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Energy

Exploring solutions to South Africa's costly electricity tariffs for businesses

7 Aug 2025

Minister Ramokgopa was big on renewables during his seminar. Source: x.com

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

#Windaba2024: South Africa takes aggressive stance on renewables expansion

Lindsey Schutters 2 Oct 2024

Minister Ramokgopa provided another updated on the energy action plan.

Energy

Ramokgopa calls for increased vigilance and affordability programmes

Lindsey Schutters 12 Aug 2024

Deputy President Paul Mashatile responded to questions from the NCOP

Infrastructure & Utilities

Government scrambles to fix water, power outages with rapid response plans

14 Mar 2024

South Africa's Minister in the Presidency responsible for Electricity has had a busy week

Energy

Ramokgopa: ‘Transmission grid needs major upgrade to unlock renewables’

13 Mar 2024

The Minister in the Presidency responsible for Electricity briefed the media on the Energy Action Plan

Energy

Electricity Minister: ‘South Africa is making strides in addressing energy crisis’

Lindsey Schutters 11 Mar 2024

South Africa to miss 2030 emissions goal as it keeps coal plants burning

Climate Change

South Africa to miss 2030 emissions goal as it keeps coal plants burning

Promit Mukherjee 9 Nov 2023

South African Minister of Electricity Kgosientsho Ramakgopa briefs members of the media after his visit to assess progress on bringing back online faulty units and boosting power generation at the Kusile Power Station, in Delmas. Source: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

Energy

SA to plug power gap with 3GW of gas projects and Koeberg extension

Nelson Banya 5 Nov 2023

Kusile units return, load shedding drops to stage 2

Energy

Kusile units return, load shedding drops to stage 2

2 Oct 2023

Huawei installs Africa's first 1MW battery to solve Rectron load shedding problems

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Huawei installs Africa's first 1MW battery to solve Rectron load shedding problems

29 Sep 2023

Source: Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, China's President Xi Jinping, South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov pose during Brics summit in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Economy

#BRICS2023: South Africa, China sign power deals during Brics summit

Promit Mukherjee 25 Aug 2023

Minister of Electricity in the Presidency Kgosientsho Ramokgopa. Source: x.com

Energy

Municipalities' unpaid dues to Eskom rise to R63.2bn

Promit Mukherjee 21 Aug 2023

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Energy

Eskom generation capacity improving

14 Aug 2023

Egypt's natural gas production declines and power cuts bite

Energy

Egypt's natural gas production declines and power cuts bite

Sarah El Safty 8 Aug 2023

SA nearing end of daily power cuts, says Ramokgopa

Energy

SA nearing end of daily power cuts, says Ramokgopa

Promit Mukherjee 3 Jul 2023

Why solar won't collapse the national grid

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Why solar won't collapse the national grid

Rein Snoeck Henkemans 29 Jun 2023

SA expects to add 5,500MW of renewable energy to the grid by 2026

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

SA expects to add 5,500MW of renewable energy to the grid by 2026

Promit Mukherjee 13 Jun 2023

SA's power crisis will continue until 2025 - and blackouts will take 5 years to phase out

Energy

SA's power crisis will continue until 2025 - and blackouts will take 5 years to phase out

Hartmut Winkler 9 Jun 2023

Is this a powerless power minister?

Energy

Is this a powerless power minister?

Jason van der Poel 5 Jun 2023

Healthcare

Ramokgopa says hospitals need micro-grid islands as answer to load shedding

Katja Hamilton 31 May 2023

Electricity minister given power procurement role

Energy

Electricity minister given power procurement role

Alexander Winning 26 May 2023

Electricity minister visits OEM plant in KZN

Manufacturing & Parts

Electricity minister visits OEM plant in KZN

22 May 2023

Huawei aims to use its '4T' technologies to enable an energy landscape transition

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Huawei aims to use its '4T' technologies to enable an energy landscape transition

Issued by Huawei Technologies 10 May 2023

Advertising

YDigital Media's load shedding sync gives advertisers and brands reach and budget relief during power outages

8 May 2023

SA's power outages could reach critical levels this winter - likely scenarios

Energy

SA's power outages could reach critical levels this winter - likely scenarios

Hartmut Winkler 19 Apr 2023

SA should not shy away from costs of fixing power crisis - electricity minister

Energy

SA should not shy away from costs of fixing power crisis - electricity minister

Kopano Gumbi 12 Apr 2023

Why SA's new electricity minister should heed the words of Eskom's former CEO

Energy

Why SA's new electricity minister should heed the words of Eskom's former CEO

David Richard Walwyn 15 Mar 2023

Source: GIBS Business School. Chairman of the new Resource Mobilisaton Fund.

Economy

Introducing the new Resource Mobilisation Fund

Katja Hamilton 9 Mar 2023

Ramaphosa defends electricity minister appointment

Energy

Ramaphosa defends electricity minister appointment

Anait Miridzhanian and Alexander Winning 16 Feb 2023