Terence Creamer
Terence Creamer is the Editor of Engineering News and a Deputy Editor for Mining Weekly. He also has editorial responsibility for Polity.org.za and Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa.
‘It ain't broke’, Ramokgopa says on whether Nyati should stay as Eskom chair
31st August 2026 Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has indicated that it would be his preference for Eskom chairperson Mteto Nyati to remain... →
As sales to industrial customers slump by 22.5%, Eskom targets new sources of demand
31st August 2026 Eskom reports that it is aiming to stabilise yearly sales at the 178 TWh level reported in its 2026 financial year, which represented another 6.1%... →
Eskom, BLSA endorse TSO-with-assets vision and commit to engage over differences on implementation
31st August 2026 Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) and Eskom, which have recently expressed public disagreement over the nature of the unbundling of the... →
Palliative relief
28th August 2026 There were relatively high expectations ahead of the publication of the revised electricity pricing policy. Partly because the Minister had flagged... →
New ‘Construction Book’ features 110 projects for procurement in next 12 to 18 months
25th August 2026 The third edition of South Africa’s ‘Construction Book’, which lists 110 infrastructure projects that are expected to enter procurement over the... →
Despite record infrastructure spend Cape Town is ‘only just keeping pace’
25th August 2026 Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has described the record R12.3-billion spent by the city on infrastructure last year, which he said was the... →
Infrastructure South Africa promises quarterly updates ahead of release of third edition of ‘Construction Book’
24th August 2026 Infrastructure South Africa has indicated that it plans to offer quarterly status reports on the projects that are included in its so-called... →
Nersa confirms ongoing flow of electricity registrations but implementation progress less clear
24th August 2026 The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has confirmed that 2 692 electricity generation facilities have been registered since 2018,... →
Optimism as a tactic
21st August 2026 Few could dispute that Discovery CEO Adrian Gore has emerged as the most influential South African business leader of his generation. Even those,... →
Government and business pin hopes of 3% growth on mining, farming, tourism and infrastructure
20th August 2026 The four sectors of mining, agriculture, tourism and infrastructure have been selected under Phase 3 of the Government-Business Partnership as the... →
Draft electricity pricing policy outlines support for industry, poor households
18th August 2026 The public comment phase for the much-anticipated revision to South Africa’s electricity pricing policy (EPP) has been initiated following... →
Mavuso not confident in commitment of Eskom leadership to reforms
17th August 2026 Business Leadership South Africa CEO Busisiwe Mavuso – who has had an ongoing public disagreement with Eskom’s chairperson Mteto Nyati over the... →
TSO close, but not yet
14th August 2026 There is no question that President Ramaphosa’s endorsement of the Phase I report of the Eskom Restructuring Task Team (ERTT) is a key milestone in... →
Ramaphosa outlines next Eskom restructuring objectives, highlights grid industrialisation potential
13th August 2026 President Cyril Ramaphosa has reiterated the importance of the creation of a fully independent, State-owned transmission company to the development... →
Important signals
7th August 2026 Recent interventions by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana and the National Treasury have helped shed light on issues that had hitherto been allowed... →
Treasury says infrastructure bonds to become permanent part of funding activity
4th August 2026 National Treasury director-general Dr Duncan Pieterse says there is strong interest from institutional investors to support government’s public... →
Transmission assets should be transferred to TSO at ‘appropriate point in future’
3rd August 2026 Eskom board chairperson Mteto Nyati has struck a somewhat cautious tone regarding the timing of the transfer of the utility’s transmission assets... →
Seriti unpacks big renewables ambition for coal heartland as first 155 MW wind project enters into operation
3rd August 2026 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... →
Missed opportunity
31st July 2026 The uptake of rooftop solar in South Africa has increased dramatically over the past five or so years, spurred initially by the extreme... →
Cabinet approves release of revised electricity pricing policy and market transformation paper for comment
30th July 2026 Cabinet has approved the publication of the much-anticipated Revised Electricity Pricing Policy for public comment, amid growing affordability... →
Godongwana warns provinces, departments of possible equitable-share withholding
28th July 2026 Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana reports that letters have been written to national departments and provinces warning them that their September... →
SA signals intent to prohibit goods produced by forced labour after new 12.5% US tariff
27th July 2026 Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau reports that government will publish a Gazette notice requesting public comments on South... →
South African exports to US face new 12.5% tariff, but with exemptions
24th July 2026 The US has, from July 24, imposed new tariffs of 12.5% on South African products for the country’s “failure to impose and effectively enforce a... →
Distorted lens
24th July 2026 Transitions are never easy. They are disruptive and are often fiercely resisted. South Africa navigated its own grand political transition in 1994,... →
BLSA warns of ‘reform drift’ as index points to loss of momentum
23rd July 2026 Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) CEO Busisiwe Mavuso has warned of “reform drift” after the latest BLSA Reform Tracker showed that... →
Eskom flags further coal-closure delays ahead of official update
22nd July 2026 Eskom Holdings CEO Dan Marokane says the State-owned utility will outline its proposed approach in September in relation to the decommissioning of... →
Rooftop solar could save municipalities billions on bulk electricity purchases
21st July 2026 By adopting a cooperative rather than an oppositional stance towards rooftop solar, Gauteng municipalities in particular have an immediate... →
Lawfulness of temporarily withholding equitable share from 69 municipalities scrutinised
17th July 2026 The National Treasury’s temporary withholding of the transfer of the July equitable share funds to 69 municipalities came under intense scrutiny in... →
Think electricity
17th July 2026 Global statistics continue to reaffirm the role of electricity as the future dominant energy carrier. More and more energy services are being... →
Eskom Green says PFMA approval enables fundraising and partnerships
16th July 2026 Eskom Holdings reports that it has now secured the required approvals to establish Eskom Green as a wholly-owned renewables subsidiary that is able... →
Measured ambition
10th July 2026 South Africa’s planned R1-trillion infrastructure programme is undoubtedly a chance to revive the struggling construction sector and to stimulate... →
Populist omen
3rd July 2026 South Africa is approaching the fifth anniversary of the deadly July 2021 riots and looting in an atmosphere that is again heavily laden with the... →
Joburg’s high operating expenditure dubbed ‘utterly unsustainable’
29th June 2026 New research into the crisis afflicting the City of Johannesburg warns that the widening structural imbalance between the metro’s operating... →
Firm timetable needed
26th June 2026 The deadline has arrived for the Eskom Restructuring Task Team (ERTT) to deliver its detailed proposal and implementation plan for establishing a... →
Policy follow-through needed to ensure electricity reforms are ‘not in name only’
22nd June 2026 Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) CEO Busisiwe Mavuso has called for policy follow-through to ensure that the restructuring under way in the... →
Bridge, not destination
19th June 2026 How do people in Gauteng know when motorists are driving under the influence? They are driving straight! It is to this type of sardonic humour that... →
Distribution dilemma
12th June 2026 During a recent joint meeting of the portfolio committees on electricity and energy and cooperative governance and traditional affairs it became... →
Eskom Restructuring Task Team outlines terms of reference for creation of TSO
9th June 2026 The Eskom Restructuring Task Team (ERTT) has outlined the terms of reference guiding its deliberations on the establishment of an independent... →
Virtue of necessity
5th June 2026 Following an embarrassing false start, the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies has set a deadline of early next year for the... →
September Distribution Agency Agreement deadline looms for Eskom-indebted municipalities
3rd June 2026 The National Treasury has issued termination letters to 13 municipalities and is preparing to issue similar notices to 14 others in relation to... →
UCT overcomes rooftop PV limitations with electricity wheeling deal
2nd June 2026 The University of Cape Town (UCT) has signed a power purchase agreement with Discovery Green for wheeled renewable electricity that will account... →
