Komati

American

[kuh-mah-tee] / kəˈmɑ ti /

noun

a river in NE South Africa, N Swaziland, and SW Mozambique, flowing generally NE to the Indian Ocean. 500 miles (805 km) long.

Komati British

/ ˈkəʊmətɪ, kəˈmɑːtɪ /

noun

a river in southern Africa, rising in E South Africa and flowing east through Swaziland and Mozambique to the Indian Ocean at Delagoa Bay. Length: about 800 km (500 miles)

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Back in Komati, about 2 hours northeast of Johannesburg, the former coal plant looked deserted this week, with only security guards and cleaners on site and large parking lots sitting empty.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 21, 2023

In October, the 1,000MW Komati power station in Mpumalanga province became the first to shut down.

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2022

De Ruyter said Eskom had identified two potential gas projects - one with a 3,000 MW capacity at Richards Bay and another 1,000 MW one at its retiring Komati coal plant.

From Reuters • Dec. 1, 2021

Komati refused to say whether Mansour is in Lebanon.

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2011

We crossed the Crocodile and Komati rivers—noble streams of clear water several hundred yards in width, eddying between large rocks upon which many crocodiles basked.

From By Veldt and Kopje by Scully, W. C. (William Charles)

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