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A De Beers store on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, California. Image credit: , , via Wikimedia Commons

De Beers announces 2-year pause at SA’s largest diamond producer

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Former PwC energy manager to spark up EXSA’s regulatory division

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Plentify and Deye lay foundation for Africa’s largest residential virtual power plant

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How loadshedding led to South Africa finding its perfect sunspot

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Werner Duvenhage says sayonara to Rio Tinto after 13 "instrumental" years

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Fuel pump nozzles for gasoline at a TotalEnergies gas station in Paris, France. Image credit: Reuters/Benoit Tessier

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Lisette IJssel de Schepper 25 May 2026

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Maroefah Smith 22 May 2026

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Wendell Roelf 21 May 2026

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SRK Consulting 19 May 2026

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New R500m deal strengthens Fedgroup’s role in South Africa’s energy transition

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Matthew Hirsch 18 May 2026

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African Rainbow Energy's new deal to speed up private power for SA businesses

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Eskom’s current and only nuclear power station located at Koeberg, Western Cape. Archive photo: Brent Meersman

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John Yeld 11 May 2026

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Florence Tan and Siyi Liu 11 May 2026

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