Heartbeat of the Bushveld
LEPHALALE — Beurtkrag. Dit het al ’n huishoudelike naam geword. Nasionale media basuin dit uit – Eskom sê Medupi is die sondebok. ’n Vervoerband het gebreek en wat meer is, vyf elektrisiteitsop-wekkingseenhede is nie beskikbaar nie weens lekkasies van …
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LEPHALALE — With Medupi nearing completion, Mogol Post enquired at Medupi Communications about the latest demob figures and what lies ahead in terms of demobilisation. Mogol Post: Can you please provide figures of the recent demob at Medupi (how many …
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LEPHALALE — Officials of the New Development Bank recently paid a visit to Medupi Power Station. The visit continued to Lephalale Municipality the following day and included officials from Eskom and stakeholders. The purpose of the meeting was partly to …
Read More LEPHALALE — From the end of November 2018, the forecasted demobilisation figure was 932, for the end of December 2018, the forecasted figure is 503 and for January 2019, the forecasted figure is 1 258, which will be a total …
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LEPHALALE — Following a front-page article in the Rapport Newspaper dated 25 November, reporting that there are certain design flaws at Medupi and that an additional R1,5 billon will have to be spent in order to rectify the flaws, Mogol …
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LEPHALALE — Mogol Pos het navrae ontvang rondom die ashope by Matimba en Medupi en inwoners van veral Onverwacht kla dat die as op ʼn winderige dag deur die hele dorp waai. Die vraag is aan Rudi van der Wal, …
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On Wednesday 7 November 2018 Medupi Project handed over a donation of sanitary towels to 25 female learners at Mfake Primary School, Rob Roy 2 Village, Lephalale. They presented each learner with four packs of sanitary towels to ensure they …
Read More LEPHALALE — Mogol Post received information that Eskom applied to the National Air Quality Office (NAWO) for the postponement of compliance time-frames relating to the National Environmental Management: Air Quality Act 39 of 2004 Minimum Emission Standards (MES) for Matimba …
Read More LEPHALALE — On Tuesday 18 September the Medupi Project and the Department of Education joined hands with the local municipality to celebrate the Mandela Centenary. This celebration was inspired by the “Fight Poverty through Education” initiative – Eskom’s Medupi Project …
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LEPHALALE — The 2018 Medupi Winter Career Expo Programme officially closed on Thursday 12 July. It was the second programme of its kind with 48 Grade 10 learners and eight educators representing 25 high schools from Palala North, Palala South …
Read More LEPHALALE — The 2018 Medupi Winter Career Expo Programme started on Tuesday 26 June. This programme entails participation between 48 Grade 10 learners and eight educators, representing 25 high schools from Palala North, Palala South and Ellisras Circuits, for the …
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LEPHALALE — Feedback on phase two of the Mokolo Crocodile Water Augmentation Project (MCWAP2) was given during the quarterly meeting of the Lephalale Development Forum (LDF) held at Mogol Club recently. The objective of MCWAP2 is to supply the water …
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LEPHALALE — Various Limpopo media houses attended a Media Briefing Day at Medupi Power Station on Wednesday 30 May. The site tour included a visit to the coal stock pile and it was explained that 2,24 million tons of coal …
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LEPHALALE — Environmental groups including the Matsoba Organisation from Seleka, Greenpeace, Earth Life Africa, Waterberg Women Advocacy Organisation (WWAO) and Waterberg Environmental Justice Forum (WEJF) were picketing at the Mandela Drive intersection to Medupi on Friday morning 25 May. The …
Read More LEPHALALE — The Medupi Leadership Initiative (MLI) was established to actively seek sustainable solutions that would mitigate the socio-economic impact of the demobilisation programme on local communities. This initiative began in October 2012 and the MLI Implementation Launch took place …
Read More LEPHALALE — The Medupi Power Station Project having commenced in 2007 has reached 80% of its construction activities with the 20% outstanding works scheduled for completion in 2020. At its peak, Medupi had 18 000 construction workers – 48% being …
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