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(2) Yes.
(a) The amount budgeted for is
(b)
R299 341 000.
The target is to fill the majority of
the vacancies by the end of the
current financial year.
Power stations scrapped/mothballed
940. Mr E W TRENT (DA) asked the
Minister of Minerals and Energy:
(a) How many power stations owned by
(i) Eskom, (ii) municipalities and (iii)
other entities have been (aa) mothballed,
(bb) scrapped or (cc) sold in the past 14
years and (b) in respect of each power
station so mothballed, scrapped or sold,
(i) what was the amount received and (ii)
what was the generating capacity loss in
each case? NW1630E
The MINISTER OF MINERALS AND
ENERGY:
(i)(aa) The only Eskom stations that remained
in reserve storage (mothballed) from
1994 were Grootvlei, Komati and Camden.
(i)(bb) and (cc) The table below is a list of
Eskom stations that were decommissioned
and sold over the past 14 years. All were
disposed of for economic reasons. The sale
price was the net amount after rehabilitation
costs.
Name
Total
Capacity
CommercialDecommissioning
Date
Salt River 240MW 1928-
1967
Vierfontein 360MW 1953-
1958
Wilge 240MW 1954-
1958
Highveld 480MW 1959-
1963
Taaibo 480MW 1954-
1957
Sale Date Price
1994 1995 R4,6m
1994 1994 R4,5m
1995 1996 R3,7m
1994 2000 R9m
1994 2001 R9m
Name
Total
Capacity
CommercialDecommissioning
Date
Sale Date Price
Ingagane
UNIT 5 500MW 1963-
1968
1994 2002 R5,4m
UNIT 4 2006 R3,5m
*Denotes the date when a particular station
was decommissioned.
**Sale price reflected in nominal rands.
(b) (i) In the past 14 years, in as far as
municipal powerstations are concerned
Moqhaka in Kroonstad and
Orlando powerstations were the
only powerstations to have been
mothballed. These stations are in
the process of being returned to
commercial operation. No powerstation
owned by a municipality
was scrapped or sold in the past 14
years. No privately-owned powerstation
was mothballed. No privately-owned
powerstation was
scrapped or sold in the past 14
years. In respect of municipalities
and privately-owned powerstations
nothing was received as
nothing was sold or scrapped.
(ii) With Moqhaka, 30MW of generating
capacity was lost, and 300MW
by the Orlando Power Station.
Applications for refugee status
1098. Mr I E JENNER (ID) asked the
Minister of Home Affairs:
(a) How many applications for refugee
status were received between 2002
and 2006,
(b) how many such applications were (i)
granted, (ii) refused, (iii) granted for
a three-month period or less and (iv)