Business ‘No 36% tariff hike’ – Minister Ramokgopa pledges affordable power Cape Town – Minister of Electricity and Energy Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has assured South Africans that there will not be... Read more 27 Jan
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World Cuba suffers third nationwide blackout in two months Havana — Cash-strapped Cuba on Wednesday was struggling to revive its power grid, after fixing a failure at the... Read more 5 Dec, 2024
Business Eskom partners with French agency for R125m grant to boost clean energy Cape Town – Eskom and Agence Française de Développement (AFD) have signed a R125 million grant agreement to support... Read more 8 Nov, 2024
Countries Rwanda to stop registering petrol taxi-bikes in 2025 Kigali – Rwanda said on Monday it will no longer register petrol-driven motorbike taxis from the new year as... Read more 4 Nov, 2024
Business SA’s massive Sasol petrochemical plant faces serious challenges – new report Rod Crompton, University of the Witwatersrand and Bruce Douglas Young, University of the Witwatersrand The giant Secunda complex of... Read more 27 Oct, 2024
Countries Water crisis fits Joburg: Residents face daily shortages as restrictions, protests escalate Johannesburg – Joyce Lakela runs a nursery in Tembisa, a Johannesburg township, but these days she spends most of... Read more 23 Oct, 2024
Countries South Africa offers a lesson on how not to shut down a coal plant Middelburg — The cold corridors of South Africa’s once-mighty Komati coal-fired power plant have been quiet since its shutdown... Read more 11 Oct, 2024
Business Gas isn’t a good alternative to coal – SA should focus on solar, wind and green hydrogen Richard Calland, University of Cambridge South Africa is immersed in a “just energy transition” from a fossil fuel-based energy... Read more 8 Oct, 2024
Business Eskom spends R6bn to keep loadshedding away Cape Town — Eskom has spent just under R6 billion in the past six months to keep load shedding... Read more 7 Oct, 2024