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SA: Pemmy Majodina: Address by Minister of Water and Sanitation, during the Water and Sanitation Budget Speech, National Assembly (12/07/2024)
12th July 2024 Honourable Speaker, we are tabling this Budget Vote at a time when water is occupying a top place in the global agenda as one of the key issues... →
SA: Gwede Mantashe: Address by Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources, during the Budget Vote 34 Department of Mineral Resources And Energy, National Assembly (11/07/2024)
12th July 2024 Today, we table Budget Vote 34 of the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) when the Department is being reconfigured into two... →
US lends $99m to Mozambique’s first wind-power project
By: Bloomberg 10th July 2024 The US International Development Finance Corp (DFC) approved a loan of as much as $99-million to help finance Mozambique’s first utility-scale... →
Possibility of further loadshedding cannot be ruled out – Ramaphosa 
By: Thabi Shomolekae 8th July 2024 President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday that while the Government of National Unity is committed to the far-reaching structural electricity... →
Moment of consequence?
By: Terence Creamer 5th July 2024 As is the case for the country as a whole, South Africa’s industrial development is at “a moment of fundamental consequence”, to borrow a line from... →
Renewables component of DRC gold mine’s energy mix to hit 85% next year
By: Martin Creamer 3rd July 2024 The reputation of the large Kibali gold mine, run by Barrick Gold in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), is being significantly enhanced by its... →
Separation of energy portfolio and Ramokgopa’s appointment praised amid rising energy-transition complexity
By: Terence Creamer 1st July 2024 The decision to establish a separate energy portfolio with the African National Congress’s Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa as Minister and the Democratic... →
As Kenyan president Ruto ticks off his to-do list from US state visit, we review some of his claims, including on peacekeeping
By: Africa Check 28th June 2024 On 24 June 2024, US president Joe Biden formally designated Kenya a “major” ally in defence and security, a status almost identical to that enjoyed... →
