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In the weeds
By: Terence Creamer 3rd May 2024 South Africa has gone some way in starting to reform its electricity industry, which has been failing the country visibly for nearly two decades.... →
Thungela announces passing of Thero Setiloane
By: Martin Creamer 2nd May 2024 Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed coal mining company Thungela Resources has announced the passing of Thero Setiloane, who served as an... →
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... →
Zuma’s party wants to nationalise land, mines in South Africa 
By: Bloomberg 23rd April 2024 South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma’s newly formed party vowed to nationalise land and banks, withdraw from the International Criminal Court... →
Risk sensitive South African rand weakens as geopolitical tensions bite 
By: Reuters 19th April 2024 South Africa's rand weakened in volatile trading early on Friday, as reports of an Israeli attack on Iran sapped risk sentiment and sent currency... →
South Africa’s electricity crisis: a series of failures over 30 years have left a dim legacy
19th April 2024 In 1994, apartheid ended and the African National Congress (ANC) won South Africa’s first ever democratic elections, promising “Electricity for... →
The age of anxiety and turbulence
By: Saliem Fakir 12th April 2024 A range of statements echoed through the chambers of the Munich Security Conference recently, and etched on everyone’s face was anxiousness about... →
ISS Energy Thematic Futures
11th April 2024 We begin this theme by discussing the critical role of energy in human development and provide a brief history of energy production and demand.... →