Plan to revive Pretoria West and Rooiwal power stations

[Daniel Puchert]

Plan to revive money pit power stations in Pretoria

City of Tshwane mayor Nasiphi Moya delivered her first State of the City Address on Thursday, 10 April 2025, revealing the metro's plans to revive the decommissioned Pretoria West and Rooiwal power stations.

Moya said the plan is to convert the Pretoria West power station to a waste-to-energy plant and to resuscitate the Rooiwal power station.

 

[Sarg3_ZN]

The cadres are HUNGRY

 

[Hemi300c]

And the cost
R100 000 000
R400 000 000
R800 000 000
R1 200 000 000 = generation 1KW per week.

 

[R13...]

The cadres are HUNGRY

What did you call it when the DA were mulling the same plans and their mayor was removed for dodgy tender process around these power stations?

 

[borro]

Fresh cables

 

[thestaggy]

I went down the rabbit hole. WTF was going at those two power stations?

'We have been doing nothing for 10 years': Idle Tshwane power stations cost the City billions​

I cannot copy-paste from the article, but the summary is -

The two power stations have been non-operational for over a decade but as much as R1 billion has been spent on maintaining them and employing staff. Staff questioned on a condition of anonymity said they have been coming to work for over 10-years, and outside of occasional maintenance, they have stood around and done nothing, clocking in and out and receiving full pay.



This while the country was experiencing the worst of loadshedding.

 

[Sarg3_ZN]

What did you call it when the DA were mulling the same plans and their mayor was removed for dodgy tender process around these power stations?

Is the term 'cadre' not race-neutral?

 

[McGuywer]

Is the term 'cadre' not race-neutral?

Nope. You dont get race-neutral in South Africa.

 

[Calkem]

If anyone cares there is a very lengthy report that was tabled to council sometime ago, bureaucracy in the city is unbelievable. This is something that should have been done ages ago.

 

[Lupus]

If anyone cares there is a very lengthy report that was tabled to council sometime ago, bureaucracy in the city is unbelievable. This is something that should have been done ages ago.

Yeah I can imagine

 

[Jackal46]

Who is using the power? 80% of South Africa's industry is leaving the country, who is using the power?

 

[Oldfut]

Who is using the power? 80% of South Africa's industry is leaving the country, who is using the power?

I think Eskom are keeping pace with the downhill

"South Africa Power Consumption
Electricity consumption decreased by 4% to 195 TWh in 2023, which is in line with the downward trend observed since 2018 (-2.5%/year). It remained stable between 2005 and 2018, fluctuating between 206 and 221 TWh."

South Africa Energy Information

www.enerdata.net

Not sure about 2024 & 2025, maybe a trend here but not entirely clear, no big production improvements it seems.

"Electricity Production in South Africa is expected to be 18500.00 Gigawatt-hour by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the South Africa Electricity Production is projected to trend around 19200.00 Gigawatt-hour in 2026 and 19700.00 Gigawatt-hour in 2027, according to our econometric models."

South Africa Electricity Production

Electricity Production in South Africa decreased to 17483 Gigawatt-hour in February from 19220 Gigawatt-hour in January of 2025. This page provides - South Africa Electricity Production- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

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