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Daily Podcast – February 24, 2025
By: Thabi Shomolekae 24th February 2025 Making headlines: Eskom reduces loadshedding to Stage 4; DA wants Ntshavheni gone; And, 7 000 killed since January in fighting in DRC, says Congo... →
Eskom reduces loadshedding to Stage 4, but questions linger over Stage 6 shock
By: Terence Creamer 24th February 2025 Eskom reduced the intensity of loadshedding to Stage 4 in the early hours of Monday morning after having shocked the country by rapidly ramping up... →
Eskom says maintenance focus to shift to balance of plant, after failures lead to shock Stage 6 return
By: Terence Creamer 23rd February 2025 After taking the shock decision to ramp up loadshedding to Stage 6 in the early hours of Sunday February 23 - having declared Stage 3 on Saturday -... →
Ramokgopa hints that new IRP includes 10-year delay to coal shutdowns 
By: Terence Creamer 21st February 2025 Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has given the strongest indication yet that the next edition of the Integrated Resource... →
What next?
By: Terence Creamer 21st February 2025 Amid much hand wringing over President Donald Trump’s hostility towards South Africa, some clear-eyed analysis has emerged confirming that Trump’s... →
Dept of Transport, Transnet to engage market on private sector participation opportunities soon
By: Darren Parker 20th February 2025 The Department of Transport and State-owned Transnet will, in the next two months, engage the market on private sector participation (PSP) projects... →
Operationally, 2024 was strong year for Glencore, CEO Gary Nagle highlights
By: Martin Creamer 19th February 2025 Operationally, 2024 was a strong year for Glencore, CEO Gary Nagle highlighted on Wednesday, when the London- and Johannesburg-listed diversified... →
Scaling Financing for Coal Phase-out in Emerging Economies
18th February 2025 This paper examines how emerging and developing economies (EMDEs) can transition away from coal-based energy with innovative financing strategies... →
