Loadshedding

 Businesses transitioning to environmentally friendly refrigerants and heating, ventilation, air-conditioning and refrigeration (HVAC-R) systems are facing growing operational, financial and... 

A new book by former Eskom executive Ian Morreira provides a rare insider perspective on the workings of South Africa’s power utility, drawing on nearly four decades of experience across some of... 

There are gaps in South Africa's ability to effectively localise manufacturing and fully capture the economic benefits of the energy transition that is being driven by rapid solar PV expansion,... 

The Hillside Aluminium smelter in KwaZulu-Natal marked its thirtieth anniversary this month, while indicating that it is seeking another competitive long-term electricity agreement to sustain... 

The economic reform agenda has emerged as the defining feature of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s presidency, especially the reforms under way to open the electricity and freight logistics markets to... 

As South Africa this month celebrates 365 days without loadshedding, the Department of Electricity and Energy (DEE) is turning its attention to the challenges of load-reduction, supply security and... 

Diversified natural resources company Exxaro Resources has officially opened the new Mine 1 operation at its Matla coal mine, in Mpumalanga, following a strategic expansion to support continuous... 

South Africa’s mobile market is undergoing a structural shift as challenger operators start to capture high-value subscribers from market leaders. According to Opensignal’s latest subscriber... 

South Africa is experiencing its third energy crisis of this decade. While electricity loadshedding has been a threat for far longer, the most extreme phase was definitely during 2022 and 2023,... 

Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa reports that his department will publish a “sequenced” implementation roadmap for the South African Wholesale Electricity Market (SAWEM) so... 

Diversified miner South32’s Hillside Aluminium smelter in Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, could continue operating for another 20 to 30 years if a competitive long-term electricity agreement is... 

A publicly available dataset reveals wide disparities in grid reliability across South Africa’s municipalities — with the average power outage lasting under 2 hours in some areas and exceeding 24... 

Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa reports that government is finalising an electricity reform policy paper in a bid to offer a “single-window overview of the sector's reform... 

At the start of South Africa’s democratic era, the availability of cheap coal-fired electricity emerged as the country’s main instrument for attracting investors. It seems almost unbelievable now,... 

Theft, vandalism and electricity outages continue to weigh on South Africa’s telecommunications sector, the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa’s (Icasa’s) latest ‘State of the... 

South Africa has not escaped the fuel price shocks associated with disruptions to shipping in the Strait of Hormuz energy corridor and the damage to refinery and other infrastructure in the Gulf.... 

With the investment environment in South Africa having improved quite dramatically over the last few years, the country’s well-endowed resource base is sure to benefit from more capital in... 

Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has tabled a proposed R40-billion, three-year infrastructure budget for the city. “To give you some perspective on the progress we have made – in the 2021/22... 

The City of Cape Town has issued an energy trader tender that targets the procurement of 500 MW through power purchase agreements (PPAs), spanning one to ten years, from a variety of power...