskom Noupoort facility expected to start supplying electricity to the ...
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☆ CASSANDRA BUURTWAG ☆ – 12 October 2015 Linja Van Wyk “Cassandra span kon betyds keer dat daar nie kabels gesteel word nie. Ongelukkig kon die skuldiges nie gevang word nie, maar kon die span keer dat die kabels nie gesteel ...
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Kimberley’s social media is buzzing once again after Sol Plaatje Municipality shared a Fin24 article where Ted Blom argued that there is a 50% probability of an immanent total nation wide blackout. There have been frequent speculation, opinions, articles and press releases ...
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New loadshedding schedules for the Kimberley Sol Plaatje areas will be released by Monday, 1 June 2015, according to Sello Matsie, the Municipal Spokes Person. UPDATE: SOL PLAATJE IS STILL WORKING ON THE SCHEDULES AND CANNOT PROVIDE AN ETA AT THE MOMENT. ...
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