Terence Creamer
Terence Creamer is the Editor of Engineering News and a Deputy Editor for Mining Weekly. He also has editorial responsibility for Polity.org.za and Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa.
National Rail Bill being prepared in bid to embed reforms – Creecy
27th March 2026 Transport Minister Barbara Creecy reports that she intends seeking Cabinet approval for a new National Rail Bill during the 2026/27 financial year... →
Performance focus
27th March 2026 That many of South Africa’s 257 municipalities are in crisis is not in question. Also painfully clear is that many metropolitan councils, which... →
Diesel disruptions and early hikes point to possible gap in pricing framework
25th March 2026 Government and the liquid fuels industry insist that recent disruptions to diesel supply in parts of South Africa are not related to a physical... →
Reviewed electricity pricing policy to be released for comment within weeks
25th March 2026 Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says a revised electricity pricing policy will be released for public comment in the... →
Tau says hostile geopolitics won’t thwart investment event that could attract 65-plus in new pledges
23rd March 2026 Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau has expressed confidence that the upcoming South Africa Investment Conference (SAIC) will not be... →
Govt, industry insist there is no risk to fuel supply amid ‘panic buying’ fears
20th March 2026 The Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources and the Fuels Industry Association have issued a joint statement urging South Africans not to... →
Fundamentally disrupted
20th March 2026 Peace is not merely the absence of war. Yet when conflicts rage, the foremost priority is always to find ways to stop the killing and the... →
R54bn performance-based grant launched to support metro infrastructure delivery
19th March 2026 The National Treasury has officially launched a R54-billion performance-based grant in a bid to increase investments in water, sanitation,... →
Permanent cross-sector ‘transport council’ could drive higher growth – Ramaphosa
16th March 2026 President Cyril Ramaphosa has proposed the establishment of a permanent ‘transport council’ to bring together government and the private sector... →
Lucky for some
13th March 2026 On Friday March 13, 1981, the first edition of Engineering News, then a fortnightly tabloid newspaper, officially made its debut as a specialist... →
Eskom says delayed Medupi FGD report to be submitted to Minister in early April
11th March 2026 Eskom expects to submit its final benefit-cost analysis (BCA) report on flue gas desulphurisation (FGD) at the Medupi power station, in Limpopo, to... →
Nersa approves higher electricity hikes for 2026/27 after R54.7bn error
10th March 2026 The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has officially confirmed that the average tariff increase for Eskom direct customers will... →
World Bank confirms $350m funding for South Africa’s credit guarantee vehicle
9th March 2026 The World Bank Group has approved $350-million, or about R5.6-billion, to capitalise South Africa’s new credit guarantee vehicle (CGV), which is... →
Important shifts
6th March 2026 The overarching theme of last week’s Budget was definitely the fiscal turning point that has now finally been reached. Debt is being stabilised and... →
Eskom prepares to act against 14 municipalities as arrear debt breaches R110bn
5th March 2026 With arrear debt owing to Eskom by municipalities having breached R110-billion, the State-owned company has announced that credit control processes... →
Eskom stays legal action to allow Nersa-led process on trading rules to unfold
27th February 2026 Eskom has reached an agreement to suspend legal proceedings instituted against the granting of trading licences in 2024 to allow the current... →
Impact of lowering inflation target has ‘exceeded most optimistic expectations’
27th February 2026 South African Reserve Bank governor Lesetja Kganyago says the spin-offs from the policy decision to lower the inflation target have “exceeded our... →
Trading spaces
27th February 2026 Electricity trading in South Africa, as Etana Energy CEO Evan Rice explained recently, is at once active and in transition. Just how active, is... →
Infrastructure in focus as South Africa reaches fiscal ‘turning point’
25th February 2026 Accelerating infrastructure investment emerged as a central theme of the 2026 Budget, which Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana characterised as... →
Budget outlines shift from oversight to ‘structural intervention’ to tackle municipal dysfunction
25th February 2026 Amid growing dissatisfaction with the performance of many of the country’s 257 municipalities, 162 of which are categorised as being in financial... →
Treasury targets more savings after R12bn identified under TARS scheme
25th February 2026 The National Treasury reports that R12-billion in savings has been identified for the coming three years as a result of its Targeted and... →
Moral hazard
20th February 2026 There is currently a marked difference between how Eskom and Transnet are being assessed against their respective reform milestones. While the... →
Independent transmission company ‘one of most important reforms in country’s history’
19th February 2026 President Cyril Ramaphosa has described the move to establish a fully independent State-owned transmission company as “one of the most important... →
Creecy says RFPs for three big rail and port concessions on track to be issued in 2026
19th February 2026 Transport Minister Barbara Creecy reports that Transnet is preparing to release request for proposal (RFP) documents for three large private sector... →
Macpherson says property investment vehicle will unlock value from R155bn State portfolio
18th February 2026 Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson has provided some more high-level details on a plan to use a ringfenced property... →
NUM calls for urgent talks with Necom on Eskom unbundling following SoNA directive
18th February 2026 The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has called for urgent and structured consultations between organised labour and the National Energy Crisis... →
Report labels unbundling of Eskom as ‘most important economic reform since 1994'
17th February 2026 A new report commissioned by the South African Energy Traders Association (SAETA) identifies the unbundling of Eskom Holdings as the most important... →
Eskom will ‘fully support task team’ to deliver independent TSO
13th February 2026 Eskom says it will fully support the task team being created to deliver the fully independent State-owned Transmission System Operator (TSO) that... →
Big decisions loom
13th February 2026 South Africa is weighing a range of policy measures as various manufacturing sectors – from ferroalloys and steel, to automotives – face... →
Ramaphosa intervenes to ensure Transmission System Operator will own grid assets
12th February 2026 President Cyril Ramaphosa has directly intervened in the dispute over Eskom’s unbundling plan, announcing in his 2026 State of the Nation Address... →
Dipak Patel appointed new deputy chair of Presidential Climate Commission
9th February 2026 President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed Dipak Patel as deputy chairperson of the Presidential Climate Commission (PCC) for a tenure running from... →
South Africa and China sign trade and investment framework agreement
6th February 2026 South Africa and China have signed a framework trade and investment agreement aimed at providing duty-free access to the Chinese market to more... →
Welcome visibility
6th February 2026 A new data portal made publicly available recently by the National Transmission Company South Africa (NTCSA) provides some encouraging insight into... →
BLSA Reform Tracker says Eskom unbundling strategy ‘broke with the approved reform plan’
5th February 2026 The latest Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) Reform Tracker Quarterly Review says there has been “concerning backwards movement in the... →
AMSA narrows loss to R3.4bn as it winds down longs steel unit
5th February 2026 Steel producer ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) reported a smaller headline loss of R3.4-billion in 2025 relative to the loss of R5.1-billion... →
Eskom unbundling plan could be ‘major setback’ for electricity reform – Busa
4th February 2026 Business Unity South Africa (Busa) has expressed concern that the Eskom unbundling plan announced in December might represent a “major setback” for... →
Operation Vulindlela again lists Eskom’s restructuring as a reform area ‘facing significant challenges’
30th January 2026 The latest update on progress being made in implementing the structural reforms that have been prioritised under Operation Vulindlela has again... →
Central defensive midfield
30th January 2026 In his prime, it was typical for fans of those teams in which French international footballer N'Golo Kanté played, including Chelsea, to quip that... →
Draft amendments to B-BBEE codes open way for Transformation Fund
29th January 2026 Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau has Gazetted proposed amendments to the existing Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE)... →
Sanedi exec floats idea of zero-rated electricity as affordability concerns grow
28th January 2026 Amid growing concern over the affordability of electricity for businesses and households, the head of the energy secretariat at the South Africa... →
Creation of ‘competitive’ electricity, logistics markets key next priorities for Government Business Partnership
28th January 2026 Implementing reforms in the electricity and logistics sectors to facilitate the establishment of “commercially viable, competitive markets in these... →
