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Electricity and Energy Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa.

Ramokgopa says nuclear procurement will go ahead

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Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa. (Leon Sadiki/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Eskom needs R100 billion for new projects

Kgosientsho Ramokgopa on Sunday highlighted a raft of new transmission projects that will add 37 gigawatts of energy to the grid by 2033

South Africans should brace themselves for longer load-shedding schedules, warned Jan Oberholzer, Eskom’s chief operating officer. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Eskom: ‘Brace for more load-shedding’

Eskom’s Jan Oberholzer says South Africans should to prepare for more power cuts over the next year

President Cyril Ramaphosa at the 2022 Investing in African Mining Indaba. (David Harrison, M&G)

Ramaphosa: Government working to cut red tape for registration of new power projects

Even as South Africa grapples with rolling blackouts, the president says there has been progress made in electricity generation by mining and other sectors

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)

Load-shedding on the cards as Eskom prioritises maintenance

Eskom chief operating officer Jan Oberholzer says the utility will continue with planned maintenance, even at the risk of load-shedding

President Cyril Ramaphosa. (Photo: Reuters)

Ramaphosa unveils policy amendments to help struggling Eskom

Lifting the cap on private power generation is aimed at ‘easing Eskom pressure’. Producers won’t need a Nersa licence, but still require other permits

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Yet another lacklustre Sona by Ramaphosa — political analysts

President Cyril Ramaphosa did little to inspire hope in the government’s strategy of boosting the economy, but all is not lost, political analysts say