2009 elections analysis

April 23rd, 2009 in · 1 Comment

As an election junkie, I’ve been watching the election results closely as they come in. There’ve been no real surprises, but a few interesting trends…



Fair Trade South Africa getting rooted

April 17th, 2009 in · 0 Comments

I’m pleased to see that Fair Trade South Africa, the South African division of Fair Trade, is getting more established…



Renewable energy feed-in tariffs approved

April 13th, 2009 in and · 6 Comments

NERSA, the National Energy Regulator of South Africa, has approved some quite generous renewable energy feed-in tariffs.

In short, renewable energy feed-in tariffs mean that developers can invest in renewable energy, and sell excess energy back to the grid (Eskom) at a profit, a price more than it costs to generate, and guaranteed for a period of time, in this case twenty years…



Focusing on solutions – no more news

April 8th, 2009 in and · 3 Comments

I realised this evening how to verbalise my own reasons for throwing newspapers in the dustbin, which I’ve struggled with before.

At todays Facelook and Foodcook, two of the four speakers specifically advised not reading newspapers, and reasoned it in different ways…



Majestic Mandarin and Banking Anarchy

April 3rd, 2009 in · 3 Comments

I enjoyed Majestic Mandarin, the March Geek Dinner…