SA’s oldest open water swimming race could be heading for the rocks due to a disagreement about tariffs between the race organiser and the entity which holds jurisdiction over the Sundays River Estuary, where the event takes place.
Torpedoed twice by SA’s environment department, Karpowership has resurfaced with a new bid to establish a 20-year 1,200MW floating gas-to-power project at Richards Bay, Saldanha Bay and Nelson Mandela Bay’s Port of Ngqura.
The Coega Development Corporation has been awarded a key permit from the department of forestry, fisheries and the environment which will allow it to push forward with three projects centred on energy, aquaculture and water.
Environmental and social activists have welcomed the latest broadside fired by environment minister Barbara Creecy at the controversial Karpowership floating power proposal, but have questioned why she did not finish the job.