Under prepaid metering systems, customers must pay upfront for electricity before they can use it
Environmental justice organisations have launched a high court challenge against Eskom’s proposed Nuclear-1 power station, arguing that the 2017 environmental authorisation, upheld by Dion George in 2025, breached South Africa’s environmental laws
Any objective analysis must proceed from the premise that commissions of inquiry are not criminal courts. They neither prosecute nor sentence. Their constitutional purpose is to establish facts, identify systemic weaknesses and recommend structural changes
Labour federations Cosatu and the South African Federation of Trade Unions have led calls for a budget that addresses massive unemployment and weak growth
Not long ago, it was unthinkable that the leader of the DA would ever walk up the steps to the Union Buildings
For the first time in several years, electricity did not dominate the president’s address
A year after the president’s first State of the Nation address as the leader of a coalition government, performance has been good and bad
The Lanseria smart city remains a dream and hunger, unemployment and crime continue to be high but there has been progress in Eskom’s turnaround
The president said the South African National Defence Force would be deployed to support police in tackling gang violence and illegal mining
Four EU embassies in SA are supporting rural schools through education initiatives, advancing digital solutions for business growth and promoting clean energy and climate-smart horticulture to drive jobs, skills development and resilient local food systems
The new dawn that the President spoke about in 2018 is no longer an elusive mirage
A new climate-smart horticulture centre at Eskom’s Grootvlei power station, backed by the Netherlands, is testing how South Africa’s energy transition can deliver jobs, food security and skills
Molefe is currently out on R50 000 bail on charges of fraud, corruption and contraventions of the Public Finance Management Act and the Companies Act linked to his tenure at Transnet
Incoming NDPP lauded for his anti-corruption record as head of the SIU while critics see red
SCORE: B+ A remarkable milestone under Ramokgopa’s leadership is an impressive and sustained electricity supply record, with over 196 consecutive days without loadshedding for the year 2025 and over 400 days of intermittent power supply. The department’s Generation Recovery Plan aimed at improving energy availability and reliability has resulted in a 71% average in the […]
Afro-Map, which failed in its own bid to buy the transformer producer, filed the complaint, saying provisions of the Competition Act were flouted in the deal
Long-term leases turn public land into corporate profit, but it’s not clear how these deals are structured and whether communities are seeing their s
Extending the life of Koeberg, with its associated expense and waste-disposal problems, is not necessary — and nuclear energy is not clean or cost-effective
Stable governance, executive unity and some operational freedom allowed the state-owned entity to succeed, show SOEs need not decline
South Africa was forced into the energy transition by the electricity crisis, sparking a wave of private investment in renewables
Electricity must be treated as a public good and a fundamental human right
Black economic empowerment has been transformative but it needs to be revisited to broaden its pool of beneficiaries
The president and the national treasury launched phase two of Operation Vulindlela on Wednesday, expanding its focus areas
Consumers responded to load-shedding by installing solar energy. In response, Eskom chose higher tariffs instead of encouraging the move to clean energy
Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says a pilot project to involve the private sector in electricity transmission will provide the government with fiscal relief
The ruling is not an ‘endorsement of indefinite non-compliance’, says minister of forestry, fisheries and environment
In its budget review, the treasury flagged Transnet’s high debt levels, saying it needs to make faster progress on its plan to improve operations and finances
The chairs of parliament’s finance committees say the country is on a fiscal cliff and the minister has to make difficult choices in his budget this week
The court highlighted the tension between the rights of a body corporate to be reimbursed for the payments made and the right of a respondent to have electricity supplied
They criticised the Gauteng premier’s water and electricity solutions as misguided
Energy minister Kgosiento Ramokgopa said the issue would be resolved by the end of the week
The power utility said it experienced several breakdowns in its reserves that required extended repair time