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Sol Plaatje at risk of losing R54 million unspent grant funds
15th May 2024 Sol Plaatje desperately needs to upgrade, replace, and expand infrastructure to accommodate a growing population. It needs large amounts of money... →
Salga energy head calls for post-election review of free basic electricity scheme 
By: Terence Creamer 14th May 2024 The head of energy at the South African Local Government Association (Salga) has called for a review of both the size of the free basic electricity... →
Platinum-based green hydrogen emerging as Winter Olympics decarbonisation pillar
By: Martin Creamer 3rd May 2024 Green hydrogen, which is generated with the benefit of the catalysis that platinum group metals (PGMs) provide, is being increasingly highlighted... →
In the weeds
By: Terence Creamer 3rd May 2024 South Africa has gone some way in starting to reform its electricity industry, which has been failing the country visibly for nearly two decades.... →
City Power seeks funding, manufacturing partners for informal settlement ‘energy box’ 
By: Terence Creamer 30th April 2024 Johannesburg’s City Power is seeking manufacturing and venture capital partners to further develop and pilot a rugged ‘energy box’ concept in one... →
Statement on the 30th anniversary of our April 1994 democratic breakthrough
26th April 2024 Wednesday, 27 April 1994 marked our victory in the protracted battle against the oppressive regime consolidated in our land by the imperialist... →
Can South Africa turn around 30 years of real economy underperformance?
By: Terence Creamer 26th April 2024 In this essay, Terence Creamer reflects on the factors that have shaped South Africa’s real-economy sectors of manufacturing, mining and... →
Energy transition will take place in different ways at different rates in different regions
By: Rebecca Campbell 25th April 2024 The energy transition – from high carbon-emitting energy sources to low and zero carbon-emitting energy sources – will vary across different... →
