These include retraining workers who face retrenchment and developing supply chains that give opportunities to small, micro and medium enterprises
Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has a tough challenge ahead
Production was dragged down mainly by coal and diamonds and the industry also produced less copper, nickel, manganese and chromium ore
Is it too early to pass judgment on South Africa’s newest cabinet member, considering some of his remarks fly in the face of global and local green energy plans?
From irregular expenditure to energy precarity and deals gone wrong, the power utility is the talk of the town
South Africa’s transition to renewable energy is challenged by a shortage of planning, skills development and training, an investigation by Oxpeckers finds
South Africa is on the path to a just transition. But does it make sense?
Production declined for the 12th consecutive month in January, the
largest negative contributors being platinum group metals and diamonds
South Africa’s power capital is being left behind in the race for renewable energy generation.
Greenpeace activists’ protest disrupts the mineral resources and energy minister’s speech
Syndicates, sabotage, theft and inaction by those in the know has helped bring the state-owned power producer to its knees, hurting the country in the process
After a year of energy market volatility lit a fire under demand for coal, lobbyists of the commodity say it is set to stick around
According to the Minerals Council, logistical constraints induced by the railway’s setbacks have cost mining industry R51 billion in exports
People at the front line of South Africa’s energy transition are in the dark about how it will unfold, and whether it will sustain them
One of the main factors contributing to a sudden increase in load-shedding is not sustaining maintenance for the old fleet
Despite new management, problems that are costing the economy dearly continue to compound. Can the logistical behemoth turn the tide?
Those at Hendrina and Komati coal-fired power stations say they don’t know what a just transition is
The M&G visited Hendrina and Komati power stations to find out what people think
If a just transition is to be achieved, there must also be major societal changes.
Government- and corporate-driven summits to address the actions of climate-destroying extractive industries promote inequality
Mpumalanga, the province ‘where the sun rises’, takes centre stage in SA’s Just Energy Transition Plan
Workers at coal-fired power stations in Mpumalanga remain concerned despite assurances that the transition will be just
Eskom’s Jan Oberholzer says South Africans should to prepare for more power cuts over the next year
It is too slow and too expensive to compete with energy-efficiency measures and renewable energy
The additional funds from France and Germany will be used to shift South Africa to cleaner energy, so mitigating Ekom’s debt
SA’s three transitions will cost R8.5-trillion per year between now and 2050
Contrary to the push for clean energy, several African countries want to develop gas fields for local use and export. And, with Russia’s war in Ukraine, Europeans are ready to compromise
Will African countries get the climate pledges owed to them by wealthier nations or will it be more empty promises
The industrial action is the latest in a series of economy-hitting upsets for the state logistics company
But analysts say the fossil fuel’s boom will probably be short-lived as the turn to renewable energy picks up
Gas is viewed as being able to help African countries in the transition from coal and for cheaper energy access. But at what climate cost?
The company’s earnings have soar given the energy crunch caused by Russia’s war on Ukraine — and it’s betting on another fossil fuel to carry it into the future