COP26: Fossil fuel firms sponsor climate talks
Views about multinational energy and gas companies sponsoring the United Nations climate conferences are strongly divided
Hitachi
Medupi fails two tests already
The new plant can’t meet World Bank’s loan conditions or sulphur emissions limits
Today’s ANC is a criminal enterprise masquerading as moral and political “leaders of society”
The criminal prosecution and lawful dissolution of the ANC are not only morally desirable but legally justifiable too
Hitachi now in African Development Bank’s sights
The company has already coughed up R260m after US SEC charged it over payments to ANC funding front Chancellor House.
Hitachi now in AfDB’s sights
The company has already coughed up R260m after US SEC charged it over payments to ANC funding front Chancellor House.
Hitachi fine won’t lighten the darkness
South Africa’s electricity shortage endures as the Chancellor House deal to build Eskom power stations grabs headlines once more.
Eskom on Medupi delay: We take full responsibility
Eskom has been "on the back foot" of its Medupi power station project from the get-go, says its financial director, Paul O’Flaherty.
Hitachi’s Chancellor House dodging
Hitachi Power Africa fudged key issues this week in a media blitz intended to extricate it from the row over ANC business front Chancellor House.
Opposition slams ANC ‘about-turn’ on Hitachi
Opposition parties have lambasted the ANC’s turnaround on its investment in Hitachi, saying the ruling party is "playing the country for fools".
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Hitachi may seek public funds
Japanese high-tech giant Hitachi may seek a government loan to help it cope with massive losses, its new president said on Monday.
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Eskom to build power station in Limpopo
Hitachi and Alstom have been awarded the R20-billion boiler and the R13-billion turbine contracts respectively for Eskom’s Medupi power station at Lephalale in the Limpopo Province. ”Medupi will be the biggest dry-cooled power station in the world,” said Brian Dames, managing director of Eskom’s Enterprises Division.
