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Africa’s sustainability changemakers unite: YES ESG and Beyond Awards

Africa’s sustainability changemakers unite: YES ESG and Beyond AwardsESG Africa Conference

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Sustainable resource extraction is a non-negotiable

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AfDB awards SA $1m grant to boost green jobs

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Engie completes Africa's biggest wind farmAmerica Hernandez

Source: African Development Bank Group.

$474.6m funding for SA's energy and infrastructure overhaul

New fuel price increases take effect today, 2 July

New fuel price increases take effect today, 2 July

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Promethium’s Olivia Tuchten named PD Forum co-vice chair

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Lethabo Power Station, a coal-fired power station owned by state power utility Eskom, is seen near a maize field near Sasolburg, South Africa, 31 January, 2020. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

Eskom plans sharp reduction of coal-fired power by 2031

18 Aug 2021

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100MW self-generation amendments gazetted

13 Aug 2021

Draft National Infrastructure Plan 2050 gazetted for public comment

Draft National Infrastructure Plan 2050 gazetted for public comment

12 Aug 2021

Turbines on a wind farm outside Caledon near Cape Town, South Africa. Photo by Nardus Engelbrecht/Gallo Images/Getty Images

South Africa's power generation plans are out of date: an urgent rethink is needed

Hartmut Winkler 10 Aug 2021

Damage to Medupi Unit 4 generator. Source: Twitter

Employees suspended over Medupi blast

10 Aug 2021

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Eskom working on replacing failing infrastructure

28 Jul 2021

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Developing countries need to chart their own course to net zero emissions

26 Jul 2021

A general view of part of the South African Petroleum Refinery (Sapref) is seen in Durban, file. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

Sapref refinery to begin restart on 21 July

21 Jul 2021

Ethiopia says second filling of giant dam on Blue Nile complete

Ethiopia says second filling of giant dam on Blue Nile complete

Dawit Endeshaw 20 Jul 2021

Electricity is vital for improving the quality of life of many in rural sub-Saharan Africa.
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Banning fossil fuels in sub-Saharan Africa could slow the transition to renewable energy

Samuel Ayokunle Olówósejéjé 16 Jul 2021

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Country's largest refinery declares force majeure amid KZN unrest

14 Jul 2021

Source: Africa Energy Corp

Clearing the waters: The Upstream Petroleum Resources Development Bill

Peter Leon, Paul Morton, Ernst Muller & Lauren Paxton 12 Jul 2021

A thirst for transformation and sustainability within the energy sector

A thirst for transformation and sustainability within the energy sector

Kelly Sin Hidge, SAICA 12 Jul 2021

UN Security Council backs AU bid to broker Ethiopia dam deal

UN Security Council backs AU bid to broker Ethiopia dam deal

Michelle Nichols 9 Jul 2021

South Korean toilet turns excrement into power and digital currency

South Korean toilet turns excrement into power and digital currency

Minwoo Park and Daewoung Kim 9 Jul 2021

Tunisia pushing UN action on Ethiopia dam, Ethiopia opposed

Tunisia pushing UN action on Ethiopia dam, Ethiopia opposed

Michelle Nichols 8 Jul 2021

UN urges Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan to recommit to dam talks

UN urges Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan to recommit to dam talks

Doyinsola Oladipo 7 Jul 2021

Egypt notified that Ethiopia has resumed filling of giant dam

Egypt notified that Ethiopia has resumed filling of giant dam

Momen Saeed Atallah, Omar Fahmy and Nafisa Eltahir 6 Jul 2021

UN Security Council to meet on Ethiopia dam

UN Security Council to meet on Ethiopia dam

Michelle Nichols 2 Jul 2021

A small toy figure and representations of the virtual currency Bitcoin stand on a motherboard in this picture illustration taken May 20, 2021. Reuters/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

Analysis - China's Bitcoin crackdown sparks fears of dirtier cryptomining

Umberto Bacchi & Beh Lih Yi 30 Jun 2021

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Inga 3 hydropower would cost South Africans billions

30 Jun 2021

John Lewis, MD, Aggreko Africa

The path to carbon neutrality is fuelled by hybrid power

John Lewis 29 Jun 2021

Sudan rejects Ethiopian plan to fill giant dam a second time - senior official

Sudan rejects Ethiopian plan to fill giant dam a second time - senior official

Khalid Abdelaziz 28 Jun 2021

Eskom to pay disputed wage rise in union standoff

25 Jun 2021

Port of Saldanha. Source: Transnet Port Terminals

DFFE sinks Karpowership deal

24 Jun 2021

Kusile Power Station. Image: Wikipedia

Eskom promises to complete Kusile on time

18 Jun 2021

Eskom's former chairman Jabu Mabuza looks on during the release of the company's 2018/19 interim results at its head office at Megawatt Park, in Sunninghill, South Africa, November 28, 2018. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

South Africa's former Eskom chairman dies aged 63 - statement

Nqobile Dludla 17 Jun 2021

Arab states call on UN Security Council to meet over Ethiopian dam

Arab states call on UN Security Council to meet over Ethiopian dam

Mahmoud Mourad, Nayera Abdallah and Raya Jalabi 17 Jun 2021

Australia's Fortescue in talks on giant Congo hydro project

Australia's Fortescue in talks on giant Congo hydro project

Melanie Burton and Hereward Holland 15 Jun 2021

Ghana produces excess electricity but its management is inefficient. Wikimedia Commons

Ghana's electricity supply mix has improved, but reliability and cost is still a challenge

Theophilus Acheampong & Bridget O Menyeh 11 Jun 2021

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