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SA: Cyril Ramaphosa: Address by South Africa's President, on the occasion of the Presidential Inauguration, Union Buildings, Tshwane (19/06/24)
19th June 2024 We gather here, as people born of the same soil across our nine provinces that make up a unitary South Africa, determined that by our deeds we... →
Fast-greening Richards Bay Minerals now eyeing on-site renewables, storage, aggregation 
By: Martin Creamer 19th June 2024 Energy-intensive Richards Bay Minerals (RBM), which consumes an average of 1.8 terawatts of power a year, was able to secure its latest 140 MW wind... →
Only 40% of developing-country utilities are financially sustainable, World Bank warns
By: Schalk Burger 19th June 2024 The majority of electric utilities in developing countries are ill-equipped to meet growing demand for power and add more renewable energy into the... →
Eskom targets JETP funds and partnerships for 2 GW clean-energy pipeline
By: Terence Creamer 14th June 2024 Having recently confirmed a decoupling of its just energy transition strategy from the decommissioning of its coal-fired power stations, Eskom is... →
Daily Podcast – June 14, 2024
By: Halima Frost 14th June 2024 Making headlines: Lesufi re-elected Gauteng Premier with DA support; GNU releases Statement of Intent, highlighting ANC, DA office bearers; And, 7... →
G7 leaders commit to faster transition from fossil fuels - draft statement
By: Reuters 14th June 2024 Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) developed democracies will commit to accelerating their transition away from fossil fuels during this decade,... →
The nexus: Disinformation, Misinformation, and Privacy in the Age of Gen AI
14th June 2024 The risks associated with disinformation and misinformation have reached heights never seen before in the era of Generation AI (Gen AI), where... →
Reality check
By: Terence Creamer 14th June 2024 Regardless of composition, there are certain realities that South Africa’s new government cannot avoid. The first is an unemployment rate so high... →
