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            <title>Looks like South African mining’s going to have great year, says Menar at Mining Indaba</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[In general, if you look at the commodities produced in South Africa, we’re doing very well, and it looks like 2026 is going to be a great year. That’s the view of Menar MD Vuslat Bayoglu, who spoke to Mining Weekly at the Investing in African Mining Indaba. (Also watch attached Creamer Media video.)]]></description>
            <author>Martin Creamer</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa’s mining sector is showing the benefits of higher prices for certain commodities and record chrome and manganese exports. However, the Minerals Council South Africa’s Facts and Figures 2025 Pocketbook demonstrates the urgent need for an improved regulatory and operating environment.]]></description>
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            <title>Strong multi-year commodity period on way, Minerals Council president says at Indaba</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[A strong sustained positive commodity cycle is on the way, and South Africa should go all out to take full advantage of it for the benefit of South Africa's people. To make the best of what is seen as a major new opportunity for South Africa, government should ensure a regulatory and operational environment that is enabling.]]></description>
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            <title>Loadshedding fell 82% in first half amid demand drop, steady Eskom output</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa experienced a sharp reduction in loadshedding during the first half of this year, with the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) reporting on September 26 that the amount of electricity shed fell by 82% compared with the same period in 2024. According to the council’s latest power generation statistics, covering the period from January 1 to June 30, a total of 749 GWh was shed from the grid, down from 4 126 GWh in the first half of last year. The report attributes this improvement to lower electricity demand, new generation capacity and a marginal rise in Eskom’s energy availability factor (EAF).]]></description>
            <author>Darren Parker</author>
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            <title>South Africa urged to firm up developmental vision for universal electricity access</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[A leading advocate for the provision of free basic electricity (FBE) to poor South African households has welcomed moves by government to pursue its universal access goal through a “developmental” lens but believes more still needs to be done to firm up what affordable access means and the best ways of achieving that objective. In his Budget Vote speech, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa announced that government’s revised universal access strategy would reframe electrification as a developmental and rights-based obligation rather than a legacy infrastructure backlog.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
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            <title>Eskom insists delayed return of Koeberg Unit 1 won’t increase loadshedding risk</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Eskom has announced a delay to the return of Koeberg Unit 1 from another extended maintenance outage, but insists that the risk of loadshedding this winter has not increased as a result. The unit was shut early in the year for the second phase of its long-term operation maintenance programme, which was a requirement of its 20-year life extension granted by the National Nuclear Regulator (NNR) for the unit last year.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
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            <title>OECD urges South Africa to consider municipal electricity distribution concessions</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[A new Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) report recommends allowing South African municipalities to enter into concession agreements with independent electricity distribution companies to help address the maintenance and investment backlogs that are undermining security of supply. The recommendation is made in the latest OECD Economic Survey of South Africa, which includes a chapter on the country’s electricity sector, which has been central to the country’s economic underperformance for nearly two decades and where risks persist despite a recent reduction in extreme loadshedding.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
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            <title>Ramokgopa reaffirms Nedlac deliberations on IRP to be ‘last step’ before Cabinet approval</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokogopa has reaffirmed that deliberations at the National Economic Development and Labour Council (Nedlac) are the “last step left” ahead of Cabinet approval of the updated Integrated Resources Plan (IRP). In response to a question posed by Engineering News during a briefing on the reasons for the latest bout of loadshedding, Ramokgopa indicated that the Nedlac process was a legislated requirement and that the draft IRP had been delivered to the social partners late last year for their deliberations.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
            <category>ELECTRICITY PLANNING</category>
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            <description><![CDATA[Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has fingered cumulative outage slippages of 3 100 MW as the reason behind South Africa’s latest bout of loadshedding – the sixth this year. Speaking after Eskom announced the implementation of Stage 2 loadshedding during the evening peaks from 16:00 to 22:00 from Tuesday May 13 until Thursday May 15, Ramokgopa described the new round of cuts as a “setback”.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Power utility Eskom has announced that it will implement Stage 2 loadshedding during the evening peak from 16:00 until 22:00 from today until Thursday, May 15, in order to manage limited generation capacity and ensure continued supply during the working days. This decision follows the delayed return of generation units amounting to 3 120 MW, as well as an additional loss of 1 385 MW in the past 24 hours due to unplanned breakdowns.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Serious questions continue to be raised about both the content of the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) for electricity currently being discussed at the National Economic Development and Labour Council (Nedlac) as a precursor to its approval by Cabinet, and the drafting and consultation processes that have been employed. Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has indicated that he is keen for the updated IRP to be approved soon, given that the prevailing IRP2019 is outdated. However, his initial deadline of the end of March was not met.]]></description>
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