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Mpumalanga

Mpumalanga is a province in north-eastern South Africa. The capital is Mbombela (formerly Nelspruit). The province is one of the country's most important economic regions, driven by coal mining, power generation, agriculture and forestry. Mpumalanga is home to much of South Africa's coal reserves and hosts numerous coal-fired power stations that supply the national grid. The province also contains significant deposits of gold, platinum-group metals and other minerals, making mining a cornerstone of its economy. Major cities include Mbombela, Emalahleni (formerly Witbank) and Secunda. The province borders Limpopo to the north, Gauteng to the west, the Free State to the south-west, and KwaZulu-Natal to the south, as well as Eswatini and Mozambique to the east. Mpumalanga's eastern escarpment is a major tourist destination, featuring the Kruger National Park, the Blyde River Canyon and the Panorama Route. The province's name means 'place where the sun rises' in several Nguni languages. Mpumalanga was established in 1994 following South Africa's transition to democracy, formed from the former Eastern Transvaal.

Mpumalanga News


60 Years of innovation and reliability in packaging and production
60 Years of innovation and reliability in packaging and production
5th August 2026

“When packaging carries more information, more variants and more risk, reliability is a competitive advantage.” Packaging performance is rarely treated as strategic until something fails: a batch... 


Is there appetite for Deterioration of Stock cover?
Is there appetite for Deterioration of Stock cover?
5th August 2026

Protecting temperature-sensitive stock against machinery breakdown While food insecurity remains a global concern, South Africa continues to be a significant producer and exporter of various... 


Seriti Green’s Ummbila Emoyeni Wind Farm
Seriti unpacks big renewables ambition for coal heartland as first 155 MW wind project enters into operation
3rd August 2026 By: Terence Creamer

The first 25 turbines at Seriti Green’s Ummbila Emoyeni Wind Farm, which is rising in the coal heartland of Mpumalanga within site of the giant Secunda coal-to-liquids complex and in close... 


Goldwind-powered Ummbila Emoyeni Wind Farm Phase One Enters Commercial Operation, Marking a Milestone in South Africa’s Just Energy Transition
31st July 2026

The first phase of South Africa's largest wind farm cluster has entered commercial operation, marking a tangible step in the country's Just Energy Transition. The Ummbila Emoyeni Wind Farm Phase... 


Sanral CEO steps down
31st July 2026 By: Irma Venter

The South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) has confirmed that its CEO, Reginald Demana, has resigned with effect from August 31. Demana will move to a new, not yet known, position in... 


AfriSam invests in mobile production capacity
31st July 2026 By: Mariaan Webb

Construction materials supplier AfriSam is investing in mobile aggregate production equipment and concrete batching plants as major infrastructure projects increasingly emerge beyond South Africa’s... 


crops being irrigated
Research supports irrigation as a mine water management strategy
31st July 2026 By: Devina Haripersad

Research conducted by the University of Pretoria (UP) shows that suitable mine water can be used responsibly for irrigation, offering mining companies a productive and potentially lower-cost... 


Western Cape municipalities increasingly outshining other provinces – MFS Index
24th July 2026 By: Irma Venter

Independent governance ratings agency Ratings Afrika’s newest yearly Municipal Financial Sustainability Index (MFSI) confirms the severe financial distress facing the majority of South Africa’s... 


WIND CLUSTER:
WIND CLUSTER:
24th July 2026

The 330 MW Impofu Wind Farm cluster, in the Eastern Cape, achieved full commercial operations in June. Comprised of three 110 MW wind farms (Impofu North, Impofu East and Impofu West) the cluster... 


A generic image of a nickel mine
ARM board approves restart of Bokoni platinum, Nkomati nickel projects
23rd July 2026 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

The board of diversified mining company African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) has approved the development of its 180 000 t a month Bokoni platinum project, in Limpopo’s Bushveld Complex, following the... 


BEFORE & AFTER
Three historic draglines – two Marion 8200's at the top left and a Bucyrus at the bottom on the left picture – are pictured to the right against the newly refurbished Marion Number 3 dragline that was seen in action on a site visit on July 21
Optimum back from the dead with historic dragline returned to production
22nd July 2026 By: Donna Slater

The troubled Optimum Colliery, having emerged from a business rescue process in February 2024, is being rapidly revived with a multibillion-rand investment from Liberty Coal to ramp up mining,... 


The Twistdraai destoning plant
Sasol says Secunda output at five-year high after coal destoning project
21st July 2026 By: Terence Creamer

JSE-listed energy and chemicals group Sasol reported that its Secunda Operations, in Mpumalanga, achieved its highest annual production in the past five years during the 2026 financial year to June... 


National Treasury withholds July funds from 69 municipalities ‘to instil fiscal discipline’
17th July 2026 By: Irma Venter

The National Treasury is temporarily withholding the July equitable share transfers to 70 municipalities across all nine provinces in an effort to “instil fiscal discipline and ensure that public... 


Alarm over tender cancellations
Alarm over tender cancellations
10th July 2026 By: Terence Creamer

Infrastructure South Africa (ISA) has raised concern about the high level of tender cancellations, which it believes is having a negative impact on the construction market, as well as on meeting... 


WHEELED ELECTRICITY: Electricity trader Discovery Green has signed a ten-year power purchase agreement with forest-product company York Timber Holdings. The deal will result in 90% of the energy consumed at the Jessievale sawmill in Mpumalanga being supplied by wheeled renewable electricity, and will reduce the JSE-listed company’s carbon emissions. Photograph: Creamer Media
WHEELED ELECTRICITY:
10th July 2026

Electricity trader Discovery Green has signed a ten-year power purchase agreement with forest-product company York Timber Holdings. The deal will result in 90% of the energy consumed at the... 


PinkDrive, RBM launch Mandela month health outreach campaign across three provinces
PinkDrive, RBM launch Mandela month health outreach campaign across three provinces
6th July 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

As South Africans mark Mandela Month, a time dedicated to service, solidarity and making a positive difference in the lives of others, nonprofit organisation PinkDrive and mineral sands producer... 


A generic image of smelter operations
Transalloys warns of permanent closure of South Africa’s last manganese smelter
2nd July 2026 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

Manganese ferroalloys producer Transalloys has fully stopped its ferroalloys production in Mpumalanga on July 1, with no indication of when operations may resume. The company highlights that the... 


Kangra’s Water and Agriculture Projects cultivate change
Kangra’s Water and Agriculture Projects cultivate change
2nd July 2026 By: Haydon Whitley

Over 1200 residents of Donkerhoek, in Mkhondo, Mpumalanga, have gained access to clean tap water. The water project and other economic initiatives spearhead by Kangra, have unlocked agricultural... 


Enel Green Power RSA Commissions 330 MW Impofu Wind Farm Cluster
2nd July 2026

Enel Green Power RSA¹ A company 50% controlled by Enel Green Power S.p.A. has achieved commercial operation on the 330 MW Impofu Wind Farm cluster, located in the Kouga and Nelson Mandela Bay... 


Battery-grade high-purity manganese sulphate monohydrate (HPMSM) plant in Mbombela.
South Africa’s battery materials supply status surges ahead with new MMC plant
26th June 2026 By: Martin Creamer

South Africa’s supply status in the rapidly evolving and increasingly geopolitically fragmented battery materials market has taken a major leap forward with the completion of the construction by... 


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