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.
Promises of major reforms to Budget process and spending as Godongwana tables Budget 3.0
21st May 2025 Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana indicated that major reforms are being considered to both State spending and the actual Budget process when... →
Opaque policymaking
16th May 2025 The announcement by Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa that the load factor for proposed gas-to-power (GtP) plants in South... →
Ramokgopa reaffirms Nedlac deliberations on IRP to be ‘last step’ before Cabinet approval
14th May 2025 Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokogopa has reaffirmed that deliberations at the National Economic Development and Labour Council... →
Outage slippages blamed for sixth bout of loadshedding of 2025
14th May 2025 Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has fingered cumulative outage slippages of 3 100 MW as the reason behind South Africa’s... →
Government Business Partnership commits to ‘intensified phase’ amid growth headwinds
12th May 2025 The Government Business Partnership has agreed to what is being described as an “intensified phase” of delivery on the priority interventions vital... →
Eskom planning ‘open day’ to market newly launched virtual wheeling solution
9th May 2025 Eskom intends hosting an open day for independent power producers (IPPs) and aggregators in the near future to market its virtual wheeling... →
Unavoidable trade-offs
9th May 2025 The International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (Itac) has initiated two major tariff reviews that could have significant... →
Concern lingers over both content of updated IRP and lack of consultation
8th May 2025 Serious questions continue to be raised about both the content of the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) for electricity currently being discussed at... →
Operation Vulindela’s reform lens widened to include municipal rescue, urban densification and digital transformation
7th May 2025 South Africa’s Government of National Unity Cabinet has endorsed a plan to incorporate three new reform priorities under the umbrella of Operation... →
Eskom aims to smooth maintenance profile after difficult summer
5th May 2025 Eskom CEO Dan Marokane has indicated that the State-owned utility is planning to “smooth” its maintenance profile over a longer horizon to avoid... →
Ramokgopa announces big increase in gas-to-power load factor to 50%-plus
5th May 2025 Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has announced that the load factor for proposed gas-to-power (GtP) plants in South Africa... →
Window of opportunity
2nd May 2025 The full implications for South Africa of US President Donald Trump’s untargeted trade and industrial policies are not yet fully known. They are... →
Tau insists participating in R100bn Transformation Fund will be entirely voluntary
30th April 2025 Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau has again insisted that no new demands will be imposed on business and industry because of the... →
Eskom’s R321bn capex plan has strong focus on grid, renewables and gas
25th April 2025 State-owned electricity producer Eskom has unveiled details of a R321.72-billion capital expenditure (capex) plan for the coming five years, which... →
Renewables aspirant
25th April 2025 Eskom CEO Dan Marokane has outlined the case for why the State-owned utility will be entering the renewable-energy space more assertively over the... →
Tau extends deadline for comment on Transformation Fund to May 28
24th April 2025 Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau has extended the deadline for the public to comment on the draft Transformation Fund concept... →
South Africa will lag growth recovery in rest of Africa in 2025 – World Bank
24th April 2025 The World Bank expects growth in sub-Saharan Africa, as well as South Africa, to rise in 2025 and further accelerate to 2027. But it is also... →
Newly minted electricity department outlines grid and renewables targets to lawmakers
23rd April 2025 The newly separated Department of Electricity and Energy (DEE) has outlined its vision and mission to lawmakers, listing among its priorities for... →
Access to renewable electricity now key investment driver, global poll of execs shows
22nd April 2025 A new survey of 1 477 business executives from 15 countries, including South Africa, indicates that corporates now overwhelmingly view the... →
Steady progress
18th April 2025 Methodical progress is being made ahead of the launch, later this year, of South Africa’s inaugural procurement of independent transmission... →
Marokane says Eskom must be given ‘space’ to pursue renewables strategy
14th April 2025 Eskom CEO Dan Marokane has appealed for the State-owned utility to be given “space” to implement its renewable-energy strategy, insisting that it... →
Back to the future?
11th April 2025 There’s some concern that government is delaying the inevitable, after more support was extended to ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) to facilitate... →
South Africa aims to use US tariff pause to have formal talks on ‘mutually beneficial’ trade deal
10th April 2025 Having received confirmation that the 30% reciprocal tariffs imposed on South African exports by President Donald Trump have been paused, Trade,... →
America’s application of tariff-setting formula ‘hugely inflated’ South Africa’s trade surplus
9th April 2025 South Africa’s trade surplus with the US, which was used to calculate the ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs announced by US President Donald Trump, has been... →
Draft regulations mark yet another step towards private grid investment
7th April 2025 In yet another step towards clearing the path for South Africa’s inaugural procurement of independent transmission projects (ITPs), draft... →
Retaliatory tariffs against US would be ‘counterproductive’, South Africa’s Tau says
4th April 2025 South Africa has confirmed that it has no intention of imposing retaliatory tariffs on the US after President Donald Trump announced that South... →
New narrative
4th April 2025 Developments in those transport sectors hitherto dominated by Transnet reflect not only a belated acknowledgement of South Africa’s fiscal... →
As US imposes 30% tariff on South African exports, Presidency reiterates desire for new bilateral trade deal
3rd April 2025 South Africa’s Presidency has expressed concern over new tariffs that have been imposed on South African exports to the US following President... →
Pilot procurement of 1 164 km of powerlines from private investors to be launched in Nov
1st April 2025 South Africa intends launching a pilot programme for the procurement of 1 164 km of 400-kV powerlines, involving seven corridors in three... →
George insists new air-pollution exemptions for eight Eskom coal stations not a ‘blanket reprieve’
31st March 2025 Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister Dr Dion George has granted Eskom air-pollution exemptions for eight power stations that would... →
Striking the right Budget balance
28th March 2025 There are arguably three ways to view recent developments around South Africa’s Budget process. The first, is to lament. →
Cabinet to consider new Economic Growth Plan, as it mulls including gas in Operation Vulindlela
27th March 2025 South Africa’s Cabinet is planning to hold a special meeting on an ‘Economic Growth Plan’ for the country, while it will also consider additional... →
Decision on Eskom’s application for more air pollution exemptions to be announced on March 31
26th March 2025 Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment Minister Dr Dion George will on March 31 announce a decision regarding Eskom’s application for additional... →
South Africa considering export taxes and quotas to revive ferroalloy smelters – Mantashe
25th March 2025 Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe reports that discussions are under way within government and with manganese and chrome... →
Creecy moves to test private sector appetite for rail and port partnerships
23rd March 2025 Transport Minister Barbara Creecy has launched an online request for information (RFI) process to test market appetite for potential private sector... →
Eskom’s four seasons
21st March 2025 Listening recently to a live rendition of Antonio Vivaldi’s Four Seasons as South Africa descended into yet another unwelcome bout of loadshedding,... →
Comment sought on proposed R100bn Transformation Fund to support black-owned firms
20th March 2025 Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau has released draft details of a plan to establish a new R100-billion Transformation Fund, which... →
Electricity demand fell again last year amid rapid growth of solar installations
17th March 2025 Demand for electricity in South Africa continued to trend down in 2024, a new Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) report... →
Government advertises for new head of Independent Power Producers Office
17th March 2025 The South African government is advertising for a new head of the Independent Power Producers Office (IPPO), a position that has been held by... →
Trade war blueprint
14th March 2025 US President Donald Trump’s recently published trade policy agenda leaves absolutely no room for nuance. Not even the tiniest crack has been left... →
Transnet urged to use Budget Facility for Infrastructure to fund project partnerships
12th March 2025 While Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana said that additional guarantees will be considered to refinance Transnet’s maturing debt and its capital... →
