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Eskom’s four seasons
By: Terence Creamer 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,... →
US stalls $2.6-billion climate finance package for South Africa
By: Bloomberg 20th March 2025 The US is stalling the distribution of $2.6-billion in climate finance to South Africa, stoking concerns the money might be blocked outright,... →
South Africa, facing mill closures, begins steel tariff review
By: Bloomberg 20th March 2025 South Africa, facing the prospect of ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) closing two steel mills crucial to the local manufacturing industry, has... →
SA: Gwede Mantashe: Address by Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources, at the 4th Southern African Oil and Gas Conference, Century City, Cape Town (20/03/2025)
20th March 2025 Allow me a short diversion from today’s topic to reflect on recent developments where our National Treasury delivered the 2025 Budget under the... →
Preventing mining on agricultural land
19th March 2025 There is a long history of conflict between farmers and entities looking to prospect and mine on agricultural land in South Africa. However, the... →
Exxaro bullish on renewables, foresees decade of significant green energy growth 
By: Martin Creamer 18th March 2025 In the next ten years, renewable energy market growth indications point to 30 GW of clean power capacity coming into play. That is the calculation... →
Electricity demand fell again last year amid rapid growth of solar installations 
By: Terence Creamer 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... →
Trade war blueprint
By: Terence Creamer 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... →
