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Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana wasted no time in a rapid 2024 Budget Speech delivery.

Energy & Mining

#BudgetSpeech2024: Treasury takes crucial step towards energy security

Lindsey Schutters 21 Feb 2024

Supplied image: Nicolway NSE solar system

ESG & Sustainability

Importance of solar literacy as renewable energy adoption increases

Ryno Bosman 1 Dec 2023

Inaugural Sanedi annual energy conference. Source: Supplied

Energy & Mining

South Africa’s collaborative approach to energy transition

22 Nov 2023

Tourists are returning to South Africa - but the sector will need to go green to deal with the country's electricity crisis

Tourism & Travel

Tourists are returning to South Africa - but the sector will need to go green to deal with the country's electricity crisis

Gijsbert Hoogendoorn, Irma Booyens and Kristy Langerman 10 Nov 2023

World Bank approves $1bn loan to help SA tackle power crisis

Energy & Mining

World Bank approves $1bn loan to help SA tackle power crisis

Anait Miridzhanian 25 Oct 2023

Corruption in South Africa: Former CEO's explosive book exposes how state power utility was destroyed

Legal

Corruption in South Africa: Former CEO's explosive book exposes how state power utility was destroyed

Keith Gottschalk 25 May 2023

SA circles back to shale gas as power crisis drags

Energy & Mining

SA circles back to shale gas as power crisis drags

Wendell Roelf 19 May 2023

SA can keep coal-fired plants running longer, climate committee says

Energy & Mining

SA can keep coal-fired plants running longer, climate committee says

Carien du Plessis and Bhargav Acharya 15 May 2023

SA's power outages could reach critical levels this winter - likely scenarios

Energy & Mining

SA's power outages could reach critical levels this winter - likely scenarios

Hartmut Winkler 19 Apr 2023

Why SA's new electricity minister should heed the words of Eskom's former CEO

Energy & Mining

Why SA's new electricity minister should heed the words of Eskom's former CEO

David Richard Walwyn 15 Mar 2023

Source: GIBS Business School. Chairman of the new Resource Mobilisaton Fund.

Finance

Introducing the new Resource Mobilisation Fund

Katja Hamilton 9 Mar 2023

Wet coal, poor weather, breakdowns exacerbate load shedding

Energy & Mining

Wet coal, poor weather, breakdowns exacerbate load shedding

27 Feb 2023

Cities scrambling to keep the lights on as energy crisis hits economic growth

Energy & Mining

Cities scrambling to keep the lights on as energy crisis hits economic growth

Carien du Plessis 22 Feb 2023

Astral flags profit plunge as power crisis hits poultry production

Agriculture

Astral flags profit plunge as power crisis hits poultry production

Nelson Banya 25 Jan 2023

Load shedding to continue for at least two more years - Eskom

Energy & Mining

Load shedding to continue for at least two more years - Eskom

Tim Cocks 23 Jan 2023

New law planned to speed up power projects

Energy & Mining

New law planned to speed up power projects

Carien du Plessis 17 Jan 2023

#BizTrends2023: Top trends likely to shape the local construction industry

Construction & Engineering

#BizTrends2023: Top trends likely to shape the local construction industry

Otto Botha 10 Jan 2023

#BizTrends2023: South Africa's just energy transition - moving from planning to action in 2023

ESG & Sustainability

#BizTrends2023: South Africa's just energy transition - moving from planning to action in 2023

Lullu Krugel 9 Jan 2023

#BizTrends2023: Will climate action see more private-public collaboration?

Energy & Mining

#BizTrends2023: Will climate action see more private-public collaboration?

Andrew van Zyl 9 Jan 2023

EWSETA and CSIR collaborate to grow much-needed skills in the renewable energy sector

Energy & Mining

EWSETA and CSIR collaborate to grow much-needed skills in the renewable energy sector

Issued by At Vogue Communication Agency 4 Jan 2023

Why finding a new head for struggling Eskom won't end the blackouts

Energy & Mining

Why finding a new head for struggling Eskom won't end the blackouts

David Richard Walwyn 19 Dec 2022

Search for new Eskom CEO begins

Energy & Mining

Search for new Eskom CEO begins

Anait Miridzhanian and Kopano Gumbi 15 Dec 2022

Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter has resigned

Energy & Mining

Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter has resigned

Anait Miridzhanian and James Macharia Chege 14 Dec 2022

Eskom ramps up load shedding to Stage 6 as plants break down

Energy & Mining

Eskom ramps up load shedding to Stage 6 as plants break down

Bhargav Acharya 7 Dec 2022

Innovative new projects join Climate Finance Accelerator (CFA) South Africa

Entrepreneurship

Innovative new projects join Climate Finance Accelerator (CFA) South Africa

Issued by GreenCape 1 Dec 2022

Zimbabwe power shortage to worsen as hydro plant halts generation

Energy & Mining

Zimbabwe power shortage to worsen as hydro plant halts generation

Nyasha Chingono 28 Nov 2022

Time to decarbonise and transition to renewables is now - PwC report

Energy & Mining

Time to decarbonise and transition to renewables is now - PwC report

11 Nov 2022

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Legal

African energy transition policies and regulatory developments - Part 2

4 Nov 2022

Source: Reuters/Rogan Ward

Manufacturing

SA factory activity contracts in September - Absa PMI

Bhargav Acharya 4 Oct 2022

Cabinet appoints new Eskom board after record load shedding

Energy & Mining

Cabinet appoints new Eskom board after record load shedding

Alexander Winning and Kopano Gumbi 3 Oct 2022

Eskom board in for overhaul amid record power outages

Energy & Mining

Eskom board in for overhaul amid record power outages

27 Sep 2022

Eskom official says it could take a year or more to end load shedding

Energy & Mining

Eskom official says it could take a year or more to end load shedding

12 Sep 2022

South Africa needs stronger security in place to stop the sabotage of its power supply

Energy & Mining

South Africa needs stronger security in place to stop the sabotage of its power supply

Sascha-Dominik (Dov) Bachmann and Dries Putter 4 Aug 2022

What it will take for South Africa's ailing power utility to keep going

Energy & Mining

What it will take for South Africa's ailing power utility to keep going

David Richard Walwyn 9 Jun 2022

#EnlitAfrica2022: Private sector engagement encouraged as energy transition now inevitable

Energy & Mining

#EnlitAfrica2022: Private sector engagement encouraged as energy transition now inevitable

Sindy Peters 8 Jun 2022

Electric cars are not yet a solution for South Africa

Automotive

Electric cars are not yet a solution for South Africa

Neil Thomas Stacey 4 May 2022

Eskom to suspend load shedding, power system remains volatile

Energy & Mining

Eskom to suspend load shedding, power system remains volatile

Bhargav Acharya 22 Apr 2022

Source: REUTERS.

Finance

South Africa's Eskom escalates power cuts to critical levels

19 Apr 2022

SA has no current plans to discontinue use of coal

Energy & Mining

SA has no current plans to discontinue use of coal

1 Apr 2022

Court orders government to clean up air in coal belt

ESG & Sustainability

Court orders government to clean up air in coal belt

22 Mar 2022

South Africa's efforts to tackle its energy crisis lacks urgency and coherence

Energy & Mining

South Africa's efforts to tackle its energy crisis lacks urgency and coherence

Hartmut Winkler 21 Feb 2022

SA rejects Eskom pollution exemptions, utility says 16,000MW at risk

Energy & Mining

SA rejects Eskom pollution exemptions, utility says 16,000MW at risk

Nqobile Dludla 15 Dec 2021

Report: Developing 'future-fit' South African cities and engaging in a just transition

Construction & Engineering

Report: Developing 'future-fit' South African cities and engaging in a just transition

3 Dec 2021

Eskom CEO sees end to crisis in shift from coal

Energy & Mining

Eskom CEO sees end to crisis in shift from coal

Alexander Winning 1 Dec 2021

Eskom: how does it stack up in the pollution stakes?

Energy & Mining

Eskom: how does it stack up in the pollution stakes?

Rebecca Garland and Kristy Langerman 10 Nov 2021

South Africa's power grid is under pressure: the how and the why

Energy & Mining

South Africa's power grid is under pressure: the how and the why

MJ (Thinus) Booysen and Arnold Rix 3 Nov 2021

SA to receive $8.5bn from US, EU and UK to speed up shift from coal

Energy & Mining

SA to receive $8.5bn from US, EU and UK to speed up shift from coal

Jeff Mason, Andrea Shalal and Emma Rumney 3 Nov 2021

25 renewable energy preferred bidders announced

Energy & Mining

25 renewable energy preferred bidders announced

29 Oct 2021

Eskom has 'fruitful' talks with Western climate envoys - CEO

Energy & Mining

Eskom has 'fruitful' talks with Western climate envoys - CEO

Alexander Winning 22 Oct 2021

SA banks say they can't cut off funding for coal just yet

Energy & Mining

SA banks say they can't cut off funding for coal just yet

Emma Rumney 15 Oct 2021