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

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Standard Bank to finance Africa’s renewable energy boom

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

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CEOs: Brace for power-price whiplash—your 2026 playMinal Patel

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

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

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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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Solar boom exposes critical engineering workforce gap

19 May 2026

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Eskom’s coal supply secured as Exxaro opens New Matla Mine 1

19 May 2026

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

18 May 2026

Steam rises at sunrise from the Lethabo Power Station, a coal-fired power station owned by state power utility Eskom near Sasolburg. Image credit: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

Eskom hikes and rising fixed charges squeeze households and SMEs

15 May 2026

People, planet, prosperity: Driving change through solar power

People, planet, prosperity: Driving change through solar power

Yellow Door Energy 15 May 2026

Eskom's Arnot Power Station in Middelburg. Image credit: , , via Wikimedia Commons

A year without loadshedding, but weak demand and high tariffs threaten jobs and Eskom revenue

14 May 2026

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

12 May 2026

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

Public gets three more weeks to comment on Eskom nuclear site — but critics say it’s not enough

John Yeld 11 May 2026

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Transnet opens Cape Town liquid bulk terminal bid

7 May 2026

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