A landmark $8.5 billion deal to help wean South Africa off its dependence on coal is hanging in the balance amid fraught negotiations with rich donor countries over how the funds should be spent. The climate finance deal, unveiled at…
The Department of Energy has published the latest fuel price update for October 2022, showing another cut to petrol - but a small price jump for diesel prices in South Africa.
As South Africa faces yet another week of load-shedding, the country’s energy crisis is worsening at a dangerous speed when you compare South Africa’s energy data over the past decade.
Local pilots are looking for a way out as South Africa's domestic air travel industry hobbles to retain talent and keep planes in the air.
The City of Cape Town has issued a new tender that will see customers being rewarded for voluntarily reducing their power usage at a certain time when the City's power generation is constrained.
South Africa, which has been experiencing energy shortages since 2008, is in the throes of its worst power cuts on record as breakdowns at state-owned utility Eskom Holdings'plants reach unprecedented levels.
South African billionaire Rob Hersov says that the national power utility Eskom is run by a mafia, and massive changes are needed in order to get the lights back on.
Power utility Eskom announced that stage 3 load shedding will continue this week.
Annual consumer inflation dipped to 7,6% in August from 7,8% in July. The monthly increase in the consumer price index (CPI) was 0.2%, the lowest reading since January 2022 when it was also 0.2%.
Households in South Africa could be in for some respite in the coming months as petrol prices are set to cool off slightly next week, according to the latest data from Central Energy Fund (CEF).
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