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Eskom to sign French solar wind deal

September 7, 2011 – 5:52 pm |

Close to commencement of work on green power wind generation plant 300km north of Cape Town, also planning a 100MW solar power project
ESKOM will later this month sign a €100m loan with French development agency …

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Massive Plane lands in Upington

September 11, 2011 – 11:03 am |

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
According to a reliable source Sishen Iron Ore Mine is awaiting a massive Conveyor Belt that landed in a plane from China on the 11th of September 2011 around ten’o’clock the morning.
I tried to get …

Kalahari dreaming…

September 7, 2011 – 5:45 pm |

Stressed out and tired of all the bad news on TV? Hop into your car and take the 10-hour drive to Upington, then go a few kilometres further and you’ll enter the lost world of …

No handouts for farmers after floods

January 26, 2011 – 11:54 am |

Bloemfontein – The government will not compensate farmers for their flood-damaged crops, Minister of Agriculture Tina Joemat-Pettersson said on Tuesday.
The government would, however, provide “relief and assistance” where infrastructure was damaged and displaced farm workers …

See the Orange River in Flood

January 14, 2011 – 7:11 am |

Over the last few weeks I had so many requests to upload some decent photos and videos on our chunk of Orange River that I stopped counting. My arm being made from rubber I started …

Evacuations In Upington As Orange River Rises

January 14, 2011 – 6:57 am |

The SA National Defence Force has rescued eleven people from an Orange River island near Keimoes, as heavy rains push up the river level, reports Sapa.
A further 22 families have been evacuated near Upington ahead …

Government going ahead with Upington solar park

October 27, 2010 – 9:39 pm |

THE release of the integrated resource plan would have no effect on the government’s aim to build a solar park in Upington, in the Northern Cape, Energy Minister Dipuo Peters said yesterday.
The plan is a …

Le Must Restaurant

August 8, 2010 – 9:51 pm | One Comment

Paul Ash is there to see an Upington favourite earn the highest honour any restaurant could wish for
WE stood outside the restaurant and stared at the battered door. A hairdressing salon crowded in on one …

Empire of the Sun

August 7, 2010 – 9:54 pm |

Africa could leapfrog conventional electrification and establish itself as a new world energy hub by investing in renewables.

In ancient Egyptian culture, sun deity Ra was considered the source of all life as the provider of light, …

Circus animals: A Life of misery for a few minutes of entertainment !

July 28, 2010 – 11:55 am |

BOYCOTT CRUELTY TO ANIMALS !
BOYCOTT THOSE WHO ABUSE THEM IN THE NAME OF ENTERTAINMENT !
Thank you for keeping in mind the suffering of those animals…
DBV / SPCA Upington

Kalahari Bruidskou 2010

June 17, 2010 – 5:12 pm |

Met trots stel ons die Noord-Kaap se eerste Bruid Expo bekend.
Die Kalahari Bruidskou is die eerste van sy soort wat in Upington gehou sal word.
Die Bruidskou is ‘n eerste vir ons as Linx Graphics en …