Fikile Mbalula and other ANC officials are now at pains to say that his words were ‘a joke’ and ‘political rhetoric’
The fightback against Zuma’s defection and launch of the MK party has begun
According to an MOU, Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa will exercise authority over the beleaguered power utility’s board and management on ending load-shedding
The updated long-term blueprint for the country’s power infrastructure looks at supply-and-demand needs
America has pledged $53 million for developing countries
The company pledges support for families and suspends operations during further checks on the equipment
Labour organisations say their input was not heeded and jobs will be threatened
As we undergo the greatest economic shift of our time, we have to guard against malevolent private interests
The minister also gave an update on the return of Koeberg unit one, which was taken offline for refurbishments almost a year ago
The mineral resources and energy department said fuel prices would be lower this month partly because of the drop in the average price of Brent crude oil
The ANC embarked on a programme of renewal in 2017 after it emerged that it had been complicit in state capture.
Xhakaza lost against Masina in a disputed conference which was set aside by the high court, with costs
The energy minister told Africa Oil Week participants that disasters linked to climate change were being used to stop African countries from exploiting fossil fuels
Higher crude oil prices, US refinery shutdowns, global diesel shortages and a weaker rand among the factors blamed
The ruling party’s economic transformation head Mmamokolo Kubayi said the resolution for state entities to be moved to line ministries remained intact
The ruling party would have our country relitigate the past ad nauseam. We need solutions not blame
NGO’s should not have “unfettered veto powers” over development in South Africa, according to the minister
Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and Western Cape refrain from increasing taxi fares but haven’t ruled out the possibility
The minister said Africa needs a holistic approach to defining critical minerals which considers national and continental needs and global trends
Gas has the potential to be a transition fuel as the country moves to cleaner energy sources, says the mineral resources and energy department
Environmental groups call for more involvement as the draft does not provide viable solutions to energy poverty or address transformation
The ANC leader said a recently agreed multi-party coalition was made up of ‘apartheid’ and ‘bantustan’ parties with an ‘evil intent’
Mantashe said the country was planning to work with all the Brics partners to solve the energy crisis that currently affected the country
While South Africa’s plan is bold, all types of technologies are needed to solve the crisis and ensure that the system has capacity and can withstand the transition
The ANC chairperson said the issue of weakened labour unions needed to be addressed, or unions would disappear
Ministers want President Ramaphosa to rein in the ANC secretary general
Komati has been earmarked to be the facility pioneering the transition from coal to renewables in Mpumalanga
The Gauteng high court setting aside of the Ekurhuleni conference could have implications on the provincial conference that elected Panayaza Lesufi
Two units at the nuclear power station will be out of action in September, meaning the loss of about 1 840 megawatts or about two stages of load-shedding
Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe again blames grid insufficiency, but the electricity minister warns the country will rue delay on expansion
Minister Gwede Mantashe says the revised IRP draft will be submitted to the cabinet between July and September
Warsaw and Pretoria appear to be poles apart when it comes to the war between Russia and Ukraine