South Africa is about to have a gas supply crisis. Hundreds of South African factories, making everything from steel and glass to beer and soft drinks, depend on piped gas for industrial heat. Some factories, like steel mills and glass plants,...
At the Special Drakenstein Council meeting held on Friday, 13 March 2026, Drakenstein Municipality, the majority of Council voted in favour of public participation on the Municipality’s proposed electricity tariff increases for the 2026/2027...
South Africa’s national energy policy says: Build more renewable power facilities and build them fast. But getting the players in the energy space to do that is proving to be difficult. Around 74% of the country’s electricity is generated by...
Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe has made a robust defence for natural gas development, framing it as essential to industrialisation and a “just and realistic energy transition” for the continent. The Minister was speaking at...
