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South Africa aims to set up three JET-aligned skills development zones 
By: Terence Creamer 24th April 2024 Three Just Energy Transition (JET) skills development zones focusing on renewables and grids, electric vehicles and green hydrogen value chains are... →
South Africa advised by World Bank on climate insurance, contingency fund options
By: Bloomberg 24th April 2024 The World Bank is advising South Africa’s National Treasury on a climate risk strategy after floods in recent years caused billions of dollars of... →
Anglo pleased with copper's first-quarter performance
By: Martin Creamer 23rd April 2024 Copper production increasing by 11% as Quellaveco achieved its highest plant throughput rate in Peru, and Collahuasi and El Soldado in Chile... →
Zuma’s party wants to nationalise land, mines in South Africa 
By: Bloomberg 23rd April 2024 South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma’s newly formed party vowed to nationalise land and banks, withdraw from the International Criminal Court... →
Ramokgopa describes IPP surpluses as low-hanging fruit amid delay in finding contractual solution
By: Terence Creamer 22nd April 2024 Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa describes surplus electricity arising from existing renewable energy facilities as “low hanging fruit”... →
South Africa’s electricity crisis: a series of failures over 30 years have left a dim legacy
19th April 2024 In 1994, apartheid ended and the African National Congress (ANC) won South Africa’s first ever democratic elections, promising “Electricity for... →
Mixed outlook
By: Terence Creamer 19th April 2024 The recent period of decreased loadshedding has been met with tremendous scepticism by a South African public who have been burnt more times over... →
Minerals Council South Africa setting out to boost local demand for green hydrogen
By: Martin Creamer 17th April 2024 Minerals Council South Africa is focused on increasing the domestic demand for green hydrogen, which it sees as contributing to the kickstarting of... →
