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South Africa’s 36.1% electricity price hike for 2025: why the power utility Eskom’s request is unrealistic
18th October 2024 South Africa’s state-owned electricity company, Eskom, has applied to the National Energy Regulator of South Africa to approve a 36.1% electricity... →
How you driven through to how safe your personal information is with Uber
18th October 2024 The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded on 8 October 2024 to John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton for their “foundational discoveries” that enable... →
Single-cause issues and the problem of collective action
By: Saliem Fakir 18th October 2024 In his book, How Neoliberalism Failed, and What a Better Society Could Look Like, which critiques neoliberal policies and explores alternatives for... →
Eskom’s tariff application reflects big rise in subsidy support for energy-intensive firms 
By: Terence Creamer 15th October 2024 A policy decision to allow electricity-intensive companies operating in South Africa to enter into negotiated pricing agreements (NPAs) with Eskom... →
South Africa’s rising fuel imports cause supply shortage risk 
By: Bloomberg 14th October 2024 South Africa’s rapid switch to become a net importer of fuel creates supply risks requiring infrastructure to store and transport the fuel,... →
Happening in Parliament this week
14th October 2024 Questions to the President in the National Assembly (NA), the Executive Statement by the Minister of Transport, and the debate in the National... →
SPS selected to provide renewable-energy solution for significant Limpopo water supply project
By: Natasha Odendaal 11th October 2024 The Lebalelo Water User Association (LWUA) has selected asset management company Sustainable Power Solutions (SPS) as the preferred bidder to... →
Dormant PGMs, chrome mine acquired by job-creating JSE AltX-listed resource investor
By: Martin Creamer 10th October 2024 Johannesburg Stock Exchange AltX-listed company Mantengu Mining has been provided with a platinum group metals (PGMs) and chrome mining industry... →
