SCORE: D Mantashe’s tenure in the mining and petroleum sectors has been defined by a mix of early reforms and structural challenges. He oversaw the initial rollout of the long-delayed mining cadastral system, which aims to improve transparency, prevent licence overlaps and reduce permit backlogs, but full rollout is only expected by the end of […]
The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy said the drop is due to lower international crude oil prices
Good progress is being made to reduce South Africa’s reliance on a few primary energy sources
The mineral resources and energy minister has said that Eskom does not belong to his department, ‘so I have not lost anything’
The steep increase is despite the treasury’s decision extend the reduction in the general fuel levy by 75 cents a litre
The government has promised that we will get to net zero emissions by 2050, but is still taking actions that will make the climate crisis worse