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TotalEnergies logos are seen in a gas station in Nice, France. Image credit: Reuters/Eric Gaillard/File Photo

TotalEnergies taken to court in FranceAmerica Hernandez and Isaac Anyaogu

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Africa’s power market is changing fast — and private capital is driving itShirley Webber and Nikhil Kasiram

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Johannesburg has taken a big new loan to help fix its electricity problems, but the results will take timeGlen Robbins

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Johannesburg has taken a big new loan to help fix its electricity problems, but the results will take time

Glen Robbins 3 days

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July’s electricity tariff hike is set to give SA a shock to the system

26 Jun 2026

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Fossil fuels still dominate in Africa’s electricity future – study tracks 3,139 power plants

Davy Vanham 25 Jun 2026

The electric vehicle transition at the Fuels Industry Imbizo

The electric vehicle transition at the Fuels Industry Imbizo

The Electric Mission 22 Jun 2026

Eskom, which runs Africa's only operational nuclear power station near Cape Town, is preparing a request for information covering up to 5,200 megawatts of new capacity. Image credit: , , via Wikimedia Commons

#AEF2026: Everything is coming up nuclear for South Africa

18 Jun 2026

It's a gas! Exxon Mobil to supply SA's first planned LNG terminal

17 Jun 2026

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16-hour planned power outage in Jozi signals growing electricity woes

12 Jun 2026

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South Africa's power utility enters its clean energy era with Eskom Green

11 Jun 2026

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Standard Bank to finance Africa’s renewable energy boom

10 Jun 2026

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Could the industrial-driven decline in electricity consumption spell trouble for Eskom?

9 Jun 2026

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New deal with Chinese solar giant to spark up SA’s energy market

8 Jun 2026

Zululand Energy Terminal director, Oliver Naidu (left) and Eskom group executive for strategic delivery, Alfred Seema, seal the deal with a handshake. Image supplied.

SA's first LNG import terminal gassed up in new Eskom-Zululand agreement

5 Jun 2026

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SA's energy needs and environmental protection square off in court

5 Jun 2026

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Fuel levy drop to cushion SA as petrol price reaches record-high

4 Jun 2026

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CEOs: Brace for power-price whiplash—your 2026 play

Minal Patel 3 Jun 2026

Secunda CTL is a synthetic fuel plant owned by Sasol at Secunda, Mpumalanga, in South Africa. It uses coal liquefaction to produce petroleum-like synthetic crude oil from coal. Image credit: , , via Wikimedia Commons

SA’s fuel supply and the Iran war: data black holes and low strategic stock put the country at risk

Rod Crompton and Bruce Douglas Young 3 Jun 2026

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5 Cape Town buildings now run on pooled renewables — is yours next?

2 Jun 2026

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Lesotho explores R5bn floating solar project on its highland reservoirs

Sechaba Mokhethi 1 Jun 2026

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Construction of solar facility set to power 60,000 households

28 May 2026

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How South African businesses can offset the rising diesel price

Ricky Luntz 28 May 2026

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Johannesburg sees light at the end of the tunnel in new deal with Eskom

27 May 2026

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New partnership to energise virtual wheeling in South Africa

26 May 2026

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Katlehong residents use digger to tear up main road during protest

Kimberly Mutandiro 26 May 2026

Pooled renewable electricity wheeling

Pooled renewable electricity wheeling

Catchwords 25 May 2026

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

Iran war is exposing South Africa’s dependency on diesel: what went wrong

Lisette IJssel de Schepper 25 May 2026

Oil containers at the Port of Fujairah, as the US-Israel conflict with Iran limits marine traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates. Image credit: Reuters/Amr Alfiky/File Photo

It’s bleak street in SA mining as rising fuel price starts to take its toll

Maroefah Smith 22 May 2026

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Eskom in talks with World Bank over nuclear expansion in SA

Wendell Roelf 21 May 2026

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South Africa’s economic hub could plunge into darkness over Eskom debt

20 May 2026

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