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Policy follow-through needed to ensure electricity reforms are ‘not in name only’
Policy follow-through needed to ensure electricity reforms are ‘not in name only’
22nd June 2026 By: Terence Creamer

Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) CEO Busisiwe Mavuso has called for policy follow-through to ensure that the restructuring under way in the electricity industry facilitates a transition to a... 


NTCSA CEO Monde Bala
NTCSA acknowledges ‘temporary bottleneck’ of R2bn in curtailment payments to IPPs
18th June 2026 By: Terence Creamer

The National Transmission Company South Africa (NTCSA) has confirmed what it describes as a “temporary bottleneck” in curtailment payments to independent power producers (IPPs), with about... 


R12m grant supports RTE international-NTCSA grid-resilience cooperation
R12m grant supports RTE international-NTCSA grid-resilience cooperation
18th June 2026

Agence française de développement (AFD) has approved a €650 000 (about R12-million) grant to facilitate a two-year technical cooperation programme between RTE international and the National... 


The Joburg skyline
Eskom says CoJ PAJA consultation process extended by 30 days
17th June 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Power utility Eskom says it has, in the interest of ensuring a fair administrative process, extended the deadline for the Promotion of Administrative Justice Act (PAJA) notice issued previously to... 


Electricity and Energy Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa
Ramokgopa urges Africa to turn cross-border power plans into bankable projects
17th June 2026 By: Mariaan Webb

Electricity and Energy Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has called for Africa to accelerate the implementation of cross-border electricity infrastructure by converting continental energy plans into... 


SAPVIA CEO Dr Rethabile Melamu
SAPVIA calls for fair access to limited grid as new renewable utility Eskom Green powers up
15th June 2026 By: Schalk Burger

Industry organisation the South African Photovoltaic Industry Association (SAPVIA) welcomes the establishment of State-owned renewable-energy utility Eskom Green, but calls for assurance that... 


Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa
Ramokgopa to seek Cabinet approval soon to extend tariff discounts to more industries
11th June 2026 By: Terence Creamer

Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has indicated that he intends approaching Cabinet in the coming weeks to seek approval to extend concessional electricity tariffs similar to... 


South African steel sector at deindustrialisation ‘inflection point’
South African steel sector at deindustrialisation ‘inflection point’
10th June 2026 By: Terence Creamer

The South African steel industry – encompassing the full value chain, from upstream producers to downstream manufacturers and fabricators – has been described as being at a deindustrialisation... 


Eskom group executive for renewables Rivoningo Mnisi
Eskom Green gears up to select private partners for initial 2 GW renewables pipeline
9th June 2026 By: Terence Creamer

Eskom Green, which has now been officially launched, reports that it intends implementing an initial 2 GW pipeline of advanced utility-scale renewables projects in partnership with private... 


Eskom Restructuring Task Team outlines terms of reference for creation of TSO
Eskom Restructuring Task Team outlines terms of reference for creation of TSO
9th June 2026 By: Terence Creamer

The Eskom Restructuring Task Team (ERTT) has outlined the terms of reference guiding its deliberations on the establishment of an independent State-owned Transmission System Operator (TSO) that... 


SOLA Group assets MD Katherine Persson
Opinion: The rise of electricity wheeling – the silent winner of the energy transition
9th June 2026

In this article, independent power producer SOLA Group assets MD Katherine Persson writes that South African businesses are looking for more predictable energy costs, that wheeling and virtual... 


Industrial strategy outlines ‘3Ds’ vision while fighting deindustrialisation rearguard action
Industrial strategy outlines ‘3Ds’ vision while fighting deindustrialisation rearguard action
8th June 2026 By: Terence Creamer

The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (dtic) has released a new Industrial Development Strategy (IDS) “anchored” by the so-called ‘3Ds’ of decarbonisation, diversification and... 


BMI webinar unpacks grid constraints, considerations
BMI webinar unpacks grid constraints, considerations
8th June 2026 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

As renewable power reach increases and electricity systems face growing pressure from electrification, energy security concerns and shifting demand patterns, both grid infrastructure and battery... 


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Can DAA's help solve Eskom's municipal debt crisis?
5th June 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

With municipal debt to Eskom now exceeding R114-billion, government and Eskom are turning to Distribution Agency Agreements (DAAs) as a potential solution. Engineering News editor Terence Creamer... 


September Distribution Agency Agreement deadline looms for Eskom-indebted municipalities
September Distribution Agency Agreement deadline looms for Eskom-indebted municipalities
3rd June 2026 By: Terence Creamer

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... 


The University of Cape Town's main campus.
UCT overcomes rooftop PV limitations with electricity wheeling deal
2nd June 2026 By: Terence Creamer

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... 


Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau speaks at the launch of the EU investment roadshow
EU aims to use investor roadshow to convert €12bn pledge into South African projects
1st June 2026 By: Terence Creamer

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... 


Nersa's logo on a wall
Nersa completes its consideration and approval of electricity distributors’ tariffs
1st June 2026 By: Rebecca Campbell

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... 


The Johannesburg CBD skyline
R3.8bn loan from Germany provides large chunk of electrical infrastructure backlog requirement – CoJ
29th May 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

The City of Johannesburg (CoJ) has secured a R3.8-billion loan from German State-owned development bank KfW, which it will use to finance critical electrical infrastructure investments in the... 


Eskom-owned infrastructure
Eskom appoints new group executive for distribution
29th May 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Power utility Eskom has appointed Junaid Munshi group executive for its Distribution division, with effect from June 1. It says Munshi is a seasoned executive with more than three decades of... 


IEA executive director Fatih Birol
Countries prioritising domestic energy options amid ‘largest-ever energy security crisis’
28th May 2026 By: Terence Creamer

Countries are increasingly prioritising domestic energy resources as they seek to reduce their reliance on imported fuels in response to what the International Energy Agency (IEA)  is describing as... 


Energy Council of South Africa project delivery senior manager Vasanie Pather
Opinion: The electricity conversation nobody is having – tariffs are the market
28th May 2026

In this article, Energy Council of South Africa project delivery senior manager Vasanie Pather writes that, as South Africa's electricity sector moves toward a competitive market, tariffs must... 


The sod turning ceremony was attended by a high-powered delegation, including Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa (centre)
Eskom flags big renewables ambitions as it starts work on 75 MW solar project alongside Lethabo coal station
27th May 2026 By: Terence Creamer

Eskom has started construction of a 75 MW solar PV project alongside its Lethabo coal-fired power station in the Free State, which is expected to generate some 147 GWh yearly once at full... 


GreenCo co-founder and CFO Pug Bennet
Sanlam Alternative Investments takes 10% stake in Africa GreenCo for $10m
25th May 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Sanlam Alternative Investments, the alternative investments business within Sanlam, has become the first private institutional shareholder in renewable energy trader and buyer Africa GreenCo... 


SA's electricity distribution sector in crisis
SA's electricity distribution sector in crisis
22nd May 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Engineering News editor Terence Creamer discusses the growing challenge of municipalities' failure to settle arrear debt owed to power utility Eskom, as well as the possible remedies to this... 


Transmission infrastructure, solar PV panels and wind turbines
Grid, renewable-energy expansions should proceed in parallel
21st May 2026 By: Rebecca Campbell

In South Africa, plans for strengthening the country's electricity transmission grid and further increasing renewable energy generating capacity are not yet in alignment, JUWI Renewable Energy... 


Ramateu Monyokolo
Municipalities can no longer treat their water systems as cash cows
20th May 2026 By: Rebecca Campbell

In South Africa, the water utilities and systems are treated as stepchildren, by the various levels of government, affirmed Association of Water and Sanitation Institutions of South Africa (Awsisa)... 


EVC CEO Dion Mhlaba (left) and WEG Africa CEO Eduardo Werninghaus
WEG, Energy Venture Capital partner to finance hybrid energy projects in South Africa
20th May 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Electric technologies and energy solutions provider WEG has partnered with strategic energy investment company Energy Venture Capital (EVC) to provide funding of between R5-million and R500-million... 


Siemens South Africa CEO Sabine Dall'Omo
Water and electricity systems are coming together, Enlit audience hears
20th May 2026 By: Rebecca Campbell

Water and electricity systems are no longer separate and isolated, but are now intertwined in South Africa and across Africa. So highlighted Siemens South Africa CEO Sabine Dall'Omo, in her keynote... 


Power lines in Johannesburg
South Africa's biggest city could have power supply throttled over unpaid debts
20th May 2026 By: Reuters

South Africa's biggest city and economic hub Johannesburg could have its power supply throttled by state-owned electricity company Eskom over unpaid debts, Eskom said on Tuesday. Engineering News... 


Transmission lines and the Koeberg nuclear power plant
Eskom Rotek is ensuring proper asset management for the utility
19th May 2026 By: Rebecca Campbell

Proper asset management by Eskom has achieved an electricity availability factor of 65.16% this year-to-date, highlighted Eskom Rotek Industries (ERI) engineering manager Reinaldo da Veiga. He was... 


NOA head of trading Andrew Taylor
Amplified calls for Cabinet-endorsed electricity reform roadmap
14th May 2026 By: Terence Creamer

Independent power producer and licensed trader NOA has amplified a recent call for the publication of a Cabinet-endorsed electricity reform roadmap to ensure that the shift to the competitive... 


Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa
Ramokgopa promises ‘sequenced’ roadmap for wholesale electricity market roll-out
12th May 2026 By: Terence Creamer

Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa reports that his department will publish a “sequenced” implementation roadmap for the South African Wholesale Electricity Market (SAWEM) so... 


The Hillside smelter
Hillside marks 30 years amid push for long-term power solution
8th May 2026 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

Diversified miner South32’s Hillside Aluminium smelter in Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, could continue operating for another 20 to 30 years if a competitive long-term electricity agreement is... 


Power lines
Eskom to interrupt bulk electricity supply to one North West municipality from May 8
7th May 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Power utility Eskom has confirmed that it will proceed with the interruption of bulk electricity supply to the Mamusa local municipality, in the North West, from May 8, after the municipality... 


Discovery Green CE André Nepgen
Discovery Green inks 10yr PPA to supply Afrox’s Kuilsrivier ASU with renewable energy
5th May 2026 By: Schalk Burger

Industrial gases and welding products company Afrox has signed a ten-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with renewable energy trading company Discovery Green to supply renewable energy to Afrox's... 


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