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Africa Energy Industry: South Africa’s energy woes are a “challenge”, but not a crisis – Zuma

Posted on February 16, 2015 by Mozambique Resources Post

South Africa’s energy woes are a “challenge”, but not a crisis and the government knows how to address it, President Jacob Zuma said on Friday. “I think we have a challenge, not a crisis,” Zuma told a breakfast meeting in Cape Town the morning after he announced a R23-billion cash injection for Eskom.

What Thought You Should Know This: Coal India unions on five day strike from Tuesday

Posted on January 6, 2015January 6, 2015 by Mozambique Resources Post

An estimated five lakh employees in the coal industry will begin a five-day nationwide strike on Tuesday to denounce moves towards commercial mining of the fuel. A senior union leader warned that the strike may hit power supply in the country. Coal workers and unions across the country are bitterly opposed to the coal block allocation ordinance that they say could lead commercial mining of the fuel.