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The Future of SA Nuclear Energy Post-123 Agreement
By: South African Institute of International Affairs 12th January 2024 The plant at Koeberg is the only current nuclear power station in Africa and is responsible for roughly 6% of South Africa’s total electricity... →
Sasol’s Mabelane to head board at Eskom’s unbundled grid company, NTCSA 
By: Terence Creamer 9th January 2024 The inaugural board of directors of the National Transmission Company of South Africa (NTCSA), which was announced by the Eskom board on Tuesday,... →
DA: John Steenhuisen: Address by DA leader, during a Live Broadcast, Cape Town (08/01/2024)
8th January 2024 Following a short downturn in economic activity over the festive period, load shedding has come roaring back to hurt us. With the year just a week... →
No seamless extension
By: Terence Creamer 15th December 2023 The Koeberg saga, much like South Africa’s ongoing efforts to tackle loadshedding decisively, hardly ever fails to disappoint. Having missed... →
PPC hands over Phase 1 of borehole project in Madibeng
14th December 2023 PPC formally handed over Phase 1 of its project to rehabilitate nine boreholes in villages close to its Beestekraal quarry, within the Madibeng... →
Koeberg Unit 2 to return in Sept, heightening risk of both units being out simultaneously 
By: Terence Creamer 10th December 2023 Eskom generation head Bheki Nxumalo has indicated that an extended outage at Koeberg Unit 2, which begins on December 11, is currently expected to... →
Both Koeberg units to be offline from July unless NNR approves Eskom’s licence decoupling request in Jan
By: Terence Creamer 4th December 2023 The National Nuclear Regulator (NNR) will decide in January whether to grant Eskom’s request for the Koeberg Unit 1 and Unit 2 licences to be... →
Black Friday loadshedding triggered by depletion of reserves and heat-wave demand spike
By: Terence Creamer 24th November 2023 Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa attributed the “unwelcome” ramp up in the intensity of loadshedding to Stage 6 to a need for Eskom to... →
