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Eskom goes after unscrupulous maintenance contractors
Eskom chair Mpho Makwana says immediate goal is to crack down on rent-seeking maintenance contractors → Read More
Global energy crisis ‘far from over’
Many countries have shifted their immediate focus to energy security rather than the energy transition → Read More
All three Karpowership applications stuck in limbo
Heavy going for applications to moor power ships in Richards Bay, Coega and Saldanha → Read More
Karpowership not welcome in Saldanha port
Department suspends Karpowership’s application to moor one of its power ships in the port of Saldanha → Read More
Karpowerships run into new barrier?
Eco-justice group has asked the department to suspend the Turkish company’s pending application for environmental authorisation → Read More
Karpowerships run into a new barrier
Eco-justice group has asked the department to suspend the Turkish company’s pending application for environmental authorisation → Read More
Forensic report confirms ‘deliberate, premeditated’ sabotage at Tutuka
Investigation confirms Eskom employees maliciously damaged a generation unit at power station in Mpumalanga → Read More
Worsening power cuts can have ‘material impact’, says Implats
CEO Nico Muller warns increased load-curtailment is poised to curb PMG output → Read More
Implats earnings muted by inflation and power cuts
Reduced electricity consumption as a result of persistent load-shedding and the rebuild of a furnace led to a 9% decline in the output of refined PGMs → Read More
Eskom fraud: exorbitant prices paid at Tutuka power plant
Confidential report reveals Eskom paid sky-high prices for containers and grass trimmers → Read More
NEWS ANALYSIS: Eskom’s great unravelling
Power crisis, now escalated to a national state of disaster, has been years in the making → Read More
What De Ruyter knows about crime and corruption at Eskom
Two ministers involved, allegations of hit squads and load-shedding used to hurt Ramaphosa’s bid for ANC top job → Read More
‘Out of touch’ De Ruyter embarrassed Eskom, says Makwana
Board members were ‘aghast’ at CEO André de Ruyter’s finger-pointing, says Eskom chair → Read More
Anglo writes down $1.7bn on fertiliser mine, but upbeat about project’s future
Group says impairment in the Woodsmith mine in the UK was due to an extended development schedule and budget → Read More
Transnet and Eskom crises put SA in a spot, says Anglo boss Duncan Wanblad
Unreliable logistics, blackouts and corruption are making SA uninvestable, says Wanblad → Read More
Eskom and Transnet put SA in a delicate position, says Anglo boss
Unreliable logistics, blackouts and corruption are making SA uninvestable, says Duncan Wanblad → Read More
NEWS ANALYSIS: Treasury aims to explore carbon trading market for SA
A consultation process will be launched this year focusing on ‘the building blocks needed to ensure seamless trading’, the department says → Read More
Tax breaks for rooftop solar, but not for inverters
Taxpayers will be able to claim a rebate of up to R15,000 for installing solar panels → Read More
Tax breaks for rooftop solar fall short, says industry
The average household buys a system that ranges in price between R95,000 and R200,000 → Read More
Solar industry takes a dim view of size of tax break for households
Rethabile Melamu, CEO of Sapvia, says solar panels incentive is limited and does not provide any benefit for most households → Read More