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            <title>September Distribution Agency Agreement deadline looms for Eskom-indebted municipalities</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The National Treasury has issued termination letters to 13 municipalities and is preparing to issue similar notices to 14 others in relation to their continued participation in a scheme set up in 2023 to address rising arrear debt to Eskom. Under the so-called Municipal Debt Relief Programme, municipalities that owed the State-owned utility a collective R58.5-billion as of March 2023 became eligible to have their historical debt written off over three years, with a maximum of one-third being cancelled in each year.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[State-owned power utility Eskom has issued an invitation to tender or request for proposals for the provision of forensic and anticorruption services to resolve a backlog of forensic investigations. While Eskom maintains internal forensic capability, the scale and specialised nature of legacy cases require additional expertise to support accelerated delivery. This project forms part of the utility’s broader efforts to strengthen governance and accelerate consequence management across the organisation.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Diversified natural resources company Exxaro Resources has officially opened the new Mine 1 operation at its Matla coal mine, in Mpumalanga, following a strategic expansion to support continuous mining operations and meet the requirements of its coal supply agreement with State-owned Eskom. Sabrina Jardim tells us more.]]></description>
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            <title>UCT overcomes rooftop PV limitations with electricity wheeling deal</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The University of Cape Town (UCT) has signed a power purchase agreement with Discovery Green for wheeled renewable electricity that will account for up to 90% of the electricity consumed across the institution’s main and health sciences campus from the third quarter of 2027 onwards. The near-ten-year PPA is described as the first of its kind concluded in South Africa between an electricity trader and a public institution of higher education.]]></description>
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            <title>EU aims to use investor roadshow to convert €12bn pledge into South African projects</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The EU, which announced a €12-billion investment package for South Africa in October, is undertaking investment roadshows in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban this week as part of efforts to convert the high-profile investment pledge into firm projects. The EU and South Africa signed the Clean Trade and Investment Partnership (CTIP) in November last year, alongside a memorandum of understanding on sustainable minerals and metal value chains.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[In this article, EE Business Intelligence MD Chris Yelland writes that the immediate impact of the EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) on South African exports is relatively limited, but as the CBAM is expanded over time, the country may face significant impacts from the possible inclusion of indirect emissions associated with electricity consumption.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has extended the deadline for written comments on both the wholesale price methodology and the transitional generation pricing and vesting contract framework consultation papers to August 4. In a media statement, Nersa encourages stakeholders and members of the public to submit their written comments by this date.]]></description>
            <author>Sabrina Jardim</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[The National Electricity Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) announced on Sunday that it had completed the evaluation and approval process for all the tariff applications from licensed municipal and private electricity distributors. These numbered 176, and were for the 2026/27 financial year, coming into effect on July 1. The regulator assured that the processing of these applications was done in accordance with the Electricity Regulation Act and with orders issued by the High Court on February 20 and May 26 this year. These rulings specified that municipal distributors’ tariffs had to be finalised and approved by May 11, and those of private distributors by May 30.]]></description>
            <author>Rebecca Campbell</author>
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