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Motsepe-backed GoSolr plans $537m South Africa expansion
By: Bloomberg 2nd May 2024 GoSolr, a company backed by South African billionaire Patrice Motsepe and the continent’s biggest bank, plans to spend R10 billion to roll out a... →
NBI launches pragmatic Just Energy Transition Skilling for Employment Programme
By: Marleny Arnoldi 30th April 2024 With skills having been identified as a key cross-cutting requirement for the Just Energy Transition Implementation Plan (JET-IP), the National... →
Glencore’s Rustenburg ferrochrome smelter remains idled 
By: Martin Creamer 30th April 2024 Pending an improved price and cost environment, Glencore said in its first-quarter 2024 production report on Tuesday that its Rustenburg... →
Pravin Gordhan should account for Eskom's diesel expenditure before he departs
30th April 2024 The inefficiency of blowing nearly R45 Billion on diesel over the past two years (up to end-March 2024) to mitigate the impact of regular... →
Draft Gas Master Plan released amid supply ‘cliff’ warnings
By: Terence Creamer 29th April 2024 South Africa’s much-delayed draft Gas Master Plan (GMP2024) has been released for public comment by Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede... →
Without rooftop solar investments, loadshedding would be worse, study shows
By: Sabrina Jardim 29th April 2024 Amid the energy challenges facing South Africa, residential solar energy company GoSolr says radical steps must be taken to secure the country’s... →
Eskom anticipates limited winter loadshedding amid generation improvements
By: Marleny Arnoldi 26th April 2024 Newly appointed Eskom group CEO Dan Marokane has provided assurances that loadshedding during the upcoming winter months will likely be contained... →
Can South Africa turn around 30 years of real economy underperformance? 
By: Terence Creamer 26th April 2024 In this essay, Terence Creamer reflects on the factors that have shaped South Africa’s real-economy sectors of manufacturing, mining and... →
