South Africa’s electricity system is changing. After years of blackouts until 2024, the state-owned energy company Eskom is being unbundled into smaller companies, and the sector is increasingly open to private investment.
Households, businesses and municipalities are finding ways to rely less on the national grid and switch to renewable energy – a process known as off-gridding.
Meanwhile, South Africa has raised $13.7 billion to move away from coal-fired electricity (to be spent on renewable energy projects).
But urban households that have never been connected to the national grid (such as shack settlements)…
Official Languages: South Africa has 11 official languages, including Zulu, Xhosa,
Afrikaans, English, and Sesotho.
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Van is hitch-hiking and he gets picked up by a larnie in a merc. After travelling awhile and making small talk, Van asks the larnie what the 3-pointed star on the bonnet is for. The larnie decides to have some fun with Van.
\”Oh, that\’s the sights, you know, for aiming. When I see someone on the side of the road and I want to run him over, I just line him up in the sights.\”
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Fun South African Fact: The waters surrounding the 2,500km long coastline are teeming with life. You’ll find great white sharks, African penguins, dolphins and much much more in South Africa’s oceans. Many travellers visit the coast to watch the annual whale migrations. In Hermanus, in the Western Cape, you can see hundreds of whales from June to late November. Simon’s Town, another coastal Western Cape town, is home to Boulder’s Beach. Here you can swim alongside colonies of African Penguins!