by Dianne Bayley | Jan 15, 2020 | Security and Legal
Management, technical and engineering staff of OR Tambo International Airport have completed an assessment of the circumstances that led to power disruptions at the airport on Sunday 12 January. OR Tambo GM Bongiwe Pityi-Vokwana released a statement that reads: As a...
by Dianne Bayley | Jan 13, 2020 | Sustainability
With the ongoing strain on South Africa’s electricity grid, and the growing use of renewable energy to mitigate climate change, Nicklaus Kruger notes that there is a clear need for reliable and cost-effective energy storage solutions and speaks to UWC’s Prof Bernard...
by Dianne Bayley | Dec 10, 2019 | Sustainability
South Africa has once again been hit by a large scale rollout of load shedding. All across the country, we’ve had to adapt in one way or another in order to ensure that we are able to make food, go shopping, have warm water and more. Business is also suffering the...
by Dianne Bayley | Apr 22, 2019 | Sustainability
Kusile and Medupi power stations continue to come under fire as poorly managed and ill-designed, remaining years behind completion dates amidst drastically rising costs that now stand at R300-billion, by conservative estimates. Despite being the most expensive...
by Dianne Bayley | Apr 16, 2019 | Innovation
Recent power issues have focused the spotlight sharply on the necessity to deal with the real possibility of having loss of access to one’s data, says Simon Hwang, APAC President at Synology. Locally, load shedding challenged business continuity and made prospering in...
