Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret; Van Heerden, J.H. (Jan Horn), 1957-; Seymore, Reyno; Blignaut, James Nelson; Adams, Philip D.(University of Pretoria, Department of Economics, 2009-08)
In the 2008 budget of the Minister of Finance, the South African Government proposed to impose a 2 cents/kilowatt-hour (c/kWh) tax on the sale of electricity generated from non-renewable sources; this tax is to be collected ...
Blignaut, James Nelson; Van Heerden, J.H. (Jan Horn), 1957-(University of Pretoria, Department of Economics, 2009-07)
South Africa is in the grip of an electricity crisis marked by a euphemism known as load shedding. The demand for electricity has grown to the point that the supply reserve margin is often under threat, necessitating the ...
Blignaut, James Nelson; Van Eyden, Renee; Moolman, Christina Elizabeth(University of Pretoria, Department of Economics, 2006-02)
South Africa is a water-stressed country where water availability is an important constraint to
economic and social development, and will become even more so in the future if this scarce
resource is not managed effectively. ...
Blignaut, James Nelson; Jordaan, Andre Cillie; Van Heerden, J.H. (Jan Horn), 1957-(University of Pretoria, Department of Economics, 2008-09)
The paper uses a static Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model of South Africa and
simulates various shocks to the price of electricity. We attempt different closures to the model
and compare their respective effects ...
Blignaut, James Nelson; Moolman, Christina Elizabeth(University of Pretoria, Department of Economics, 2006-02)
The question addressed in this chapter is whether a community conservation initiative
(coupled with the restoration of degraded land) can be considered a feasible alternative land use
option compared to subsistence ...
