Rehabilitating mines presents an opportunity for environmental restoration and economic empowerment in the energy transition
The plan provides a chance to strengthen cooperation and competition in the Southern African Development Community
Sanedi chief executive Titus Mathe says the draft is workable in its current form
The draft IRP 2023 fails to address future energy shortages, analysts argue
Motorists are in store for another price hike come Wednesday
Data from the energy fund warns of a significant increase for all grades of fuel
Sanedi chief executive Titus Mathe says the draft Integrated Resources Plan does not explain how Eskom will extend its transmission lines
Nuclear energy is thought to be a solution to the baseload concerns facing the country
The company pledges support for families and suspends operations during further checks on the equipment
Through its subsidiaries, the CEF has been a key player for over 60 years in ensuring South Africa’s energy security supply
Gas has the potential to be a transition fuel as the country moves to cleaner energy sources, says the mineral resources and energy department
Minister Gwede Mantashe says the revised IRP draft will be submitted to the cabinet between July and September
Civil society organisations say the decision comes as a disappointment
The mineral resources and energy department is pushing for nuclear power but experts argue that this is unsafe and will take too long to implement
The reduction of deaths from falls of ground accidents is significant, because this usually contributes the most to total mine fatalities
Department of Mineral Resources and Energy’s decision decried on environmental grounds
But restructuring the Road Accident Fund levy would reduce pressure on consumers
Sources at a meeting of the national executive committee said a call was made to shift the power utility to Gwede Mantashe’s ministry of minerals and resources
“I’m willing to take a bullet” says Northern Cape natives who claim the land, and its diamonds, belong to them.
The retail price of petrol will rise by up to R2.43 a litre from Wednesday
Levels at a treatment plant in Springs have now breached a critical environmental threshold
A recent high court ruling on another matter led parliament’s portfolio committee on mineral resources and energy to halt the inquiry into the risk mitigation independent power producers procurement programme linked to Karpowership.
As the just transition gathers momentum and renewable energy becomes more affordable, countries around the world taking climate action. South Africa must follow suit
But the oil and gas giant says it follows international best practice
Critics have accused the young climate activists of being divisive and unrepresentative; they say this simply isn’t true
Given the slow pace of change in mining and other sectors, some analysts have raised concerns that the ruling will cause empowerment efforts to unravel
Some argue that nuclear power will get us to our clean energy goals faster, but other experts say it is unsafe, unaffordable and unnecessary
The government’s vision for mined land: farms, tourism and self-generation of electricity
Restrictions are likely to affect people who consume fuel for uses such as running generators to power medical equipment, says the Automobile Association
Refusal of project shows there is ‘no space for tick-box exercises’ by environmental consultants
Department of forestry, fisheries and environment refuses to grant environmental authorisation for gas-to-power projects
The state is saddled with the burden of treating acid water and polluters are escaping the responsibility