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South Africa’s electricity crisis: a series of failures over 30 years have left a dim legacy
19th April 2024 In 1994, apartheid ended and the African National Congress (ANC) won South Africa’s first ever democratic elections, promising “Electricity for... →
Mixed outlook
By: Terence Creamer 19th April 2024 The recent period of decreased loadshedding has been met with tremendous scepticism by a South African public who have been burnt more times over... →
Private renewables procurement may mitigate boom-bust cycles curbing South Africa’s green industrialisation 
By: Terence Creamer 18th April 2024 The combination of public and private procurement of large-scale renewables in South Africa signals increased stability for manufacturers of key... →
ANC gunning for outright majority in election, not concerned with coalitions or Zuma’s MK Party
By: Sashnee Moodley 15th April 2024 The African National Congress is confident, ahead of the May 29 elections, of an outright win and has not spent time discussing a coalition... →
World Bank sounds alarm on 'historical reversal' of development for poorest nations
By: Reuters 15th April 2024 Half of the world's 75 poorest countries are experiencing a widening income gap with the wealthiest economies for the first time this century in a... →
Attitudinal shift
By: Terence Creamer 12th April 2024 It is estimated that about 2.5 GW of rooftop solar was installed across South Africa last year; a trend that was expected to continue at the start... →
South Africa well placed to benefit from huge green hydrogen outlook, attendees hear
By: Martin Creamer 11th April 2024 Green hydrogen has a massive potential future and South Africa is very well positioned to produce it, attendees of the Hydrogen Economy Discussion... →
Use underground mines for electricity storage, optimise mine water use – Karst Hydro
By: Martin Creamer 8th April 2024 South Africa’s many underground mines can be used as batteries that store the clean electricity that the water descending for cooling can provide.... →
