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            <title>Opinion: Billions left out of Eskom’s Medupi and Kusile cost disclosure</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[After almost two decades, South Africans are entitled to a complete accounting of the Medupi and Kusile power station projects, but some questions remain unanswered, writes EE Business Intelligence MD Chris Yelland.]]></description>
            <author>Creamer Media Reporter  </author>
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            <title>Reappointed Nyati links Eskom unbundling to board’s new top priority of electricity affordability</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Eskom chairperson Dr Mteto Nyati, whose term has been extended by a further three years, says the board’s top priority has shifted from guaranteeing electricity stability to ensuring affordability. In addition, he drew a direct link between that goal and moves under way to fully separate the National Transmission Company South Africa from Eskom Holdings, while questioning the prevailing view that he and the board were opposed to such restructuring. Speaking after Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa confirmed that Cabinet had endorsed his reappointment as from November 1, Nyati said the board would now focus on implementing the ‘Eskom 2.0’ strategy outlined for it by its shareholder. The strategy has multiple objectives, but places emphasis on the need for affordable electricity for both businesses and households and to facilitate government’s reindustrialisation vision.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
            <category>ESKOM LEADERSHIP</category>
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            <title>South Africa’s first National Energy Awards now open for nominations</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Energy Council of South Africa, a public-private partnership at CEO level, has announced the opening of nominations for the country’s inaugural National Energy Awards, which are endorsed by the Department of Electricity and Energy (DEE). The purpose of the awards is to highlight and celebrate beneficial impact and rapid progress across the national electricity sector.   “The positive change and delivery happening across our energy sector is generally not visible to most South Africans and yet the energy transition is one of the most fundamental and rapidly evolving local and global themes,” explained Energy Council CEO James Mackay. “These awards not only celebrate our own Mzansi success but will also start to showcase our positive progress against international standards and peers.”]]></description>
            <author>Rebecca Campbell</author>
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            <title>Global coal demand forecast to rise by 1.2% in 2026 to a record 8. ...</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Global coal demand is forecast to rise by 1.2% in 2026 to a record 8.94-billion tonnes due to the Middle East conflict, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Thursday.

Disruptions to oil and liquefied natural gas shipments through the Strait of Hormuz since the US-Iran war started have driven up prices and encouraged higher electricity generation from coal in countries that have gas-fired power fleets and spare coal capacity, the IEA added in an update on the coal sector.]]></description>
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            <title>Eskom posts profit, but lower sales, rising municipal debt a concern</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Engineering News editor Terence Creamer discusses Eskom's R30-billion profit for its 2026 financial year, as well as the lower sales and rising municipal debt and electricity theft that weigh on the State-owned entity's sustainability.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 10:37:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Eskom RT&amp;D Centre positioned as engine for energy innovation, industrialisation</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[State-owned power utility Eskom’s Research, Testing and Development (RT&D) Centre, in Rosherville, Johannesburg, is being positioned as a critical national asset for developing technologies that can support South Africa’s energy transition, strengthen energy security and contribute to broader industrialisation. During a high-level engagement held on September 2, Eskom CEO Dan Marokane, RT&D GM Prudence Madiba and Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa highlighted the growing importance of translating the utility’s energy sustainability research into practical technologies that can be deployed across the electricity sector and wider economy.]]></description>
            <author>Lumkile Nkomfe </author>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 16:23:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>‘It ain't broke’, Ramokgopa says on whether Nyati should stay as Eskom chair</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has indicated that it would be his preference for Eskom chairperson Mteto Nyati to remain in the role beyond his term, which ends in October, while underlining Cabinet’s primary role in the decision. Speaking at Eskom’s results presentation, where the utility reported a R30.3-billion profit, the Minister highlighted the positive role that Nyati had played in supporting the State-owned group’s operational and financial turnaround, while suggesting that his departure would be premature.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
            <category>ESKOM LEADERSHIP</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 16:15:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>As sales to industrial customers slump by 22.5%, Eskom targets new sources of demand</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Eskom reports that it is aiming to stabilise yearly sales at the 178 TWh level reported in its 2026 financial year, which represented another 6.1% year-on-year fall. The State-owned utility has recorded an ongoing decline in sales for more than ten years, having reported sales of more than 224 TWh in its 2012 financial year.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
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            <title>Independent investigation finds no diesel missing, but identifies governance lapses – Eskom</title>
            <link>https://newsletter-en.creamermedia.com/article/independent-investigation-finds-no-diesel-missing-but-identifies-governance-lapses-eskom-2026-08-28</link>
            <description><![CDATA[An independent investigation, commissioned by State-owned power utility Eskom, into diesel procurement and storage contracts under Tender MWP2197GX found no evidence that diesel paid for by Eskom is missing. The investigation did, however, confirm instances of non-adherence to Eskom processes concerning payments made to certain suppliers.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
            <category>DIESEL CONTRACTS</category>
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            <title>Wärtsilä to supply five engines for 14 MW power plant for Senegal gold project</title>
            <link>https://newsletter-en.creamermedia.com/article/wrtsil-to-supply-five-engines-for-14-mw-power-plant-for-senegal-gold-project-2026-08-27</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Marine and energy technology group Wärtsilä will supply five Wärtsilä 32 engines for a 14 MW captive power plant to be installed at the Diamba Sud gold project, in Senegal. The plant is required to ensure a reliable and efficient supply of electricity, which is essential for the mining project’s operations. Owing to its remote location, the mine will depend solely on this plant for its power needs.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
            <category>ENERGY &amp; GOLD</category>
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            <title>IMF's Georgieva says global economy weathering energy shock, sees fiscal concerns</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The global economy has weathered the Iran war energy shock better than feared, International Monetary Fund MD Kristalina Georgieva said on Tuesday, but she raised concerns about deteriorating fiscal conditions in some countries shown by rising bond yields and a stalled disinflation process. Georgieva told reporters in a briefing ahead of next week's Group of 20 finance leaders meeting in Asheville, North Carolina, that there was a "tug of war" between the negative Gulf energy supply shock and growth tailwinds from the artificial intelligence investment boom that was starting to spread beyond US borders. She said risks to the global outlook were more balanced than in April, but still tilted to the downside, due to mounting fiscal pressures and the potential that central banks will have to maintain tight monetary policy to control inflation.
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            <author>  Reuters</author>
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            <title>Johannesburg pays debt to Eskom, averting risk of power being throttled</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa's biggest city Johannesburg has fully settled an overdue debt of R5.25-billion owed to State-owned power utility Eskom, the electricity department said on Friday. The settlement follows a government-led mediation process to resolve a long-running billing dispute that had threatened to see electricity supply throttled to the economic hub of Africa's biggest economy.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
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            <title>ENGIE appoints Niroshma Chetty as Australian generation MD</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Energy company ENGIE has appointed Niroshma Chetty as ENGIE Generation Australia MD, which strengthens the company’s leadership across a complex portfolio of thermal, rehabilitation and emerging energy assets. Chetty will oversee ENGIE’s Yuri renewable hydrogen project, the Hazelwood rehabilitation programme and its South Australian thermal assets.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
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            <title>South Africa bets on renewables, but its power grid is not ready</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Faced with spiralling energy costs and growing demand, South Africa is investing heavily in green energy, but without enough cables to transmit the power, it faces a 'gridlock' that could stop it reaching its full renewable potential. President Cyril Ramaphosa opened the latest green energy project last month, a 155 MW wind farm in Mpumalanga province, calling it part of a "clean energy revolution". "Electricity that is affordable, reliable and increasingly clean is the lifeblood of a growing economy," he said. South Africa is planning to add 105 gigawatts of generating capacity to the grid by 2039, including through nuclear, wind and solar power - more than doubling its current capacity.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 10:19:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Exxaro partners with business schools to develop future mining, energy leaders</title>
            <link>https://newsletter-en.creamermedia.com/article/exxaro-partners-with-business-schools-to-develop-future-mining-energy-leaders-2026-08-12</link>
            <description><![CDATA[JSE-listed natural resources company Exxaro Resources has established a strategic leadership development partnership with three business schools to strengthen leadership capability across its mining and renewable energy businesses as part of its sustainable growth and impact strategy. The University of Stellenbosch Business School Executive Development, the University of Pretoria’s Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) and the Henley Business School Africa have been appointed to design and deliver a suite of contextualised leadership development programmes that will prepare Exxaro's leaders to navigate an increasingly dynamic business environment.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
            <category>SKILLS DEVELOPMENT</category>
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            <title>Nigeria's EV ambitions run into reality of weak electricity supply</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Nigeria approved tax waivers for nearly 4 000 electric vehicles (EVs) in the first half of this year, government data showed, as authorities push to accelerate nascent EV adoption despite chronic electricity shortages. The approvals reviewed by Reuters are the first under a new government programme aimed at promoting cleaner transport through tax incentives and local assembly programmes.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 08:52:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>NTCSA looks to Chinese investment to bolster TDP rollout</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa is attending the South Africa-China Electricity & Energy Investment Conference, in Beijing, this week, where he has advocated for strategic partnerships and investment to secure South Africa's energy future, with opportunities underpinned by the Integrated Resources Plan (IRP) 2025. He acclaimed that the IRP, approved late last year, articulated in the most comprehensive way, the various energy sources being pursued in South Africa, dealt with issues around emissions and sustainability and outlined the costs associated with each source.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[China, the world's largest coal consumer, generated less than 50% of its electricity from the fossil fuel in the six months to June, marking a first for the country which has been promoting the use of renewable energy, officials said. Coal's share of the power mix was 49.7%, Xing Yiteng, deputy director general of the energy administration's development and planning office, told a press conference on Thursday.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Engineering News editor Terence Creamer discusses the ongoing reform of the electricity sector, where momentum seems to be slowing down, as well as developments in the broader energy transition and the potential for using electricity from solar rooftops to lower municipal costs.]]></description>
            <author>Creamer Media Reporter  </author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Global electricity demand is expected to continue to grow faster in 2026 and 2027, with renewables expected to take over as the world's largest source of electricity generation in 2026, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in its Electricity Mid-Year Update. Global electricity demand is expected to grow by 3.6% in 2026 and 3.8% in 2027, up from 3% in 2025, the IEA said.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Eskom Holdings CEO Dan Marokane says the State-owned utility will outline its proposed approach in September in relation to the decommissioning of coal-fired power stations beyond 2030. Eskom has secured limited exemptions from minimum emission standards for eight of its coal-fired power stations.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Deputy Minister Bernice Swarts last month addressed the 2026 Annual Air Quality Priority Area Summit in Rustenburg, in the North West province, highlighting the responsibility of government, industry, civil society, academia and citizens to work together to reduce air pollution and advance environmental justice. The theme of the summit, ‘Collective Accountability for Clean Air: Clean Air is Not a Privilege, but a Fundamental Right’, focused on how poor air quality disproportionately affects the most vulnerable members of society, with children, the elderly and people with underlying disease bearing the brunt.]]></description>
            <author>Trent Roebeck</author>
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            <title>Eskom, Rand Water to start Phase 2 of water infrastructure maintenance programme</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[National power utility Eskom and water utility Rand Water will start on Phase 2 of their joint planned infrastructure maintenance programme from 07:00 on July 17. The work will conclude at 19:00 on July 19 and will include Eskom-related electrical maintenance at the Zuikerbosch water purification plant and cross-connections from the old to the new pipelines.]]></description>
            <author>Creamer Media Reporter  </author>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 15:30:00 +0200</pubDate>
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        <editor>Chanel de Bruyn</editor>
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            <title>Zimbabwe restores power after nationwide blackout, ZESA says</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Zimbabwe's State power utility, ZESA, said on Tuesday it had restored power to most of the country after a fault on a key transmission line caused a nationwide blackout on Monday evening, while work continued to bring remaining generation units back online. The outage began at 18:24 local time (16:24 GMT) after a major fault on the Warren-Alaska 330 kV line disrupted interconnections with neighbouring power utilities and subsequently caused local generation to trip due to voltage instability and under frequency.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Engineering News editor Terence Creamer discusses what is driving the so-called age of electricity and what this could mean for South Africa and the country's energy policy.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 09:01:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Advances in coal  dust testing support  safety compliance</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Research conducted by research, development and innovation institution the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has demonstrated that coal dust explosibility testing can be performed using a modern international-standard testing system when accounting for mine-specific environmental conditions. Speaking at the Coaltech Colloquium, held on May 28 in Benoni, at the Anew Hotel and Conference Centre, CSIR mechanical engineer Riaan Bergh said the organisation's Kloppersbos facility was established about 40 years ago to help protect South Africa's coal mining industry from large-scale coal dust and methane explosions.]]></description>
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            <title>Ramokgopa urges Africa to turn cross-border power plans into bankable projects</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Electricity and Energy Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has called for Africa to accelerate the implementation of cross-border electricity infrastructure by converting continental energy plans into bankable projects capable of attracting large-scale investment. Addressing the opening of the Africa Energy Forum (AEF) in Cape Town on Tuesday, Ramokgopa said the continent needed to accelerate implementation of the African 10-Year Infrastructure Investment Plan for cross-border interconnectivity, which is being advanced under South Africa's G20 presidency.]]></description>
            <author>Mariaan Webb</author>
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            <title>Necsa expects to identify SMR partner within a year</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa) expects to identify a partner within the next year for a planned demonstration small modular reactor (SMR), as it steps up efforts to revive local nuclear technology development and expand the country’s future nuclear generation capacity. CEO Loyiso Tyabashe said at the Africa Energy Forum in Cape Town on Tuesday that Necsa had already issued an expression of interest to the market and hoped to select a development partner “by this time next year”.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa’s decarbonisation debate often starts from a simple premise: coal must be replaced. In principle, the direction is clear. In practice, it collides with a far more complex reality, says integrated energy solutions provider Energy Partners CEO Manie de Waal. Coal still underpins more than 80% of the country’s electricity generation and nearly three-quarters of total energy consumption – a level of dependence that cannot be unwound quickly, particularly in energy-intensive industries. ]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Diversified natural resources company Exxaro Resources has officially opened the new Mine 1 operation at its Matla coal mine, in Mpumalanga, following a strategic expansion to support continuous mining operations and meet the requirements of its coal supply agreement with State-owned Eskom. Sabrina Jardim tells us more.]]></description>
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            <title>Opinion: Why Eskom's carbon intensity may become the biggest strategic challenge for South ...</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[In this article, EE Business Intelligence MD Chris Yelland writes that the immediate impact of the EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) on South African exports is relatively limited, but as the CBAM is expanded over time, the country may face significant impacts from the possible inclusion of indirect emissions associated with electricity consumption.]]></description>
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            <title>South Africa set to run coal stations longer as gas projects lag</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa is poised to delay the retirement of about a fifth of its coal-fired electricity-generation capacity as gas projects earmarked to replace them remain behind schedule, contrasting a decline in use of the dirtiest fossil fuel in other developing nations. Africa’s largest economy, which relies on coal to generate about 80% of its electricity, had planned to shut 8 gigawatts of coal-fired capacity by 2030 according to its Integrated Resource Plan 2025, but the new capacity planned to take its place — 6 gigawatts of gas-powered generation — is behind schedule and tied up in legal processes.]]></description>
            <author>  Bloomberg</author>
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