Nuclear energy procurement market to open in 2024
/ 12 December 2023

Nuclear energy procurement market to open in 2024

Nuclear energy is thought to be a solution to the baseload concerns facing the country

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Implats says all checks were done before incident that killed 11 miners
/ 29 November 2023

Implats says all checks were done before incident that killed 11 miners

The company pledges support for families and suspends operations during further checks on the equipment

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TotalEnergies gets green light to drill for oil, gas on Cape West Coast
/ 28 April 2023

TotalEnergies gets green light to drill for oil, gas on Cape West Coast

Civil society organisations say the decision comes as a disappointment

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How government is pushing for a coal mine in water scarce area
/ 22 August 2022

How government is pushing for a coal mine in water scarce area

Department of Mineral Resources and Energy’s decision decried on environmental grounds

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Why government would fall short of cash if the fuel levy is scrapped
/ 5 July 2022

Why government would fall short of cash if the fuel levy is scrapped

But restructuring the Road Accident Fund levy would reduce pressure on consumers

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Gordhan’s Eskom ‘blame game’ underwhelms ANC leaders
/ 5 July 2022

Gordhan’s Eskom ‘blame game’ underwhelms ANC leaders

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

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Acid mine water continues to rise underground on the East Rand
/ 27 May 2022

Acid mine water continues to rise underground on the East Rand

Levels at a treatment plant in Springs have now breached a critical environmental threshold

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Once empowered, always empowered: Does the mining charter judgment rule out transformation?
/ 2 October 2021

Once empowered, always empowered: Does the mining charter judgment rule out transformation?

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

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The nuclear option: Should it carry South Africa’s baseload?
/ 19 August 2021

The nuclear option: Should it carry South Africa’s baseload?

Some argue that nuclear power will get us to our clean energy goals faster, but other experts say it is unsafe, unaffordable and unnecessary

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Powerships ‘a climate threat’
/ 8 April 2021

Powerships ‘a climate threat’

The decision to use Turkey’s floating power plants locks the country into fossil fuels for 20 years

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The living nightmare of environmental activists who protest mine expansion
/ 29 October 2020

The living nightmare of environmental activists who protest mine expansion

Last week Fikile Ntshangase was gunned down as activists fight mining company Tendele’s expansions. Community members tell the M&G about the ‘kill lists’ and the dread they live with every day

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