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Green growth and jobs
By: Terence Creamer 1st December 2023 Transitioning South Africa’s energy ecosystem from its current over-reliance on coal to one progressively based on the country’s natural advantages... →
Climate action for Africa in 2023: three big developments
30th November 2023 2023 is highly likely to be the hottest year ever recorded. And climate change is to blame for one-quarter of the global population being exposed... →
Stage 6 loadshedding – Is the unavailability of diesel to power OCGTs to blame?
29th November 2023 With Eskom busy prioritising the design of a new logo and the development of a new corporate identity instead of permanently ending load shedding,... →
BLSA CEO's Weekly Newsletter
27th November 2023 The climate is becoming the single most important global economic concern. This year has been the hottest ever and climate disasters have... →
Port of Richards Bay Chaos: Ramaphosa visit reinforces leadership vacuum
27th November 2023 Transnet’s (TNPA, TPT and TFR) inability to manage its own affairs has caused the City of uMhlathuze and its residents to become hostages of coal... →
Mozambique approves $80-billion Energy Transition Strategy
By: Bloomberg 27th November 2023 Mozambique’s government approved a strategy to reduce the nation’s dependence on fossil fuels that it estimates will cost $80-billion to implement... →
De-escalation in loadshedding forecast for coming week as country emerges from renewed Stage 6 trauma
By: Terence Creamer 26th November 2023 Eskom is forecasting a de-escalation in the intensity of rotational power cuts for the coming week following the traumatic return of Stage 6 on... →
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... →