Loadshedding
Ramaphosa denies JETP ‘incoherence’ or being forced to transition from coal 
By: Terence Creamer 11th May 2023 President Cyril Ramaphosa has denied that there is any incoherence in his Cabinet regarding the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) with... →
Cabinet assures SA of govt effort to ‘prevent attempts to collapse national grid’
By: Thabi Shomolekae 11th May 2023 Cabinet stressed on Thursday that government is working closely with embattled State-owned enterprise Eskom to fast-track the repair of power... →
Ramaphosa asked to shed light on electricity crisis in parliamentary Q&A
By: News24Wire 11th May 2023 With the country still hampered by loadshedding, and with no end in sight, it is perhaps no surprise the focus of President Cyril Ramaphosa's... →
Lack of action by law enforcement agencies prompted private Eskom investigation – Makgoba
By: Terence Creamer 10th May 2023 Former Eskom interim chairperson Professor Malegapuru Makgoba believes there would have been no reason for former CEO André de Ruyter to pursue a... →
Ramokgopa: Running diesel plants may be costly, but loadshedding is far worse
By: News24Wire 10th May 2023 Eskom will likely exceed its diesel budget this financial year, but the cost of load shedding to the economy would be far worse, said Electricity... →
Eskom Head in China as South Africa grapples with acute outages
By: Bloomberg 10th May 2023 Eskom’s acting chief executive officer travelled to China, as the South African State-owned utility implements record power cuts that are hobbling... →
First renewable energy for platinum group metals expected before year-end, says Auctus
By: Martin Creamer 10th May 2023 An outline of the short-term and medium-term renewable energy plans of South Africa’s large platinum group metals (PGM) mining companies is... →
Mantashe says release of ‘IRP 2023’ for comment is imminent
By: Terence Creamer 9th May 2023 Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe reports that an updated version of the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) for electricity will be... →
Sibanye pursuing rapid self-generation to improve energy supply
By: Martin Creamer 9th May 2023 Platinum group metals, green metals and gold producer Sibanye-Stillwater is pursuing self-generation projects that will improve the security of its... →
Loadshedding starts to weigh on private sector debt servicing ability
By: Marleny Arnoldi 8th May 2023 The Experian Business Debt Index (BDI) declined sharply to 0.996 in the fourth quarter of last year, following a reading of 1.591 in the third... →
BLSA reiterates commitment to tackle electricity crisis, organised crime
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 8th May 2023 Business organisation Business Leadership South Africa’s (BLSA’s) top two priorities in its strategy are assisting in ending the electricity crisis... →
