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Minister Ramokgopa is determined to deliver a new IRP plan before the year is out.

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Minister of Electricity and Energy, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, used his first media address to highlight the biggest issues facing the country's electricity supply.

Ramokgopa highlights SA’s biggest electricity challenges, and it isn’t supply

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Desco is a featured Ferro Energia customer for its flagship installations.

Desco is adding renewables to power e-waste recycling

8 Jul 2024

Can SA solve its energy crisis?

Can SA solve its energy crisis?

UCT Graduate School of Business 28 Jan 2019

Top 5 African youth innovators selected for Africa Energy Indaba 2019

Top 5 African youth innovators selected for Africa Energy Indaba 2019

25 Jan 2019

Municipal debt, poor finances pose risk to Eskom

24 Jan 2019

Registration now open for APPO Cape VII Congress and Exhibition conference

Registration now open for APPO Cape VII Congress and Exhibition conference

22 Jan 2019

10 developments that will shape Africa's energy sector in 2019

10 developments that will shape Africa's energy sector in 2019

NJ Ayuk 21 Jan 2019

Chris Dalgliesh, partner and principal environmental consultant at SRK Consulting

Going small: The alternative to renewable energy in Africa

16 Jan 2019

#BizTrends2019: What's happening in the African energy space?

#BizTrends2019: What's happening in the African energy space?

16 Jan 2019

Webb Meko, Black & Veatch sub-Saharan Africa business development director,

Renewables will help power the future

14 Jan 2019

NJ Ayuk, founder and CEO of Centurion Law Group and the executive chair of the Africa Energy Chamber of Commerce

Oil fuels Angola's economic restructuring

NJ Ayuk 10 Jan 2019

How is Africa going to answer its increasing demand for energy?

How is Africa going to answer its increasing demand for energy?

9 Jan 2019

Janine Myburgh, president of the Cape Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Eskom's problems can't be solved by increasing prices

Janine Myburgh 9 Jan 2019

#BizTrends2019: Renewables are the game-changer in Africa

#BizTrends2019: Renewables are the game-changer in Africa

7 Jan 2019

If citizens think they’ll personally and financially benefit from a carbon tax, maybe politicians would take action.
Thomas Hafeneth/Unsplash

Want citizens to care about climate change? Write them a cheque

Abhishek Kar & Hisham Zerriffi 3 Jan 2019

Equatorial Guinea's oil & gas sector primed for growth

Equatorial Guinea's oil & gas sector primed for growth

2 Jan 2019

Eskom concludes revised executive structure

Eskom concludes revised executive structure

27 Dec 2018

Angolan President João Lourenço

Angola reforms its oil & gas industry

21 Dec 2018

Caution: More coal trucks on the roads

Caution: More coal trucks on the roads

20 Dec 2018

Water-energy joint strategy key to SA's sustainable development

Water-energy joint strategy key to SA's sustainable development

Dhesigen Naidoo 20 Dec 2018

Brian Dames steps down from Eskom task team

19 Dec 2018

New licensing round for Angolan oil & gas sector in 2019

18 Dec 2018

#BestofBiz 2018: Energy & Mining

#BestofBiz 2018: Energy & Mining

18 Dec 2018

Eskom, AFD sign loan agreement

Eskom, AFD sign loan agreement

14 Dec 2018

Tourism Minister, Derek Hanekom

SA increasing efforts on climate change

13 Dec 2018

Madagascar's indigenous forests are being stripped to meet energy needs. Photo: Greentumble

Madagascar: How to futureproof energy projects in face of political uncertainty

Nicci Botha 13 Dec 2018

More than 40 people, individuals and representatives of various organisations – 350africa.org, Fossil free for South Africa, Project 90 by 2030, Green Anglicans among others – picketed at the Energy Week Gas summit at the Westin Hotel in Cape Town on Tuesday morning. Photo: Yann Macherez

Picket against new coal stations at energy summit

Yann Macherez 11 Dec 2018

No leave for Eskom managers till load shedding is sorted

6 Dec 2018

Niël Pretorius, DRDGold CEO

DRDGold's recovery project steaming ahead

4 Dec 2018

Karoshoek Solar One

Karoshoek Solar One comes on line

3 Dec 2018

Garyn Rapson, partner at Webber Wentzel

Some take outs on carbon tax

Garyn Rapson 3 Dec 2018

Mining Minister Gwede Mantashe

Government committed to growing oil, gas industry

30 Nov 2018

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Top 5 African youth innovators selected for Africa Energy Indaba 2019

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Registration now open for APPO Cape VII Congress and Exhibition conference

22 Jan 2019

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10 developments that will shape Africa's energy sector in 2019

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14 Jan 2019

NJ Ayuk, founder and CEO of Centurion Law Group and the executive chair of the Africa Energy Chamber of Commerce

Oil fuels Angola's economic restructuring

NJ Ayuk 10 Jan 2019

How is Africa going to answer its increasing demand for energy?

How is Africa going to answer its increasing demand for energy?

9 Jan 2019

Janine Myburgh, president of the Cape Chamber of Commerce and Industry

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#BizTrends2019: Renewables are the game-changer in Africa

#BizTrends2019: Renewables are the game-changer in Africa

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If citizens think they’ll personally and financially benefit from a carbon tax, maybe politicians would take action.
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Abhishek Kar & Hisham Zerriffi 3 Jan 2019

Equatorial Guinea's oil & gas sector primed for growth

Equatorial Guinea's oil & gas sector primed for growth

2 Jan 2019

Eskom concludes revised executive structure

Eskom concludes revised executive structure

27 Dec 2018

Angolan President João Lourenço

Angola reforms its oil & gas industry

21 Dec 2018

Caution: More coal trucks on the roads

Caution: More coal trucks on the roads

20 Dec 2018

Water-energy joint strategy key to SA's sustainable development

Water-energy joint strategy key to SA's sustainable development

Dhesigen Naidoo 20 Dec 2018

Brian Dames steps down from Eskom task team

19 Dec 2018

New licensing round for Angolan oil & gas sector in 2019

18 Dec 2018

#BestofBiz 2018: Energy & Mining

#BestofBiz 2018: Energy & Mining

18 Dec 2018

Eskom, AFD sign loan agreement

Eskom, AFD sign loan agreement

14 Dec 2018

Tourism Minister, Derek Hanekom

SA increasing efforts on climate change

13 Dec 2018

Madagascar's indigenous forests are being stripped to meet energy needs. Photo: Greentumble

Madagascar: How to futureproof energy projects in face of political uncertainty

Nicci Botha 13 Dec 2018

More than 40 people, individuals and representatives of various organisations – 350africa.org, Fossil free for South Africa, Project 90 by 2030, Green Anglicans among others – picketed at the Energy Week Gas summit at the Westin Hotel in Cape Town on Tuesday morning. Photo: Yann Macherez

Picket against new coal stations at energy summit

Yann Macherez 11 Dec 2018

No leave for Eskom managers till load shedding is sorted

6 Dec 2018

Niël Pretorius, DRDGold CEO

DRDGold's recovery project steaming ahead

4 Dec 2018

Karoshoek Solar One

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3 Dec 2018

Garyn Rapson, partner at Webber Wentzel

Some take outs on carbon tax

Garyn Rapson 3 Dec 2018

Mining Minister Gwede Mantashe

Government committed to growing oil, gas industry

30 Nov 2018

Eskom to overcome challenges by 2023

Eskom to overcome challenges by 2023

29 Nov 2018

Committee adopts IRP 2018 report

Committee adopts IRP 2018 report

29 Nov 2018

Photo: Mozambique Mining Journal

SA urged to invest in Mozambican gas sector

28 Nov 2018

Privatisation, productivity and the potential of mini grids

Privatisation, productivity and the potential of mini grids

26 Nov 2018

Mboweni tables Carbon Tax Bill

Mboweni tables Carbon Tax Bill

22 Nov 2018

Eskom briefs Parliament on turnaround strategy

22 Nov 2018

Not enough being invested to meet energy goals

Not enough being invested to meet energy goals

21 Nov 2018

Renewables won't solve Africa's energy crisis on their own

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21 Nov 2018

Plan to address Eskom challenges afoot

Plan to address Eskom challenges afoot

19 Nov 2018

SA energy the dirtiest in the G20, report says

SA energy the dirtiest in the G20, report says

16 Nov 2018

NJ Ayuk, executive chairman African Energy Chamber

Angola joins gas exporting body

15 Nov 2018