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.
Reset needed
15th August 2025 There has been an important, yet largely overlooked, shift in South Africa’s approach to meeting its goal of providing universal electricity access... →
New online tracker provides updated dashboard of South Africa’s reform progress
14th August 2025 Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) has officially launched a free online platform that provides a regularly updated view of the progress, or... →
Electricity reform ‘irreversible’, Ramokgopa insists as he again urges Eskom not to pursue legal case against traders
13th August 2025 Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa insists that the reforms under way in the electricity sector are “irreversible”, and has... →
South Africa’s revised trade offer to the US described as ‘broad, generous, open and ambitious’
12th August 2025 South Africa submitted a revised trade offer to the US on August 12, after its previous ‘Framework Agreement’ submitted in May failed to avert the... →
Partnership framework being prioritised ahead of Eskom Green launch
11th August 2025 Eskom group executive for renewables Rivoningo Mnisi reports that the State-owned company has received a positive response to a tender for... →
Two steps back?
8th August 2025 The idiom ‘one step forward, two steps back’ has surely arisen in the minds of those who have been monitoring developments in the electricity... →
Cabinet approves support package for exporters exposed to US tariffs as talks continue
7th August 2025 The South African government will on Monday August 11 unveil the support measures for companies and workers affected by the imposition of 30%... →
Cabinet to meet on support package for firms and workers exposed to 30% US tariffs
4th August 2025 Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau will present Cabinet with a proposed support package for South African companies and workers... →
South Africa urged to firm up developmental vision for universal electricity access
4th August 2025 A leading advocate for the provision of free basic electricity (FBE) to poor South African households has welcomed moves by government to pursue... →
Ramaphosa says talks with US continue while using citrus to illustrate complementary nature of trade relationship
4th August 2025 All channels of communication remain open to engage with the US, President Cyril Ramaphosa writes in his weekly newsletter, published days after... →
$500m Credit Guarantee Vehicle to be launched in time for first private grid projects
31st July 2025 The National Treasury has confirmed that it will inject 20% of the $500-million initial funding required to set up the Credit Guarantee Vehicle... →
Tau says reset in US trade relations ‘unavoidable’ on eve of reciprocal tariff deadline
29th July 2025 Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau says a reset in South Africa’s trade relations with the US is unavoidable, but has also... →
Eskom’s legal challenge against traders raises questions over reform momentum
29th July 2025 Eskom has launched its long-threatened legal review of the regulator’s decision to grant licences in 2024 to five electricity traders, as well as a... →
Emerging pictures
25th July 2025 A picture has started to emerge of the potential economic fallout of America’s existing, as well as potentially imminent, tariffs on South African... →
Licensed electricity traders see Nersa rules process as opportunity to bolster certainty
24th July 2025 Several licensed electricity traders canvassed by Engineering News have welcomed the decision by the regulator to initiate a process to finalise... →
Carbon budget and mitigation regulations to be released for comment in August
21st July 2025 Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister Dr Dion George has approved the publication of the draft ‘National Greenhouse Gas Carbon Budget... →
Concerns raised over pace of power and rail reform while Ramaphosa lauds progress
21st July 2025 President Cyril Ramaphosa has offered an optimistic assessment of the economic reforms being undertaken in South Africa’s electricity and freight... →
Broken wing
18th July 2025 The decision by US President Donald Trump to implement ‘reciprocal tariffs’ of 30% on those South African goods not specifically exempted or... →
Nersa outlines 11-month process for finalising electricity trading rules
17th July 2025 In a belated move, the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has announced an 11-month process to set rules for electricity trading,... →
Eskom insists delayed return of Koeberg Unit 1 won’t increase loadshedding risk
15th July 2025 Eskom has announced a delay to the return of Koeberg Unit 1 from another extended maintenance outage, but insists that the risk of loadshedding... →
South African exports to America could slump by up to $2.3bn under new tariffs
14th July 2025 Econometric modelling of the impact on South Africa of US tariffs – including the proposed 30% reciprocal tariff on all non-exempted goods, the... →
Transparency needed
11th July 2025 South Africa’s recent trade policy interventions have been nowhere near as attention grabbing as President Donald Trump’s April 2 Rose Garden... →
Macpherson aims to restructure State property portfolio into ‘investible’ entity
9th July 2025 Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson has used his Budget Vote speech to unpack a vision for migrating government departments... →
Godongwana says decision on inflation-target policy is his and will not be made in haste
9th July 2025 Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana used his Budget Vote address to underline that the responsibility for setting the inflation-target policy resided... →
South Africa will continue to pursue trade deal with US despite Trump’s letter confirming 30% tariff
8th July 2025 President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa will continue with its diplomatic efforts towards a more balanced and mutually beneficial trade... →
Tau defends IDC board appointees with ANC ties
4th July 2025 Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau has dismissed as “disingenuous” calls for the exclusion of individuals with links to the African... →
South Africa reaffirms ‘butterfly’ export strategy amid rising global trade tensions
4th July 2025 Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau has reaffirmed South Africa’s ‘Butterfly Strategy’ for trade and exports, amid ongoing... →
Good, bad, disturbing
4th July 2025 One of the marvels of the post-Covid era is the ongoing ability to participate in live events that are many miles away. Although technology fails... →
South Africa set to test private sector appetite for long-distance passenger rail routes
3rd July 2025 Transport Minister Barbara Creecy has confirmed that a request for information (RFI) will be launched in July to assess the potential for private... →
South Africa reiterates call for extension of 90-day reciprocal tariff pause while US finalises trade matters ‘template’ for Africa
1st July 2025 The South African government has confirmed that it has reiterated its request for an extension of a prevailing 90-day pause on the imposition of... →
Deadline looms
27th June 2025 Memories of that ‘dim-the-lights’ Oval Office ambush have been enveloped in a fog of billionaire-bro brawls, immigrant raids and protests, the... →
Ramokgopa again rebuffs conflict-of-interest allegations in battery storage tender
26th June 2025 Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has again rebuffed allegations of a conflict of interest in the selection of independent... →
Ramaphosa backs extension of equity-equivalent scheme to telecoms sector
25th June 2025 President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed his support for extending the use of the Equity Equivalent Investment Programme (EEIP) to the broadband... →
Hlabisa wants new White Paper to address municipal funding model problem
23rd June 2025 Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa reports that government is aiming to publish an updated White Paper on... →
$1.5bn World Bank loan to support reforms in South Africa’s energy and transport sectors
23rd June 2025 The World Bank has approved a $1.5-billion (R27-billion) development policy loan to support the implementation of ongoing structural reform in... →
Procurement poser
20th June 2025 Few would argue that South Africa’s procurement of electricity generation capacity from independent power producers (IPPs) is one of the country’s... →
Nedlac deliberations on IRP to be wrapped up ‘in next week or so’
18th June 2025 South African National Energy Development Institute (Sanedi) CEO Dr Titus Mathe reports that consultations at the National Economic Development and... →
Eskom reports progress on 5 GW 'repowering' pipeline as $2.6bn CIF approval is secured
17th June 2025 Eskom has confirmed that it has a 5 GW pipeline of so-called ‘repowering’ projects at various stages of development on the sites of six coal power... →
Too sluggish
13th June 2025 The fact that it takes an exceedingly long time in South Africa for policy decisions to be made let alone implemented is something of a... →
Ramaphosa aims to use G20 platform to clear hurdles to African green hydrogen, just energy investments
12th June 2025 President Cyril Ramaphosa has again underlined the industrialisation potential of green hydrogen, and has stressed that South Africa will use its... →
South Africa asks US not to hike tariffs to 30% on July 9 if talks on new trade framework still ongoing
10th June 2025 South Africa has requested that the US refrain from raising tariffs above the prevailing 10% level should negotiations on a new trade framework not... →
