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.
New Eskom unbundling strategy delinks grid assets from future transmission system operator
9th December 2025 A new Eskom unbundling strategy, which uncouples the grid assets from the system operator role to be performed by a separate and... →
Eskom promises not to impose burdens on other customers as it inks MoU to support embattled ferrochrome smelters
8th December 2025 Eskom has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Samancor Chrome and the Glencore–Merafe Chrome Venture in a bid to finalise an... →
Unilever South Africa lifts local content to 80% as it moves to embed supply-chain resilience
8th December 2025 The producer of a diverse range of well-known household brands – from Sunlight soap and OMO washing powder, to Vaseline and Robertsons Spices –... →
Shift in mood
5th December 2025 The complex and multidimensional nature of life in any country means that more than one thing is invariably true at the same time. Moreover, these... →
R112bn cost savings target in focus as new Eskom board takes office
1st December 2025 Eskom chairperson Mteto Nyati has underlined the importance of reducing the State-owned group’s cost base as a newly constituted board takes over... →
Rooted in reality?
28th November 2025 When South Africa transitioned to democracy in the 1990s, and when climate constraints were not yet on the agenda, energy policy was arguably the... →
Nersa reinforces shift to competitive electricity market as it approves market operator licence and new grid rules
27th November 2025 The Energy Regulator, which is the National Energy Regulator of South Africa’s (Nersa’s) highest decision-making body, has made three landmark... →
Eskom prioritises 14 municipalities for Distribution Agency Agreements to tackle R105bn arrear debt
21st November 2025 Eskom has identified 14 municipalities for the implementation of five-year Distribution Agency Agreements (DAAs), a controversial mechanism for... →
Important shift
21st November 2025 There are signs that the long-promised change to the composition of government spending – from consumption to capital investment – is at last... →
Ramaphosa doubles down on ‘Equality, Solidarity and Sustainability’ theme in B20 address
20th November 2025 President Cyril Ramaphosa doubled down on South Africa’s G20 Presidency theme of ‘Equality, Solidarity and Sustainability’ in an address to the B20... →
Eskom welcomes DAA endorsement to tackle R105bn municipal arrear debt
19th November 2025 Eskom has welcomed Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s formal endorsement of the Distribution Agency Agreement (DAA) intervention for addressing... →
Nersa initiates first municipal tariff review following adverse court ruling
19th November 2025 The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has initiated the review process for municipal tariff applications for the 2026/27 financial... →
Presidency official links reforms to lifting fixed investment to 20% of GDP
18th November 2025 Raising gross fixed capital formation (GFCF) to between 18% and 20% of GDP is key to lifting growth to the 3% target, The Presidency’s project... →
Marokane wants South Africa’s grid plan to be coupled to larger regional plan
17th November 2025 Eskom CEO Dan Marokane has called for South Africa’s Transmission Development Plan (TDP) to be complemented by a “regional TDP” to support the... →
Scrap continues
14th November 2025 When ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) initially announced in January that it would be closing the Newcastle mill and winding down its long-steel... →
Cabinet officially lifts PBMR from care and maintenance
13th November 2025 Cabinet has officially approved the lifting of the Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR) nuclear technology from care and maintenance. “This decision... →
R6.7bn in savings secured under Targeted and Responsible Savings scheme
12th November 2025 The National Treasury has started to quantify the savings it is expecting from its Targeted and Responsible Savings (TARS) initiative, which seeks... →
Godongwana outlines plans for shifting spending focus towards infrastructure
12th November 2025 Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has outlined several initiatives being undertaken to finally begin shifting the composition of government... →
Treasury confirms support for distribution agency agreements as Eskom arrear debt rises
12th November 2025 The National Treasury has confirmed that a scheme established to enable municipalities to write of arrear debt owing to Eskom by meeting various... →
As expected, South Africa lowers inflation target to 3%
12th November 2025 As anticipated, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana confirmed a lowering of South Africa's inflation target to 3%, with a 1 percentage point... →
World Bank-backed ‘payment for performance’ grant launched for metros
10th November 2025 South Africa’s eight metropolitan municipalities are now able to tap into a new National Treasury grant, backed by World Bank funding of... →
Head spinning
7th November 2025 Given the many moving parts in play currently within the electricity industry, there is a real risk of becoming distracted from what is truly... →
National Nuclear Regulator grants 20-year life extension to Koeberg Unit 2
6th November 2025 The National Nuclear Regulator (NNR) board has granted a Long-Term Operator (LTO) licence for Unit 2 at the Koeberg nuclear power station, in the... →
Policy uncertainty could lead to future energy transition funding gap in South Africa – report
5th November 2025 A new study that assesses the investments required to achieve electricity security in South Africa by 2050 while also meeting the country’s... →
Shocked, not surprised
31st October 2025 The latest edition of the Integrated Resource Plan for electricity, dubbed IRP 2025, has been Gazetted and its contents have not really come as any... →
Department says electrification scheme to be ‘repurposed’ to tackle R75bn backlog by 2030
29th October 2025 The Department of Electricity and Energy has provided additional information about its proposal to repurpose the Integrated National... →
Department amends gas-to-power RFP and confirms new submission deadline
28th October 2025 The Department of Electricity and Energy has amended the request for proposal (RFP) documentation for the inaugural procurement of 2 000 MW of... →
Sustaining Growth
24th October 2025 It is now widely accepted that we live in a misinformation era – one where it has become acceptable, even fashionable, to be anti-science.... →
Minister’s ‘State will lead, market will follow’ electricity assertion raises questions
20th October 2025 Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa’s insistence that the State will lead and the market follow in the procurement of new... →
IRP 2025 raises gas load factor to 50% as adjustments are also made to accommodate nuclear and ‘clean coal’
19th October 2025 South Africa’s latest Cabinet-approved Integrated Resource Plan (IRP 2025) includes several policy adjustments that deviate from the least-cost... →
Content over form
17th October 2025 South Africans are naturally strongly opposed to any more hefty electricity hikes, having borne above-inflation increases for years while power... →
New Cabinet-approved Eskom board will still be chaired by Mteto Nyati
16th October 2025 Cabinet has approved a new Eskom Holdings board, which will continue to be chaired by Mteto Nyati, whose term has not expired because his... →
Ramokgopa to provide ‘IRP 2025’ briefing after Cabinet approves policy
16th October 2025 Cabinet has approved the new Integrated Resource Plan for electricity, which is being referred to as ‘IRP 2025’. Minister in the Presidency... →
Court order confirming R54bn Nersa-Eskom settlement delayed following AfriForum intervention
15th October 2025 The court order confirming the controversial R54-billion settlement between Eskom and the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has... →
IPP body to meet Eskom on grid-access concerns after alerting competition body to the potential for abuse
13th October 2025 The South African Independent Power Producer Association (SAIPPA) expects to meet with Eskom later this month to discuss its concern that the... →
Debt and theft
10th October 2025 The twin crises of surging municipal arrear debt owing to Eskom and rising electricity theft have been lurking for years, and with all efforts to... →
Additional reforms needed to tackle South Africa's ‘unemployment catastrophe’, think tank argues
7th October 2025 A new report by the Centre for Development and Enterprise (CDE) calls for additional policy reforms to tackle the country’s “unemployment... →
When to intervene?
3rd October 2025 When should a Minister intervene at a State-owned company or independent regulator? It’s a difficult question to answer, and will remain so for as... →
Eskom warns that municipal debt could climb to R300bn by 2030
1st October 2025 Eskom CFO Calib Cassim warns that municipal arrear debt owing to Eskom could exceed R300-billion by 2030, while once again highlighting the failure... →
Eskom now modelling single-digit tariff hikes, Marokane reports
30th September 2025 Eskom CEO Dan Marokane reports that the State-owned company is being geared towards receiving no more than single-digit tariff increases in future... →
Eskom chair says future tariff hikes should be in line with inflation
30th September 2025 Eskom chairperson Mteto Nyati says the next mission of the board is to drive electricity affordability in a way that ensures that future... →
