Who would take on the parental mantle you leave behind and who would make sure that any inheritance you have accumulated for your children is actually received by them and managed properly to their benefit?...
Alex Simeonides, Issued by Capital Legacy 25 Mar 2021
As finance minister Tito Mboweni prepares to deliver his budget in Parliament this week, it is imperative that he unshackles South Africans from the financial calamity that is the Inga 3 hydropower project..
Siziwe Mota 23 Feb 2021
Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Gwede Mantashe, created a flurry of headlines when he told the Investing in African Mining Indaba that mines could generate their own electricity...
Jason van der Poel, Mzukisi Kota & Alexandra Felekis 10 Feb 2020
Located 33km west of South Africa's capital city Pretoria, the Pelindaba precinct has been home to South Africa's nuclear research corporation since the 1960s...
David Fig 17 Jul 2019
New trends in energy storage, small-scale embedded generation, and smart grid systems are disrupting the power sector, a trend that will accelerate in South Africa with the recent lifting of licence restraints on power plants....
Minister of Energy, Jeff Radebe, has granted a welcome deviation from South Africa's existing power generation licensing regulations that allows additional power to be fed into the local grid...
The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has confirmed receiving Energy Minister Jeff Radebe's letter of deviation from the country's Integrated Resource Plan as well as applications for generation licences...
Energy Minister Jeff Radebe's vague promise that South Africa's long-overdue energy blueprint, the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), will be "concluded imminently" did, however, clearly indicate that coal would still play a prominent role in the country's energy mix...
Nicci Botha 15 May 2019
Energy Minister Jeff Radebe has removed Phumzile Tshelane as chief executive officer and board member of the Nuclear Energy Corporation of SA (Necsa)...
South Africa signs an exploration and production sharing agreement (EPSA) with South Sudan for Block B2...
The current challenges faced by Eskom "would have been worse", were it not for the contribution from renewable energy independent power producers, according Energy Minister, Jeff Radebe...
Having launched in 2014, the Globeleq Scholarship Fund (GSF) is responsible for 25% of all renewable energy funded-scholarships...
Energy Minister Jeff Radebe says Eskom on its own cannot supply the R1trn of investment in power generation, transmission and distribution needed by 2030 under the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP).
Alexandra Felekis 4 Apr 2019
South Africa's intention to invest $1bn in South Sudan's oil sector is still in the feasibility stage and is guided by the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed between the two governments...
Energy efficiency is the short-term answer to balancing electricity supply and demand, says Energy Minister Jeff Radebe...
Top Empowerment, South Africa's premier transformation platform, will host its annual conference in Johannesburg on 10 and 11 April...
Issued by Topco Media 20 Mar 2019
The 2019 Black Business Quarterly (BBQ) Awards, held at Emperor's Palace on Friday, 15 March 2019, celebrated the champions of transformation of the South African economy...
South Africa faces an energy calamity on two fronts. First is the disaster of Eskom. Second, and potentially worse, is the disaster of our REIPPPP and our lunatic IRP 2018 (Integrated Resource Plan)....
Andrew Kenny 18 Mar 2019
South Africa should consider all energy sources available in its future energy plans, and cannot discriminate against or favour any particular energy carriers, says Energy Minister Jeff Radebe...
The tender process and the awarding of renewable energy Independent Power Producers (IPPs) contracts have no room for favouritism...
The Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme is making a significant impact on the economy, job creation, community upliftment...
Energy Minister Jeff Radebe says a reliable, sustainable, competitive and secure electricity supply sector is crucial to attract investment into Africa...
When Energy Minister, Jeff Radebe, signed deals last year with a further 27 independent power producers, it emphasised the country's commitment to renewable energy...
Eskom is by far the largest of South Africa's many state owned companies. This near monopoly power utility is in crisis. It's the single largest threat to South Africa's economy...
Rod Crompton 13 Feb 2019
Although still very much in its infancy, the South African oil and gas industry has significant potential in contributing towards the energy needs critical to the country's socio-economic development and growth...
Nicci Botha 8 Jan 2019
General financial misconduct, not adhering to shareholder instructions and repetitive legislative non-compliance are among a litany of challenges...
Career Advocate Shamila Batohi has been appointed as the new National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP)...
Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Energy has adopted its report on the draft Integrated Resource Plan (IRP 2018) containing several recommendations...
To continue on the economic growth trajectory many African countries find themselves on, they need reliable, sustainable sources of energy. However, the continent finds itself trailing behind other emerging markets...
Shamila Batohi, Siyabulela Mapoma, Simphiwe Mlotshwa, Rodney de Kock and Andrea Johnson are in the running for the top job at the National Prosecuting Authority...
The interviews for the shortlisted candidates for the position of the next National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) have begun this morning...
The 12 candidates who have a shot at being the next National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) have been revealed...
South Africa has possibly the most transparent renewable energy independent producer programmes in the world...
Nicci Botha 9 Nov 2018
South Africa's much mooted seventh refinery is on the way...
Nicci Botha 7 Nov 2018
The European House - Ambrosetti Group (TEH-A), a leading Italian think tank and management consulting firm is organising an exclusive pan-European and pan-African platform Africa Europe CEO Dialogue...
Issued by Optimize Agency 22 Oct 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Energy has began public hearings into the draft Integrated Resource Plan (IRP 2018), which serves to guide government's plan for electricity provision within the energy mix...
South Africa risks losing its permanent seat at the International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors if Egypt brings its recently signed 4,800MW nuclear power contract on line...
Gaopalelwe Santswere 17 Oct 2018
President Cyril Ramaphosa has invited seven legal organisations and independent public institutions to assist him in identifying and selecting individuals for consideration as possible candidates for the position of National Director of Public Prosecutions...
Government needs to urgently ensure the compliance of implementation agreements (IAs) related to Independent Power Producers (IPPs), Energy Minister, Jeff Radebe said...
The African Farmers' Association of South Africa and the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries needed to collaborate to build on AFASA's work to support black farmers in accessing markets, land, water and energy...
The Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Energy says the draft Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) policy certainty to the country...
Coal will remain top of the heap, with gas and wind being the next most important contributors in the long-awaited Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), which details the country's energy mix in 2030...
A new report from the Life After Coal campaign calls for these costs to our water resources to be accounted for in the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) - South Africa's plan for the future electricity system...
Small power developers that invested in securing contracts in the government's renewable energy procurement programme are in the dark about...
When 27 REIPPP were signed recently, it caused a wave of positive sentiment about South Africa's commitment to establishing a viable, low-cost, sustainable energy mix.
Mike Peo 20 Jun 2018
The cost of generation has been the central argument against why renewable energy can't be a major contributor to South Africa's power pool for a while now.,,
Minister of Energy, Jeff Radebe, has said that South Africa no longer has an arrangement to procure nuclear energy with Russia...
Andre van Wyk 5 Jun 2018
A fifth bidding window, worth R40-50bn, will be launched later this year as part of the Department of Energy's (DoE) REIPPPP...
If nuclear is not included in the updated Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) due out in August, then "we will close up shop and move on to the next technology"...
Nicci Botha 18 May 2018
Energy minister, Jeff Radebe, did not once mention nuclear as an option for future energy provision, instead he sang the praises of the country's successful renewables programme...
Nicci Botha 16 May 2018