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President Cyril Ramaphosa gestures ahead of signing into law a national health bill that aims to provide universal coverage to South Africans, at the Union Buildings. Source: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

Energy transition is an ANC election campaign obstacleJoe Bavier

Lily Mine was the scene of a 2016 disaster where three miners were trapped underground in a container after a ground collapse.

Vantage Goldfields to resume operations at Lily and Barbrook mines

The age of generative AI increases energy and water usage with a negative effect on climate goals.

Microsoft's climate goals challenged by generative AI investmentLindsey Schutters

These 3 energy storage technologies can help solve the challenge of moving to 100% renewable electricity

These 3 energy storage technologies can help solve the challenge of moving to 100% renewable electricity

Kerry Rippy 30 Aug 2021

Energy majors taking steps to renewables transition

Sue Noffke 30 Aug 2021

Source: ©bymandesigns

Egypt key energy supplier for Africa

27 Aug 2021

Roxanne Wylie, management consultant at OIM Consulting

#WomensMonth: Sustainable change motivates Roxanne Wylie

26 Aug 2021

Sinaed Kaufman, chief executive: minerals, Rio Tinto. Source: Rio Tinto/Twitter

Richards Bay Minerals restarts operations

25 Aug 2021

Source: Catoca Mining Company

Waste from Angola's Catoca diamond mine leaked into waterways last month

25 Aug 2021

Lili Nupen, director, Nupen Staude de Vries

#WomensMonth: Mining legal eagle Lili Nupen loves a challenge

Nicci Botha 24 Aug 2021

Electricity pylons are seen in front of the cooling towers at the Lethabo Thermal Power Station,an Eskom coal-burning power station near Sasolburg in the northern Free State province, 2 March 2016. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

South Africa aims to bring pilot carbon capture project online in 2023

23 Aug 2021

Bizcommunity - connecting communities for 20 years

Bizcommunity - connecting communities for 20 years

Bizcommunity.com 19 Aug 2021

Kevin Pietersen, partners, Hogan Lovells

Technologies will propel mining into a sustainable future

Kevin Pietersen 19 Aug 2021

Lethabo Power Station, a coal-fired power station owned by state power utility Eskom, is seen near a maize field near Sasolburg, South Africa, 31 January, 2020. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

Eskom plans sharp reduction of coal-fired power by 2031

18 Aug 2021

Mineral resources and energy minister, Gwede Mantashe

DMRE to prioritse mining's socioeconomic components

18 Aug 2021

Source: Sergey Sukhanov –

Questions still circuiting the exemption for large-scale private power generation

Jason van der Poel, Alexandra Felekis and Mzukisi Kota 18 Aug 2021

Source: ©alexzaitsev

The coal price has skyrocketed in 2021 - what does it mean for net zero?

Michael Tamvakis 17 Aug 2021

Ntombifuthi Ntuli

RIP: Sawea's Ntombifuthi Ntuli

16 Aug 2021

Source: Getty/Gallo

100MW self-generation amendments gazetted

13 Aug 2021

Exxaro says rail snags will hit 2021 coal exports

Promit Mukherjee 12 Aug 2021

Draft National Infrastructure Plan 2050 gazetted for public comment

Draft National Infrastructure Plan 2050 gazetted for public comment

12 Aug 2021

Gambia says BP has agreed to pay $29,3m no-drill fee

12 Aug 2021

Fortress looks to increase solar output with launch of R900m sustainability-linked bonds

Fortress looks to increase solar output with launch of R900m sustainability-linked bonds

11 Aug 2021

Sharon Mashishi, director, Bahlaping Mash Trading

#WomensMonth: Training and mentorship is crucial for entrepreneurs, Sharon Mashishi

11 Aug 2021

Boikanyo Solar. Source: Supplied

Boikanyo Solar comes online

11 Aug 2021

Why should you invest in a generator now?

Why should you invest in a generator now?

SA Shares 11 Aug 2021

Turbines on a wind farm outside Caledon near Cape Town, South Africa. Photo by Nardus Engelbrecht/Gallo Images/Getty Images

South Africa's power generation plans are out of date: an urgent rethink is needed

Hartmut Winkler 10 Aug 2021

Damage to Medupi Unit 4 generator. Source: Twitter

Employees suspended over Medupi blast

10 Aug 2021

Source: suppled

No need to lament about the oil discovery in Namibia's Kavango Basin

NJ Ayuk 6 Aug 2021

Source: ©Phawat Khommai

UK gold miner Centamin seeks buyer for W African project

Shanima A 6 Aug 2021

Source: Getty/Gallo

#WomensMonth: Gender equality in mining requires challenging stereotypes

5 Aug 2021

Lisl Pullinger, principal consultant, SRK Consulting

#WomensMonth: Women affected by mining beyond the workplace

Lisl Pullinger, 4 Aug 2021

Caltex rebrands to Astron Energy

4 Aug 2021

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Source: ©bymandesigns

Egypt key energy supplier for Africa

27 Aug 2021

Roxanne Wylie, management consultant at OIM Consulting

#WomensMonth: Sustainable change motivates Roxanne Wylie

26 Aug 2021

Sinaed Kaufman, chief executive: minerals, Rio Tinto. Source: Rio Tinto/Twitter

Richards Bay Minerals restarts operations

25 Aug 2021

Source: Catoca Mining Company

Waste from Angola's Catoca diamond mine leaked into waterways last month

25 Aug 2021

Lili Nupen, director, Nupen Staude de Vries

#WomensMonth: Mining legal eagle Lili Nupen loves a challenge

Nicci Botha 24 Aug 2021

Electricity pylons are seen in front of the cooling towers at the Lethabo Thermal Power Station,an Eskom coal-burning power station near Sasolburg in the northern Free State province, 2 March 2016. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

South Africa aims to bring pilot carbon capture project online in 2023

23 Aug 2021

Bizcommunity - connecting communities for 20 years

Bizcommunity - connecting communities for 20 years

Bizcommunity.com 19 Aug 2021

Kevin Pietersen, partners, Hogan Lovells

Technologies will propel mining into a sustainable future

Kevin Pietersen 19 Aug 2021

Lethabo Power Station, a coal-fired power station owned by state power utility Eskom, is seen near a maize field near Sasolburg, South Africa, 31 January, 2020. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

Eskom plans sharp reduction of coal-fired power by 2031

18 Aug 2021

Mineral resources and energy minister, Gwede Mantashe

DMRE to prioritse mining's socioeconomic components

18 Aug 2021

Source: Sergey Sukhanov –

Questions still circuiting the exemption for large-scale private power generation

Jason van der Poel, Alexandra Felekis and Mzukisi Kota 18 Aug 2021

Source: ©alexzaitsev

The coal price has skyrocketed in 2021 - what does it mean for net zero?

Michael Tamvakis 17 Aug 2021

Ntombifuthi Ntuli

RIP: Sawea's Ntombifuthi Ntuli

16 Aug 2021

Source: Getty/Gallo

100MW self-generation amendments gazetted

13 Aug 2021

Exxaro says rail snags will hit 2021 coal exports

Promit Mukherjee 12 Aug 2021

Draft National Infrastructure Plan 2050 gazetted for public comment

Draft National Infrastructure Plan 2050 gazetted for public comment

12 Aug 2021

Gambia says BP has agreed to pay $29,3m no-drill fee

12 Aug 2021

Fortress looks to increase solar output with launch of R900m sustainability-linked bonds

Fortress looks to increase solar output with launch of R900m sustainability-linked bonds

11 Aug 2021

Sharon Mashishi, director, Bahlaping Mash Trading

#WomensMonth: Training and mentorship is crucial for entrepreneurs, Sharon Mashishi

11 Aug 2021

Boikanyo Solar. Source: Supplied

Boikanyo Solar comes online

11 Aug 2021

Why should you invest in a generator now?

Why should you invest in a generator now?

SA Shares 11 Aug 2021

Turbines on a wind farm outside Caledon near Cape Town, South Africa. Photo by Nardus Engelbrecht/Gallo Images/Getty Images

South Africa's power generation plans are out of date: an urgent rethink is needed

Hartmut Winkler 10 Aug 2021

Damage to Medupi Unit 4 generator. Source: Twitter

Employees suspended over Medupi blast

10 Aug 2021

Source: suppled

No need to lament about the oil discovery in Namibia's Kavango Basin

NJ Ayuk 6 Aug 2021

Source: ©Phawat Khommai

UK gold miner Centamin seeks buyer for W African project

Shanima A 6 Aug 2021

Source: Getty/Gallo

#WomensMonth: Gender equality in mining requires challenging stereotypes

5 Aug 2021

Lisl Pullinger, principal consultant, SRK Consulting

#WomensMonth: Women affected by mining beyond the workplace

Lisl Pullinger, 4 Aug 2021

Caltex rebrands to Astron Energy

4 Aug 2021

Exxaro helps fight GBV with R3,5m contribution to GBVF Response Fund

Exxaro helps fight GBV with R3,5m contribution to GBVF Response Fund

3 Aug 2021

Homegrown battery manufacturer secures R20m investment

Homegrown battery manufacturer secures R20m investment

Edge Growth 3 Aug 2021

Neal Froneman, CEO, Sibanye-Stillwater

Sibanye-Stillwater to buy French Eramet's Sandouville plant

2 Aug 2021

Ghana's minister of finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, makes remarks at the Institute of International Finance's meeting entitled "G20: Compact With Africa", during the IMF and World Bank's 2017 Annual Fall Meetings, in Washington, US, 11 October, 2017. Reuters/Mike Theiler

Eyeing energy transition, Ghana plans to speed up oil exploration

30 Jul 2021

Zimbabwe finance minister Mthuli Ncube arrives to present the 2020 National Budget at Parliament Building in Harare, Zimbabwe, 14 November, 2019. Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo

Zimbabwe sells gold refinery stake for $49m

30 Jul 2021

Source: Getty/Gallo

Eskom working on replacing failing infrastructure

28 Jul 2021

Isabel Dos Santos, daughter of Angola’s former president and Africa's richest woman, sits for a portrait during a Reuters interview in London, Britain, 9 January, 2020. Reuters/Toby Melville

Dutch court rules against Dos Santos in oil asset case - lawyers

Noah Browning & Sergio Goncalves 28 Jul 2021

A worker drives a vehicle at Zimplats' Ngwarati Mine in Mhondoro-Ngezi, file. Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo

Implats Zimbabwe unit plans 185MW solar power plants

27 Jul 2021

Source: ©Alexey Kokoulin

Developing countries need to chart their own course to net zero emissions

26 Jul 2021

A sign adorns the building where Australian miner South32 has their office in Perth, Western Australia, 19 November, 2015. Reuters/David Gray/File Photo

South32 secures power agreement for South African Hillside smelter

23 Jul 2021

Demonstrators in Johannesburg march against environmental damage done by coal. Photo by Cornell Tukiri/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

How the rollout of South Africa's renewable energy plan is failing communities

Zoheb Khan 23 Jul 2021

Mozambique's President Filipe Nyusi attends a signing ceremony following the talks with Russia's President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Russia 22August, 2019. Sputnik/Alexey Nikolsky/Kremlin via Reuters

Mozambique's gas ambitions rest on distant hope of peace

Emma Rumney & David Lewis 22 Jul 2021

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