Tag: Europe

• Apr 24 2008

  Power Outages – Blackouts, an International Phenomenon

  Electricity disruptions are not limited to the power shortages we are currently experiencing in South Africa. Panama and Brazil have had the same experiences (and used rationing to limit usage). China is importing coal in its attempt to maintain production. The following articles illustrate that the even the first worlds are not immune

• Apr 13 2008

  Lighthouse Fisheries (Witsand)

  Lighthouse Fisheries, the brainchild of a Mr. Louw, was one of the first fishery in South Africa to export live crayfish (rock lobster) to international markets, packed in containers, by air to Europe. The fisheries buildings at Witsand, on the road from Kommetjie to Cape Point between the lighthouse and Camel Rock, consisted of tanks…