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Ramokgopa denies President’s pre-Stage 6 SoNA assertions caused embarrassment and insists loadshedding ‘corner has been turned’ 
By: Terence Creamer 11th February 2024 Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has move to defend the statement made by President Cyril Ramaphosa in his State of the Nation Address... →
Permanent aerial mesh support, exoskeletons under scrutiny to make mining safer
By: Martin Creamer 9th February 2024 Minerals Council South Africa is looking at the possibility of promoting permanent aerial mesh support throughout the mining industry as part of... →
Business stakeholders find ‘election-oriented’ SoNA wanting
By: Marleny Arnoldi 9th February 2024 Business stakeholders agree that President Cyril Ramphosa was right to emphasise economic reforms in his State of the Nation Address (SoNA) on... →
Nersa makes far-reaching changes to tariff rules, but implementation timing uncertain
By: Terence Creamer 6th February 2024 The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has approved far-reaching changes to the way electricity tariffs will be set in future, but... →
DWS, Salga, Cogta to review water service delivery mechanisms in municipalities
By: Natasha Odendaal 5th February 2024 The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS), the Department of Corporative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) and the South African Local... →
DMRE to remodel draft IRP 2023 in light of new information, curtailment plans 
By: Schalk Burger 1st February 2024 Many of the submissions the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) has received from the first round of public engagements about the... →
IPPO ‘engaging’ with Eskom on implications of new curtailment rules for current renewables bid window
By: Terence Creamer 30th January 2024 The Independent Power Producer Office (IPPO) reports that it is engaging with Eskom on its newly released curtailment addendum to the latest... →
Matric results: South Africa’s record school pass rates aren’t what they seem – what’s really happening in the education system
29th January 2024 South Africa’s matric (grade 12) class of 2023, which wrote final school-leaving exams late last year, has been hailed by the country’s minister of... →
