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Nick and Nichole Nyalungu, winners of the Mpumalanga Green Innovation Challenge. Photo courtesy Mpumalanga Department of Economic Development and Tourism
DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY

Mining’s mess is just energy transition’s opportunity

Rehabilitating mines presents an opportunity for environmental restoration and economic empowerment in the energy transition

  • Thabo Molelekwa
7 min read
The World Bank’s Mission 300 should focus on renewables as the extraction and burning of gas is expensive would damage the environment and people’s health. Photo: IGUA-SA
BELULUANE GAS COMPANY

Unlocking regional potential: South Africa’s gas master plan and energy transition

The plan provides a chance to strengthen cooperation and competition in the Southern African Development Community

  • Busisipho Siyobi
6 min read
The reality is that we simply cannot meet the African continent’s unique energy problems and opportunities without accelerating grid transformation. Photo: Salam Habash / Unsplash
DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY

South Africa urged to finalise Integrated Resource Plan to boost investor confidence

Sanedi chief executive Titus Mathe says the draft is workable in its current form

  • Mandisa Makgakga
4 min read
Eskom is inadvertently helping drive the global sustainable energy movement by rapidly pricing South Africans out of the grid energy market. Photo: Waldo Swiegers/Getty Images
REFINERIES

South Africa’s energy blueprint needs an overhaul

The draft IRP 2023 fails to address future energy shortages, analysts argue This content is restricted to registered users and subscribers. Get Your Free Account The Mail &…

  • Mandisa Makgakga
1 min read
The G20 must take a strong stand against greenwashing by fossil fuel companies.
BUSINESS

Petrol prices pump up the pain

Motorists are in store for another price hike come Wednesday

  • Sarah Smit
1 min read
Motorists can expect relief at the fuel pumps in October, with the price of all grades of petrol and diesel set to decrease from Wednesday
AA

Brace yourself for a big petrol price increase in February

Data from the energy fund warns of a significant increase for all grades of fuel

  • Umamah Bakharia
1 min read
Eskom told the Mail & Guardian it had only received a R9 billion World Bank loan to decommission its coal-fired Komati power station. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
TITUS MATHE

Energy development institute raises questions about transmission in South Africa’s energy blueprint

Sanedi chief executive Titus Mathe says the draft Integrated Resources Plan does not explain how Eskom will extend its transmission lines

  • Mandisa Makgakga
3 min read
Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says there is a “compelling” case for expanding the use of nuclear power as there is a pressing need for additional generation capacity. Photo: Phill Magakoe/Getty Images
ENERGY REGULATOR OF SOUTH AFRICA

Nuclear energy procurement market to open in 2024

Nuclear energy is thought to be a solution to the baseload concerns facing the country This content is restricted to registered users and subscribers. Get Your Free Account The…

  • Mandisa Makgakga
1 min read
After a lengthy process, Impala Platinum’s takeover of Royal Bafokeng Platinum (RBPlat) was finally completed in July. Photographer: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images
IMPALA PLATINUM HOLDINGS

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 This content is restricted to registered users and subscribers. Get Your…

  • Umamah Bakharia
1 min read
Dr Ishmael Poolo, the CEF group chief executive.
CEF

The Central Energy Fund’s crucial role in securing energy for South Africans

Through its subsidiaries, the CEF has been a key player for over 60 years in ensuring South Africa’s energy security supply

  • CEF
7 min read
While coal producers stand to benefit from stronger prices and export demand, researchers warn that increased coal production and exports carry significant environmental and social costs, from greenhouse gas emissions to the impacts borne by communities living near mines and coal-fired power stations. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
TRANSITION FUEL

New gas find in Mpumalanga

Gas has the potential to be a transition fuel as the country moves to cleaner energy sources, says the mineral resources and energy department

  • Lesego Chepape
2 min read
On the list: Gwede Mantashe
DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY

Calls for exploration of natural gas in revised integrated resource plan

Minister Gwede Mantashe says the revised IRP draft will be submitted to the cabinet between July and September

  • Mandisa Makgakga
6 min read
Sea change: Climate activists bearing anti-TotalEneergies placards (above) picket in Cape Town. Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister Barbara Creecy (left) has released her department’s draft offshore oil and gas sector plan. (Brenton Geach/Gallo Images & Islam Safwat/Getty Images)
DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY

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

Civil society organisations say the decision comes as a disappointment

  • Sheree Bega
7 min read
Reaction: Koeberg in the Western Cape is South Africa’s only nuclear power station. Photo: Dwayne Senior;/Getty Images
DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY

If it’s not coal, then go for nuclear, says energy department

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

  • Mandisa Makgakga
7 min read
File photo by Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images
DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY

Mine fatalities at a record low in 2022

The reduction of deaths from falls of ground accidents is significant, because this usually contributes the most to total mine fatalities

  • Anathi Madubela
2 min read
Powerlines from Matimba powerstation pass over Marapong village. Residents are affected by the poor air quality and many do not have electricity even though they live in the shadow of the power station. (James Puttick)
ANC

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

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

  • Mandisa Makgakga
5 min read
“Scrapping the fuel levy means that the rich would also receive that benefit. So, from a point of equity and reducing poverty, it would make more sense to increase cash transfers to the poor and to leave the fuel tax as it is.” (Photo by Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images)
AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION

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

  • Anathi Madubela
6 min read
Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan.
AARON MOTSOALEDI

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

  • Lizeka Tandwa
3 min read
ALEXKOR

War for diamonds: Toil and triumph on the rich barren plains

“I’m willing to take a bullet” says Northern Cape natives who claim the land, and its diamonds, belong to them.

  • Eunice Masson
8 min read
The department of mineral resources and energy said the new fuel prices would come into effect on Wednesday. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
BRENT CRUDE OIL

Government extends R1.50 general fuel levy reprieve, but also announces steep price increases from June 1

The retail price of petrol will rise by up to R2.43 a litre from Wednesday

  • Anathi Madubela
3 min read