Estimates hint that the scaling down of work in response to Covid-19 will result in a sharp drop in production in April and by 4.5% for the year
The energy department last week took out a draft of determinations proposing more than 13000MW of power to be supplied
Despite the government’s announcement of a R30-billion sovereign wealth fund, analysts are questioning its utility in a time of increasing debt
SOEs must be dynamic growth enablers if they are to be deemed strategic assets for the economy
He must end the Mantashe problem and execute his strategy rather than keep the ANC onside
The challenge to deliver a persuasive speech comes firstly in the context of intense doubts as to whether President Ramaphosa is truly in charge of the ANC
Proposed amendments to the legislation mandate meaningful consultation with communities but critics say there are loopholes
Cyril Ramaphosa wants to do the right thing – bring independent power producers on to the grid. He must act despite opposition from top ANC members
To improve the South African economy, we need to institute practical measures to effect change
President Ramaphosa is in a disastrous position for someone elected the way he was and with enemies circling
"The ANC’s long history and continued survival is something to marvel at. But celebrating the mere fact of survival is really not enough"
Gwede Mantashe needs to shift from costly, climate crisis-inducing fossil fuels to renewables
It was a helluva week, particularly after my cellphone died. But I found an old phone number for Gwede
The department of mineral resources and energy did not explain why the former Railway Safety Regulator CEO, Nkululeko Poya, was appointed to the CEF
Nkululeko Poya admitted to spying on a journalist and his former colleagues — now he’s been appointed to the board of a parastatal
The need for electricity is so dire that there are suggestions for power station ships be brought into South African ports and plugged into the grid
Workers are protesting against South Africa’s destabilising energy policies: they want a just transition that doesn’t leave them jobless
Eskom is spending R4.5m more on coal each day because of contracts that are lucrative for certain producers
There’s a climate crisis. Eskom, whose plants burn carbon-producing coal, is in a financial crisis. It’s time to disrupt policy inertia
The minister of mineral resources and energy, Gwede Mantashe, has announced that his department will not be extracting gas by way of fracking
The ANC’s national chairperson says there are people ‘waiting in the wings’ to ‘cash out for maximum benefit’
Its integrity commission has found that factional battles are harming the party’s ability to function
Analysts approve of the choice of finance and public enterprise ministers, but worry about energy and water
Deputy president David Mabuza could be playing a long game to place him in a strong position to become president of the ANC
Allowing offshore hydrocarbon exploration betrays government’s compact with the youth
South Africans headed the polls on Wednesday to elect the country’s sixth democratic administration
‘None of our political elite deserves our vote. How can we entrust our futures to people who put their next shopping trip ahead of our existence?’
The minerals council has applied for a judicial review of the charter over provisions that it says could leave it unsustainable
Although the idea of a sovereign wealth fund to develop our country is a nice one in principle, it may not be the best idea we have had.
The country must abide by its commitment to empower particularly black women when an oceans economy is developed
Cosatu has echoed AMCU’s views, saying Mantashe has downplayed the deaths of mine workers
There is a cautious optimism in the mining industry at present