Eskom

South Africa’s power utility Eskom tried to block a gold mine from going solar – but lost in court
South Africa’s national energy policy says: build more renewable power facilities and build them fast.
The Conversation
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South Africa is moving away from coal – how mines and power stations could be used for green energy and farming
Globally, nearly 7,000 coal mines, more than 2,400 coal-fired power plants and hundreds of coal rail networks, trucks and port terminals all make up the world’s coal industry. When coal is phased out and green energy phased in, these coal assets can either be abandoned or turned into something that…
The Conversation
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Ramaphosa and a stable electricity system in South Africa: the devils are in the detail
The strategic significance of the reference to energy reform in South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address cannot be overstated.
The Conversation
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Does South Africa have a future without power cuts? Ramaphosa intervenes, but the drama isn’t over
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, in his 2026 State of the Nation address, announced that the country’s electricity transmission assets would move out of state-owned Eskom. This will happen once the newly established National Transmission Company of South Africa is unbundled into a fully independent company.
The Conversation
8 min read
South Africans are leaving the electricity network – but are solar mini-grids a fair solution?
South Africa’s electricity system is changing. After years of blackouts until 2024, the state-owned energy company Eskom is being unbundled into smaller companies, and the sector is increasingly open to private investment.
The Conversation
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Connecting home solar and electric vehicle batteries to the grid could boost South Africa’s clean energy and strengthen the electricity system
South Africa has committed to reaching phasing out human-caused carbon pollution by 2050. To get there, it needs to push as much renewable energy as possible into the national grid.
The Conversation
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Secret electricity price hikes in South Africa to be curbed in a game-changing court ruling
A recent high court judgment could be a game changer for the setting of municipal electricity tariffs in South Africa. In late October 2025, the court ruled that the process used by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) to decide yearly electricity price hikes was unconstitutional because it…
The Conversation
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‘We are just sitting here’: South African coal belt town split over green transition
The country wants to cut greenhouse gas emissions without destroying livelihoods, but progress is slow – and the residents of a small town are in the crosshairs
The Guardian - UK
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South Africa Launches Reform Of Derelict Municipalities
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa unveiled Wednesday a plan to revive South Africa's flagging local governments, weeks after publicly criticising the state of the financial capital Johannesburg as it prepares to host the G20 summit in November.
International Business Times
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South Africa finally has a masterplan for a renewable energy industry: here’s what it says
About 85% of South Africa’s electricity is produced by burning coal. The country’s move to renewable energy means that the coal industry will be phased out. To this end, the South African cabinet recently approved the country’s first renewable energy masterplan, which sets out what’s needed to establish new renewable…
The Conversation
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