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Free State targets industrial revival with R120bn investment drive

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Riverstone Wetland Estate secures green certification with major energy savings in sight

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South Africans urged to rethink household costs as easy savings dry up

Yellow Door Energy and Nedbank CIB achieve financial close on 49 MWp Lion Thorn Solar Park

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Cars queue at a Shell petrol station in Johannesburg. Image credit: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko/File photo

Petrol price could rise by nearly R5 in November, suggests CEF data

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Cars queue at a Shell petrol station in Johannesburg. Image credit: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko/File photo

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Yellow Door Energy and Nedbank CIB achieve financial close on 49 MWp Lion Thorn Solar Park

Yellow Door Energy and Nedbank CIB achieve financial close on 49 MWp Lion Thorn Solar Park

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Fuel prices in SA: R10bn from govt could bring relief to the pumps

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Yellow Door Energy breaks ground on 49 MWp Lion Thorn Solar Park

Yellow Door Energy breaks ground on 49 MWp Lion Thorn Solar Park

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Workers are seen underground at a mine near Pretoria. Image credit: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

100,000 new jobs by 2035: Mining sector aims to add R65bn to SA’s GDP

Maroefah Smith 8 Oct 2026

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Fuel prices may stay high after the war ends, warns SA Reserve Bank

7 Oct 2026

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Following PetroSA’s contaminated-fuel scandal, the AA calls on govt to act

5 Oct 2026

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Powering progress: The pivotal role of logistics in Africa’s renewable energy boom

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Detlev Duve, Dachser 28 Sep 2026

A general view of the South African Petroleum Refinery (SAPREF) is seen in Durban. Image credit: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko/ File Photo

Central Energy Fund needs over R8bn to drop SA’s dependence on imported fuels

23 Sep 2026

TotalEnergies sweeps in as fuel supplier after Namibia drops Vitol

22 Sep 2026

How due diligence underpins credible mineral asset valuation

How due diligence underpins credible mineral asset valuation

SRK Consulting 18 Sep 2026

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Phelan Green’s clean jet fuel project leads SA’s green hydrogen push

16 Sep 2026

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Sasol’s sustainable aviation fuel to power White Desert’s polar trips

15 Sep 2026

Fossil Free South Africa has won four victories over “greenwashing” in advertising by oil, coal and gas companies, write the authors. Graphic: Lisa Nelson

Fossil fuel companies rebuked for greenwashing

Jo-Anne Smetherham, Kholwani Simelane and Patrick Bond 11 Sep 2026

A Dangote crude oil tank is seen inside the Dangote Industries oil refinery and fertiliser plant site in the Ibeju-Lekki district of Lagos, Nigeria. Image credit: Reuters/Sodiq Adelakun/File Photo

More fuel shortages to come, warns Africa’s biggest oil refinery

Robert Harvey 10 Sep 2026

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Africa50 infrastructure fund plans to more than double project value in five years

Duncan Miriri 9 Sep 2026

Light bulb moment: The electric decarbonisation opportunity

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Andrew Winstone 8 Sep 2026

The cost of power: Eskom seeks Nersa approval for price hike

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Arnot Power Station in Mpumalanga is one of Eskom’s coal-fired power plants. Image credit: , , via Wikimedia Commons

Eskom in a coal mind: SA open to AI data centres, but at what electricity price?

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AI data centres could make electricity more expensive

AI data centres could make electricity more expensive

Brutus Mogotlo 2 Sep 2026

Eskom’s interim group chief executive Calib Cassim speaks during a media briefing at Eskom Megawatt Park in Sunninghill. Image credit: Reuters/ Siphiwe Sibeko

Eskom CFO, key to its profitable turnaround, announces retirement

31 Aug 2026

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#WomensMonth | Engen’s Vanessa Moorthi-Moodley is giving women a seat at the petroleum table

Maroefah Smith 28 Aug 2026

A police officer interacts with security personnel at the gate of a disused mine near Rustenburg, North West province. South African police said 14 illegal miners were killed and scores of others injured at the disused mine. Image credit: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

South Africa digs deep: Anti-illegal mining operation prospers

26 Aug 2026

Local manufacturing showcased at Electra Mining Africa

Local manufacturing showcased at Electra Mining Africa

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A drone view shows solar panels in front of a mine as South Africa’s mining firms accelerate investment in renewable energy projects to diversify power supply, reduce costs and meet decarbonisation targets after decades of reliance on state utility Eskom, at Gold Fields’ South Deep mine, southwest of Johannesburg. Image credit: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

Anglo American, Sibanye look to renewables to drop Eskom reliance

Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo and Nelson Banya 26 Aug 2026

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#WomensMonth | Engen’s Bongiwe Mkhwanazi isn’t afraid to dream big

Maroefah Smith 25 Aug 2026

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