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Energy Regulator approvals mark another step towards NTCSA’s operationalisation
Energy Regulator approvals mark another step towards NTCSA’s operationalisation
18th March 2024 By: Terence Creamer

South Africa’s Energy Regulator has taken another set of decisions opening the way for the operationalisation of a separate grid company in South Africa ahead of the far-reaching legislative... 


Merafe CEO Zanele Matlala and FD Ditabe Chocho.
Ferrochrome producer Merafe cites green energy solutions as 2024 opportunity
18th March 2024 By: Martin Creamer

The Glencore-Merafe Chrome Venture is exploring renewable energy projects to mitigate power shortages and power costs, Merafe Resources CEO Zanele Matlala said on Monday, when the Johannesburg... 


SA young scientists to showcase innovative research at Tunisia science festival
SA young scientists to showcase innovative research at Tunisia science festival
18th March 2024

Innovative South African research which includes a cost-effective triage test for real-time detection of Tuberculosis (TB) and a nature-based technology that brings about environmental remediation,... 


SAWEA CEO Niveshen Govender
SAWEA wants IRP overhaul as it questions massively diminished role for wind in current draft
18th March 2024 By: Terence Creamer

The South African Wind Energy Association’s (SAWEA’s) formal response to the draft Integrated Resource Plan 2023 (IRP 2023) questions both the modelling and assumptions used to determine the vastly... 


MC Mining MD and CEO Godfrey Gomwe
MC Mining achieves interim revenue growth despite challenging coal market
15th March 2024 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Coal miner MC Mining’s strong revenue growth through the six months ended December 31, 2023 were “very pleasing” considering the challenging coal market, MD and CEO Godfrey Gomwe avers. During the... 


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South Africa takes next step toward opening up electricity trade
15th March 2024 By: Bloomberg

South Africa moved a step closer toward creating a competitive electricity market after legislation that establishes the framework cleared another hurdle. The Electricity Regulation Act Amendment... 


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cidb, Deputy Minister launch programme to accelerate construction industry transformation
15th March 2024 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Public Works and Infrastructure Deputy Minister Bernice Swart and industry regulator the Construction Industry Development Board (cidb) on March 14 officially launched the B.U.I.L.D Programme,... 


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South Africa’s next energy challenge: A R390-billion grid upgrade
15th March 2024 By: Bloomberg

South Africa is facing a monumental challenge as it seeks to end years of rolling electricity outages that have hobbled the economy: It needs to build and fund a R390-billion expansion of the... 


Cape Town aims to invest R43bn in infrastructure over next three years – mayor
15th March 2024 By: Irma Venter

Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says the city will invest R43-billion in infrastructure over the next three years. The ten-year project pipeline is valued at R120-billion. 


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Not so quiet revolution
15th March 2024 By: Terence Creamer

For several years, the roll-out of rooftop solar, batteries and inverters has been referred to as South Africa’s quite revolution. While Eskom struggled to keep the lights on and government battled... 


Exxaro media briefing.
Wind generation up, solar operational soon, Exxaro reports
14th March 2024 By: Martin Creamer

Group wind power generation last year increased by 8% and the Lephalale solar power project is on its way to being operational in the first quarter of next year, Exxaro CE Dr Nombasa Tsengwa... 


Industrial Gas Users Association of South Africa executive director Jaco Human
Industrial gas users prepare to make ‘orderly transition’ case at crunch gas-cliff meeting
14th March 2024 By: Terence Creamer

The creation of a formal public-private platform to assess solutions to a pending “gas cliff” for industrial consumers in South Africa points to the fact that the issue is finally being taken... 


Exxaro CE Dr Nombasa Tsengwa.
Exxaro declares R5.4bn dividends, green energy business thriving
14th March 2024 By: Martin Creamer

Diversified mining company Exxaro, with interests in the coal, energy and ferrous markets, has declared final and special dividends. The share dividend of R10.10 a share is roughly R3.4-billion and... 


Andrea Ranieri, Alessandra Governanti, Louise Paulsen, Lasad Jaouani and Manuele Battisti at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Impofu Wind Farms
Construction begins on wind farms to supply Secunda oxygen plants
13th March 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Enel Green Power (EGP) South Africa has started construction of three new wind farms in the Eastern Cape, which will provide electricity to Air Liquide and Sasol in Secunda, Mpumalanga, through a... 


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New online portal launched to aid Cape Town’s solar PV boom
13th March 2024 By: Irma Venter

The City of Cape Town has launched a new online application portal for solar photovoltaic (PV) installations. More than 5 000 solar PV systems have been authorised to date, totalling 126 MVA, with... 


Reserve Bank governor Lesetja Kganyago
South Africa should get off global regulator's 'grey list' in 2025, says Kganyago
13th March 2024 By: Reuters

South Africa's central bank governor said on Wednesday that he was confident the country would be removed from an international financial crime watchdog's "grey list" next year, given the work that... 


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IPPO confirms May 30 renewables bid deadline as it moves to accommodate grid quotes and curtailment
13th March 2024 By: Terence Creamer

The Independent Power Producer Office (IPPO) has confirmed that the deadline for submissions under Bid Window Seven (BW7) of the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme... 


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Loadshedding moves to Stage 3
12th March 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Eskom will implement Stage 3 loadshedding from 16:00 on Tuesday to 05:00 on Wednesday and will repeat this pattern for the next few days. The move to Stage 3 loadshedding is owing to the loss of... 


African Rainbow Minerals Executive Chairperson Dr Patrice Motsepe.
Right things are being done with Transnet, right things will be done with Eskom – Motsepe
12th March 2024 By: Martin Creamer

Dr Patrice Motsepe, the founder and chairperson of diversified mining company African Rainbow Minerals (ARM), has expressed confidence in the direction being taken by South Africa’s State transport... 


Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa
South Africa won’t need Electricity Minister by end of 2024
12th March 2024 By: Bloomberg

Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa said an anticipated improvement in electricity supply should see him out of a job by the end of 2024. The country, which has been plagued by crippling... 


Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa
Eskom mulls integration of Vgbe report recommendations into revised recovery plan but hints at ‘inaccuracies’
11th March 2024 By: Terence Creamer

Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says Eskom’s new CEO, Dan Marokane, will offer a comprehensive outline of a revised generation recovery plan that will seek to integrate recommendations... 


WBHO’s head office goes green in R20m project
WBHO’s head office goes green in R20m project
11th March 2024 By: Irma Venter

Construction group Wilson Bayly Holmes-Ovcon (WBHO) is installing large-scale solar panel arrays on the rooftops of three buildings of its headquarters in Johannesburg. The first of the three... 


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Curtailment framework in play for current renewables bidding round, Ramokgopa confirms
11th March 2024 By: Terence Creamer

Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa and the Independent Power Producer Office (IPPO) have both confirmed that the curtailment framework outlined by Eskom in January is immediately available... 


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Ramaphosa assures Eskom working on increasing electricity generation capacity
11th March 2024 By: Thabi Shomolekae

President Cyril Ramaphosa noted on Monday that Eskom, under the leadership of its new Group CEO, is finalising an agreement with business to deploy additional independent skilled experts to support... 


Mpact CEO Bruce Strong
Mpact grows revenue, operating profit, expects benefits from investments in 2024
8th March 2024 By: Schalk Burger

JSE-listed paper and plastics packaging business and recycler Mpact recorded a 3.6% year-on-year increase in revenue to R12.8-billion for the financial year ended December 31, 2023. Its underlying... 


African Rainbow Minerals Executive Chairperson Dr Patrice Motsepe.
We are committed to confronting climate change – ARM
8th March 2024 By: Martin Creamer

African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) executive chairperson Dr Patrice Motsepe said during Friday’s presentation of dividend-yielding results that his diversified mining company is committed to... 


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Eskom reaches three-million milestone on prepaid meter recoding project
8th March 2024 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

State-owned utility Eskom reports in a statement that it has achieved a significant milestone in its key revision number, or KRN, rollover project, having successfully recoded three-million prepaid... 


Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan
Gordhan to retire after elections
8th March 2024 By: Reuters

Minister of Public Enterprises, Pravin Gordhan, will retire after this year's general elections on May 29, he told Reuters on Friday. Gordhan oversees State entities including struggling power... 


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Teraco moves to grow and green SA data-centre footprint
8th March 2024 By: Schalk Burger

Digital transformation is happening in every industry and digitalisation of the economy is intensifying the need for highly available, and sustainable, information and communication technology... 


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Progress, but too slow
8th March 2024 By: Terence Creamer

There is growing impatience over the slow pace at which the South African government is moving to harness the $11.6-billion in concessional loans and grants pledged by several developed countries... 


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Teraco moves to grow and green SA data-centre footprint
8th March 2024 By: Schalk Burger

Digital transformation is happening in every industry and digitalisation of the economy is intensifying the need for highly available, and sustainable, information and communication technology... 


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Zondereinde smelter solar photovoltaic project, South Africa – update
8th March 2024 By: Sheila Barradas

The development of an 80 MW solar power farm at Zondereinde is in progress. 


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Kusile power plant project, South Africa – update
8th March 2024 By: Sheila Barradas

Eskom has insisted that it is on track to complete the repairs to the ducts in the west stack at the Kusile power station by December 2024. 


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Zondereinde Western extension project, South Africa – update
8th March 2024 By: Sheila Barradas

Northam Platinum has implemented several capital preservation initiatives at the project. 


Transmission lines
Trading, transmission key factors in a liberalised South African electricity market
7th March 2024 By: Rebecca Campbell

With the liberalisation of the South African electricity market, energy trading will become increasingly important. So highlighted Investec Project Finance Director Franca Sandham. She was... 


South Africa's current account deficit widens sharply in fourth quarter
7th March 2024 By: Reuters

South Africa's current account deficit widened sharply in the fourth quarter of 2023 to 2.3% of gross domestic product (GDP) from a revised 0.5% of GDP in the third quarter, central bank data... 


Property transformation programme launched
6th March 2024 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Industry regulator the Property Practitioners Regulatory Authority (PPRA) on March 6 launched the Transformation Property Partnership programme, which is aimed at enabling meaningful youth... 


Kendal power station
Move to formalise deal on injecting private skills into Eskom amid plan to add and recover 10.6 GW by end-2025
6th March 2024 By: Terence Creamer

Government and business have set a goal of increasing South Africa’s electricity generation capacity by 10.6 GW by the end of 2025 as part of ongoing collaborative efforts to tackle growth-sapping... 


Scopa/SIU MoU flags Eskom intelligence, National Skills Fund reports for investigation in seventh administration
6th March 2024 By: Sashnee Moodley

The Standing Committee on Public Accounts and the Special Investigating Unit have assured that the Eskom intelligence report and the National Skills Fund matters will be flagged for consideration... 


South African renewable energy IPP project equity returns – are they still attractive?
South African renewable energy IPP project equity returns – are they still attractive?
6th March 2024

How can investors improve margin in the energy value chain – circa >100 MW projects and above By: Enriko Fourie, Transaction Advisor at Cresco Group 


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South Africa’s solar PV market expected to become one of the world’s largest this year
5th March 2024 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

BloombergNEF’s (BNEF’s) first-quarter global photovoltaic (PV) market outlook predicts that South Africa will be the tenth-largest PV market in the world this year, with the dominance of solar PV... 


RES4Africa releases latest study findings
5th March 2024 By: Sabrina Jardim

Sustainable energy organisation the Renewable Energy Solutions for Africa Foundation (RES4Africa) unveiled its latest study - conducted with South African power utility Eskom and technical... 


Energy Council of South Africa CEO James Mackay
Real progress being made against loadshedding in recent months, says Energy Council CEO
5th March 2024 By: Rebecca Campbell

The number of hours of loadshedding in South Africa has been cut by 67% over the past three-and-a-half months, Energy Council of South Africa CEO James MacKay highlighted on Monday evening. He was... 


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