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.
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... →
EU aims to use investor roadshow to convert €12bn pledge into South African projects
1st June 2026 The EU, which announced a €12-billion investment package for South Africa in October, is undertaking investment roadshows in Johannesburg, Cape... →
SABS outlines actions being taken after forensic probe confirms serious breaches
29th May 2026 The South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) says it has accepted the findings of a much-delayed forensic investigation confirming many of the... →
Big and small pictures
29th May 2026 Much has been written in recent weeks about the geopolitical factors now driving the energy transition. Particular attention has been given to how... →
Nersa extends deadline for comments on electricity market code and rules
26th May 2026 The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has extended the deadline for written comments on the Market Code and Market Rules needed... →
Treasury to start deducting money owed to municipalities by provincial and national departments
22nd May 2026 The National Treasury has taken a decision to deduct monetary amounts owed to municipalities by national and provincial government departments to... →
Risks to reform
22nd May 2026 The economic reform agenda has emerged as the defining feature of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s presidency, especially the reforms under way to open... →
Joburg residents should not be ‘collateral damage’ in R5.2bn Eskom debt dispute
20th May 2026 The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) has called on Eskom to pursue the recovery of R5.2-billion in outstanding debt owed to it by the City of... →
Eskom warns of Joburg power cuts after city ‘fails to honour terms of court order’
18th May 2026 Eskom has issued a public notice warning of possible electricity supply interruptions in the City of Johannesburg (CoJ) from July 8, owing to an... →
Don’t waste the crisis
15th May 2026 South Africa is experiencing its third energy crisis of this decade. While electricity loadshedding has been a threat for far longer, the most... →
Ramokgopa promises ‘sequenced’ roadmap for wholesale electricity market roll-out
12th May 2026 Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa reports that his department will publish a “sequenced” implementation roadmap for the... →
Transfer of provincial roads to Sanral ‘not a sustainable long-term strategy’
12th May 2026 The transferral since 2013 of 13 000 km of provincial roads to South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) for management and maintenance... →
Creecy highlights private prospects in freight logistics on eve of rail announcement
12th May 2026 Transport Minister Barbara Creecy has confirmed that major private sector participation (PSP) projects in the freight logistics sector will be... →
Fall in applications by firms for import duty changes may signal ‘loss of faith’
11th May 2026 A leading trade consultancy is warning that the recent sharp decline in applications for duty investigations may be a signal that South African... →
Policy conundrum
8th May 2026 At the start of South Africa’s democratic era, the availability of cheap coal-fired electricity emerged as the country’s main instrument for... →
Supply lines
1st May 2026 South Africa has not escaped the fuel price shocks associated with disruptions to shipping in the Strait of Hormuz energy corridor and the damage... →
Full disclosure
24th April 2026 Given its recent history, the fact that Eskom is even able to contemplate entering into a 62c/kWh tariff deal with the ferrochrome industry is... →
New policy paper to offer ‘single window’ into South Africa’s electricity reform agenda
22nd April 2026 Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa reports that government is finalising an electricity reform policy paper in a bid to offer... →
Industry body confirms shift in sources of South African fuel imports
20th April 2026 The Fuel Industry Association of South Africa (FIASA) has confirmed that fuel imports for the period from April to June will increasingly be... →
Basic Fuel Price formula in focus amid dramatic shift in South Africa’s supply sources
17th April 2026 The Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources (DMPR), which is now preparing for a prolonged period of fuel supply and pricing pressure as a... →
Big lingering questions
17th April 2026 During the most recent energy crisis – triggered by attacks by the US and Israel on Iran that resulted in the near closure of the Strait of Hormuz... →
IMF cuts South Africa’s growth outlook amid mounting war-linked energy crisis
14th April 2026 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has cut its 2026 growth projection for the South African economy to only 1% from a January projection of... →
IMF, World Bank, IEA warn that fuel prices may remain high for prolonged period
14th April 2026 The heads of the International Energy Agency (IEA), International Monetary Fund (IMF), and World Bank Group have jointly warned that fuel and... →
Power play
10th April 2026 A stand-out statement in President Cyril Ramaphosa’s February 12 State of the Nation Address (SoNA) was the following: “We are restructuring Eskom... →
Time to get serious
3rd April 2026 The discussion about the future of South Africa's domestic oil refinery fleet is a long and complicated one. It has naturally flared again because... →
Cabinet offers fuel assurances as task team mulls response measures
2nd April 2026 President Cyril Ramaphosa has established a Ministerial Task Team to coordinate government’s response to the impact on the cost of living, fuel and... →
National rail and airport development plans released for comment
2nd April 2026 Cabinet has approved the release of the draft National Rail Master Plan (NRMP), described as the strategic plan to guide the revitalisation,... →
Ramaphosa highlights the investment prospects being unlocked by ‘irreversible’ reforms
31st March 2026 President Cyril Ramaphosa used the 2026 edition of the South Africa Investment Conference (SAIC) to highlight the new prospects being opened to... →
