State-owned power utility Eskom says it has sufficient capacity to accommodate the current growth in electric vehicle (EV) sales, buoyed by surging oil prices, but points out that low-voltage... 

Johannesburg’s troubled electricity utility City Power’s infrastructure is deteriorating, its finances are precarious, much of the bulk electricity it buys never becomes revenue and it has been... 

While the recently published draft Electricity Pricing Policy, which is due to be finalised by March 2027, will support a competitive electricity market, the launch of the South African Wholesale... 

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... 

The provincial governments of the Eastern Cape and Northern Cape have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) which creates a long-term inter-provincial cooperative framework. This initiative... 

Engineering News editor Terence Creamer discusses the increasing focus on infrastructure as South Africa seeks to arrest decay and lay the foundations for a return to growth, as well as the role of... 

National Treasury director-general Dr Duncan Pieterse has described moves under way to transfer ownership and control of Eskom’s grid assets to an independent Transmission System Operator (TSO) in... 

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 South African Electricity Traders Association (SAETA) has welcomed the recent publication of a draft Electricity Sector Market Transformation Position Paper by the Department of Electricity and... 

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... 

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... 

The City of Cape Town (CoCT) has signed two purchase agreements for a combined 70 MW of power, with more to follow in the coming months under a competitive tendering process for delivery of up to... 

Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) and Eskom, which have recently expressed public disagreement over the nature of the unbundling of the State-owned utility, have issued a joint statement in... 

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... 

The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has confirmed that 2 692 electricity generation facilities have been registered since 2018, with another 124 registrations completed between... 

The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) registered 124 generation facilities during the first quarter of the 2026/27 fiscal year – April 1 to June 30 – with a total capacity of 804 MW... 

The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has confirmed the approval of a two-year Negotiated Pricing Agreement (NPA) between Eskom and Mpumalanga-based Manganese Metal Company (MMC).... 

The South African Photovoltaic Industry Association (SAPVIA) has welcomed the confirmation by national electricity utility Eskom that it will not impose fines on, or disconnect, residential... 

The public comment phase for the much-anticipated revision to South Africa’s electricity pricing policy (EPP) has been initiated following Cabinet’s recent approval of the draft framework and amid... 

Business Leadership South Africa CEO Busisiwe Mavuso – who has had an ongoing public disagreement with Eskom’s chairperson Mteto Nyati over the creation, with the transmission assets, of an... 

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... 

Energy solutions and technology company Siemens is assisting independent power producers (IPPs) in connecting to the grid. This includes localising portions of the assembly of its 8DA gas-insulated... 

President Cyril Ramaphosa has reiterated the importance of the creation of a fully independent, State-owned transmission company to the development of a competitive electricity market where there... 

Engineering News editor Terence Creamer discusses President Cyril Ramaphosa's endorsement of the Phase I report of the Eskom Restructuring Task Team, which supports the creation of a new... 

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... 

Eskom board chairperson Mteto Nyati has struck a somewhat cautious tone regarding the timing of the transfer of the utility’s transmission assets to the proposed independent Transmission System... 

Energy performance certificates (EPCs) are expected to play an increasingly important role in improving building performance, supporting informed investment decisions, reducing operational energy... 

The endorsement of the first report of the Eskom Restructuring Task Team by President Cyril Ramaphosa provided a clear vision for the independent Transmission System Operator (TSO) and made the... 

President Cyril Ramaphosa has endorsed the Phase I report of the Eskom Restructuring Task Team (ERTT), setting the stage to restructure South Africa’s electricity sector to create competition,... 

Cabinet has approved the publication of the much-anticipated Revised Electricity Pricing Policy for public comment, amid growing affordability concerns following years of above-inflation tariff... 

South Africa should respond to growing geopolitical uncertainty by accelerating electricity reform, strengthening industrial policy and mobilising investment into energy infrastructure, speakers... 

The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has extended the public consultation period for the Draft Market Inquiry Report on the Impact of Fixed and Generation Capacity Charges Levied... 

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... 

In this article, Etana Energy CEO Evan Rice writes that South Africa’s Industrial Development Strategy (IDS) rightly identifies affordable, reliable and decarbonised electricity as essential to... 

Virtual power plants (VPPs) have been tested and are being proven in South Africa, and their widespread use could reduce the need to build some new transmission and distribution infrastructure...