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Light bulb moment: The electric decarbonisation opportunity

ESG & Sustainability

Light bulb moment: The electric decarbonisation opportunity

Andrew Winstone 2 days

Energy

The cost of power: Eskom seeks Nersa approval for price hike

3 days

Arnot Power Station in Mpumalanga is one of Eskom’s coal-fired power plants. Image credit: , , via Wikimedia Commons

Energy

Eskom in a coal mind: SA open to AI data centres, but at what electricity price?

3 Sep 2026

AI data centres could make electricity more expensive

Data & Analytics

AI data centres could make electricity more expensive

Brutus Mogotlo 2 Sep 2026

Source: Supplied. Xolelwa Kashe-Katiya, Project Leader: Indlulamithi Scenarios Trust SA.

Economy

The lights are back on. But is South Africa really moving forward?

Xolelwa Kashe-Katiya 4 Sep 2026

27408_Exterior of Ninety One's Office at Growthpoint’s 36 Hans Strijdom Foreshore building in Cape Town

Markets & Investment

Growthpoint’s 36 Hans Strijdom symbolises the transition from coal-powered past to a net-zero future

Issued by Catchwords 1 Sep 2026

Why South African families are calling CambriLearn while they wait for a school place

Primary & Secondary Education

Why South African families are calling CambriLearn while they wait for a school place

Issued by CambriLearn 1 Sep 2026

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Office Property

Huge win for Cape Town tenants as 36 Hans Strijdom goes net-zero

31 Aug 2026

Eskom’s interim group chief executive Calib Cassim speaks during a media briefing at Eskom Megawatt Park in Sunninghill. Image credit: Reuters/ Siphiwe Sibeko

Energy

Eskom CFO, key to its profitable turnaround, announces retirement

31 Aug 2026

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Coal, Oil & Gas

#WomensMonth | Engen’s Vanessa Moorthi-Moodley is giving women a seat at the petroleum table

Maroefah Smith 28 Aug 2026

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Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

#WomensMonth | Wonga’s Monica Hitge on the importance of being financially independent

Maroefah Smith 27 Aug 2026

A drone view shows solar panels in front of a mine as South Africa’s mining firms accelerate investment in renewable energy projects to diversify power supply, reduce costs and meet decarbonisation targets after decades of reliance on state utility Eskom, at Gold Fields’ South Deep mine, southwest of Johannesburg. Image credit: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Anglo American, Sibanye look to renewables to drop Eskom reliance

Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo and Nelson Banya 26 Aug 2026

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Coal, Oil & Gas

#WomensMonth | Engen’s Bongiwe Mkhwanazi isn’t afraid to dream big

Maroefah Smith 25 Aug 2026

View of South African utility Eskom's electricity pylons in Johannesburg. Image credit: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

Energy

Jozi makes power play and settles more than R5bn Eskom debt

24 Aug 2026

Ekapa Minerals’ diamond mine in Kimberly has been placed into business rescue after a court challenge by NUMSA. Photo supplied

Mining

Numsa wins bid to block liquidation of diamond mine

Greg Dor 11 Aug 2026

The team sheet is in: Public Sector Leaders Summit 2026 names its strongest line-up yet

Events & Conferencing

The team sheet is in: Public Sector Leaders Summit 2026 names its strongest line-up yet

Issued by Topco Media 6 Aug 2026

South Africa needs data centres, but not without transparency

Data & Analytics

South Africa needs data centres, but not without transparency

Tyronne McCrindle 5 Aug 2026

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Construction & Engineering

Business can't stay silent as failing municipalities threaten investment, warns BLSA's Mavuso

3 Aug 2026

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Energy

Jozi’s City Power makes a dent in R5.2bn debt owed to Eskom

27 Jul 2026

Ceres Fruit Growers completes major upgrade to expand export capacity

Agriculture

Ceres Fruit Growers completes major upgrade to expand export capacity

24 Jul 2026

The country that builds world champions is learning to build a world-class state

Events & Conferencing

The country that builds world champions is learning to build a world-class state

Issued by Topco Media 23 Jul 2026

LNG carriers, designed for transporting liquefied natural gas (LNG), off Cape Town. Image credit: , , via Wikimedia Commons

Coal, Oil & Gas

A sharp fall in gas supplies in 2028 threatens South Africa’s economy: how to manage the fallout

Davies Tsikayi 23 Jul 2026

Two loaders work outside the ore processing and recovery plant at De Beers' Snap Lake Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Canada. Image credit: , , via Wikimedia Commons

Mining

Pressure makes (no) diamonds: SA mining production takes a dip

22 Jul 2026

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Nuclear Power

Eskom assures SA that there was no radiation leak at Koeberg

20 Jul 2026

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Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Plentify and Deye lay foundation for Africa’s largest residential virtual power plant

14 Jul 2026

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Renewables & Energy Efficiency

How loadshedding led to South Africa finding its perfect sunspot

13 Jul 2026

Source: Pexels/Illustrative image. Chief executive officer of SOEW, Andre Smith has raised concerns over the suspension of measures aimed at restricting substandard electrical cable imports.

Construction & Engineering

SOEW: Huge blow to local industry as cable import controls are suspended

2 Jul 2026

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Energy

Africa’s power market is changing fast — and private capital is driving it

Shirley Webber and Nikhil Kasiram 30 Jun 2026

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Energy

Johannesburg has taken a big new loan to help fix its electricity problems, but the results will take time

Glen Robbins 29 Jun 2026

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Energy

July’s electricity tariff hike is set to give SA a shock to the system

26 Jun 2026

The monthly bill topping R11,500 that homebuyers forget before paying the bond

Residential Property

The monthly bill topping R11,500 that homebuyers forget before paying the bond

Jonathan Kohler, Issued by Landsdowne Properties 24 Jun 2026

What bursaries are available in 2027?

Higher Education

What bursaries are available in 2027?

Issued by FundiConnect 24 Jun 2026

Eskom, which runs Africa's only operational nuclear power station near Cape Town, is preparing a request for information covering up to 5,200 megawatts of new capacity. Image credit: , , via Wikimedia Commons

Nuclear Power

#AEF2026: Everything is coming up nuclear for South Africa

18 Jun 2026

Coal, Oil & Gas

It's a gas! Exxon Mobil to supply SA's first planned LNG terminal

17 Jun 2026

Workers are seen underground at a mine near Pretoria. Image credit: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

Mining

South African mining production and sales are back, baby!

15 Jun 2026

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Energy

16-hour planned power outage in Jozi signals growing electricity woes

12 Jun 2026

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Renewables & Energy Efficiency

South Africa's power utility enters its clean energy era with Eskom Green

11 Jun 2026

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Standard Bank to finance Africa’s renewable energy boom

10 Jun 2026

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Energy

Could the industrial-driven decline in electricity consumption spell trouble for Eskom?

9 Jun 2026

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Renewables & Energy Efficiency

New deal with Chinese solar giant to spark up SA’s energy market

8 Jun 2026

PR & Communications

How to lose a customer in 16 days

William Smook 8 Jun 2026

Zululand Energy Terminal director, Oliver Naidu (left) and Eskom group executive for strategic delivery, Alfred Seema, seal the deal with a handshake. Image supplied.

Energy

SA's first LNG import terminal gassed up in new Eskom-Zululand agreement

5 Jun 2026

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Economy

Debt turning point reached as South Africa maintains fiscal discipline

4 Jun 2026

Economy

Ramaphosa: R1tn build starts now—but oil shock threatens costs

3 Jun 2026

Source: Reuters. South African Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana delivers his 2026 budget speech to lawmakers in Cape Town, South Africa, February 25, 2026.

Economy

South Africa's fiscal targets on track despite Iran war, Treasury says

Nilutpal Timsina and Sfundo Parakozov 3 Jun 2026

First rigging trade testing centre in Khayelitsha – only Rigging Centre of Specialisation in the Western Cape

Construction & Engineering

First rigging trade testing centre in Khayelitsha – only Rigging Centre of Specialisation in the Western Cape

Issued by False Bay College 2 Jun 2026

On Monday, fishers and environmental activists picketed outside the Cape High Court on the first day of a case against the government granting environmental authorisation for seismic surveys off the West Coast. Photo: Liezl Human.

Coal, Oil & Gas

Fishers in court to stop West Coast oil search

Liezl Human 2 Jun 2026

Source: Supplied. Evan Rice, chief executive officer of Etana Energy.

Infrastructure & Utilities

5 Cape Town buildings now run on pooled renewables — is yours next?

2 Jun 2026

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Construction & Engineering

Western Cape outage shock: Are you in the 16% still without power?

29 May 2026