SAnews Newsletter 2022-07-29 AM Edition
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Service providers appointed for Eskom battery energy storage initiative
Eskom has appointed two contractors to provide battery storage solutions for the power utility’s flagship Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) which is expected to inject at least 1 440MWh of power to the grid.
SA's population now estimated at 60.6 million
Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) says the country’s population is now estimated to be 60.6 million by the end of June 2022.
Landlords encouraged to reduce electricity usage
Public Works and Infrastructure Minister, Patricia de Lille, has appealed to landlords to help drive down electricity demand in their private offices that the department rents from them.
Consultations on development of events industry sector code gets underway
The Events Technical Production Transformation Forum (ETPTF) through the support of the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture will conduct phase 2 consultations for the development of a B-BBEE Sector Code for the events, technical and production service industry (ETPSI), an intervention to drive transformation.
SA registers 318 new COVID-19 infections
South Africa has detected 318 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, bringing the total number of known infections to 4 004 201 since the outbreak.