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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... →
Future of Africa-Europe relations and the art of self-deception
By: Saliem Fakir 21st February 2025 It was a hot day in Dubai at COP 28 last year. I was invited for coffee by a former German colleague from a past life. Somehow, we veered off track... →
Carbon tax electricity price neutrality extended to end 2030
By: Terence Creamer 20th February 2025 As anticipated, the 2025 Budget offered fresh guidance on South Africa’s approach to carbon taxes, including confirmation of government’s decision... →
AfriForum demands transparency on SANDF deployment to DRC
19th February 2025 AfriForum demands clarity on the alarming allegations that President Cyril Ramaphosa exploited the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) for... →
Maritime issues should top Somalia’s UN Security Council agenda
18th February 2025 Somalia’s two-year council term is a chance to leverage its strategic position at the crossroads of international maritime trade. For the first... →
Electric vehicle tax incentive: what electric vehicle manufacturers should know
18th February 2025 On 24 December 2024, Cyril Ramaphosa, the President of the Republic of South Africa, signed the Taxation Laws Amendment Act No. 42 of 2024, which... →
M23 rebels are marching across eastern DRC: the interests driving players in the conflict
17th February 2025 The current conditions in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) resemble the situation during the Second Congo War between 1998 and 2003. This... →
South Africa’s Hillside Aluminium continuing to go all out to decarbonise – South32 
By: Martin Creamer 13th February 2025 While ‘high-carbon’ is the value-lowering label being put on aluminium from South Africa’s Hillside Aluminium in KwaZulu-Natal, the Sydney-,... →
