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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 8 hours

Source: Supplied. Evan Rice, chief executive officer of Etana Energy.

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

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Source: GroundUp/Sechaba Mokhethi.

Lesotho explores R5bn floating solar project on its highland reservoirs

Sechaba Mokhethi 2 days

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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

Nelson Mandela Bridge with Johannesburg CBD in the background. Image credit: , , via Wikimedia Commons

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

Source: GroundUp/Kimberly Mutandiro.

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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