2009 elections analysis

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

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

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

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

I enjoyed Majestic Mandarin, the March Geek Dinner