Environmental groups call for more involvement as the draft does not provide viable solutions to energy poverty or address transformation
The ANC leader said a recently agreed multi-party coalition was made up of ‘apartheid’ and ‘bantustan’ parties with an ‘evil intent’
Mantashe said the country was planning to work with all the Brics partners to solve the energy crisis that currently affected the country
While South Africa’s plan is bold, all types of technologies are needed to solve the crisis and ensure that the system has capacity and can withstand the transition
The ANC chairperson said the issue of weakened labour unions needed to be addressed, or unions would disappear
Ministers want President Ramaphosa to rein in the ANC secretary general
Komati has been earmarked to be the facility pioneering the transition from coal to renewables in Mpumalanga
The Gauteng high court setting aside of the Ekurhuleni conference could have implications on the provincial conference that elected Panayaza Lesufi
Two units at the nuclear power station will be out of action in September, meaning the loss of about 1 840 megawatts or about two stages of load-shedding
Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe again blames grid insufficiency, but the electricity minister warns the country will rue delay on expansion
Minister Gwede Mantashe says the revised IRP draft will be submitted to the cabinet between July and September
Warsaw and Pretoria appear to be poles apart when it comes to the war between Russia and Ukraine
The utility is looking to the treasury to expedite the release of funds to build a gas power station
Community members living close to the Grootvlei power plant say they will protest against Eskom’s plans to use external contractors
A discussion document prepared for the youth league’s national congress weighs in on the ‘baseload’ debate
The use of fuel that is not environment friendly is to take centre stage in negotiations
Local and international studies indicate that renewable energy systems, if well managed, are still a secure and least cost option
Energy analysts have said section 34 of the Electricity Regulation Act made it clear that Ramokgopa has been allocated ‘nothing meaningful’
National Energy Month shines a spotlight on our local challenges, such as how to achieve net zero emissions
The minister of mineral resources and energy, Gwede Mantashe, assured the mining community that he is still working towards reducing load-shedding
The weakening rand, borrowing and expenditure on diesel has resulted in the power utility posting a R21.2 billion loss
Ex-Eskom boss and former chairperson deny the intelligence on the ANC’s complicity in graft at the utility was withheld
The former Eskom chairperson said a maligned investigation initiated by former CEO Andre de Ruyter was first mooted by the minister
The mineral resources and energy minister says the plan to extend Koeberg’s life by 20 years will help alleviate the energy crisis
When the president merged the mining and energy departments under his most powerful lieutenants he made a decision that would come back to bite him
The faux pas with the Finnish president is the latest in a series of embarrassing moves by our head of state
Eskom will be freed from borrowing more money for its operational needs and capital requirements for the next five years because of the government’s debt relief package and the tariffs approved by the national energy regulator, Nersa.
No buffalo on the menu at South Africa/Namibia gala dinner
ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula warns Ramaphosa to ‘run his cabinet and not have his cabinet run him’ or they will take action
Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has warned of stage 8 load-shedding for up to 152 consecutive days
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 ‘big bulls’ told the electricity minister that his plan to extend Eskom’s coal fired plants should be taken to the National Energy Crisis Committee