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            <description><![CDATA[The State-owned Public Investment Corporation (PIC) requires a fundamental overhaul of how it is governed, as it faces the same institutional flaws as large State-owned enterprises did before their reform, says business organisation Business Leadership South Africa CEO Busisiwe Mavuso. During the week of August 3 to 7, the Gauteng High Court overturned the suspension of PIC CEO Patrick Dlamini, ruling that the board that suspended him lacked the authority to do so, as only the Finance Minister holds that power.]]></description>
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            <title>NUM to oppose Eskom unbundling in court; threatens strike action</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Labour union the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) says its legal team is preparing to take formal court action to challenge the decision to establish an independent transmission system operator (TSO). President Cyril Ramaphosa approved the Eskom Restructuring Task Team (ERTT) Phase I Report on July 31.]]></description>
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            <title>Presidency rebukes Eskom chair over criticism</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa’s presidency rebuked the chairperson of Eskom for publicly questioning the plan to restructure the State power utility. The authorities are committed to ensuring that Eskom doesn’t end up in a worse financial position than its current one, with a broad range of interested parties involved in the discussions about the unbundling of the utility, presidency spokesman Vincent Magwenya said on Tuesday. Magwenya’s comments came in response to Eskom chairperson Mteto Nyati, who warned last week that plans to transferring the power company’s transmission assets to an independent operator may trigger change-of-control provisions in lending agreements, create accounting complications and unsettle bondholders. Chief Executive Officer Dan Marokane in June said the unbundling needs to be handled in a way that’s sustainable for the company.]]></description>
            <author>  Bloomberg</author>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 15:54:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Home Affairs reduces system offline errors by 61% y/y</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Department of Home Affairs has reduced system downtime at Home Affairs offices, with so-called system offline errors declining by 61% year-on-year owing to ongoing digital reforms. The department instituted targeted reforms to fix its digital foundations, including by upgrading network infrastructure, modernising front-office applications, replacing ageing equipment and eliminating single points of failure that previously left offices offline for protracted periods.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 15:24:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>VAE SA delivers new rail crossing for Crossmoor Station in KwaZulu-Natal</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[A new diamond crossing has been installed at Crossmoor Station to improve reliability, safety and travel times for daily commuter passengers on State-owned the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa’s (PRASA’s) KwaZulu‑Natal rail network. The crossing was designed and manufactured by steel and rail company voestalpine Railway Systems subsidiary voestalpine South Africa (VAE SA) at its Isando facility, in Gauteng, and built by construction company Maziya General Services.]]></description>
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            <category>RAIL TRANSPORT</category>
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            <title>Ramokgopa lauds outcomes of South Africa-China energy mission </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa’s Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has welcomed tangible results emerging from the high-level investment mission that he led in Beijing, China, last week, to unlock investment in South Africa’s energy sector. The Minister and a delegation of representatives from both the public and private sectors, undertook an investment conference, bilateral meetings and strategic site visits with Chinese stakeholders to shore up and advocate for strategic partnerships and investments for the country’s energy future.]]></description>
            <author>Tasneem Bulbulia</author>
            <category>ENERGY</category>
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            <title>Private operator sought for Port of Cape Town ship-repair floating dry dock</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[A request for proposals (RFP) has been issued by Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) for a private facility operator to design, finance, construct, operate, maintain and decommission a floating dry dock at the Port of Cape Town under a 25-year concession.  The RFP has been issued in response to what TNPA describes as growing demand for ship-repair services, driven by increasing vessel traffic along the Cape Sea route.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
            <category>PORTS</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 14:45:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa should hold off on transferring assets from Eskom to a separate transmission company until the government addresses risks to the State power utility’s finances and its lenders, according to its chairperson. While Eskom’s board backs the creation of an independent transmission system operator that would oversee the wholesale electricity market and provides fair access to the grid, it only wants the company to have to cede ownership of the transmission infrastructure once key financial hurdles have been cleared, Mteto Nyati said. He warned that the transfer could trigger change-of-control provisions in lending agreements, give rise to accounting complications and unsettle bondholders. “Our preferred route is the ITSO operating independently and then later on you can transfer the assets if you still wish to,” he said in an interview in Bloomberg’s office in Johannesburg on Wednesday, adding that the correct sequencing of reforms will be key to a successful energy market overhaul.]]></description>
            <author>  Bloomberg</author>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 14:15:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Dept launches online bank branch finder to help citizens switch to Smart ID cards</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) has launched an online service to enable South Africans to find the nearest bank branch participating in the DHA Digital Partnership to apply for a Smart ID Card. The platform on the department's website – myhomeaffairsonline.dha.gov.za – enables citizens to locate participating bank branches across South Africa.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
            <category>IDENTITY DOCUMENT</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 15:38:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Independent TSO must now be implemented after Presidential endorsement – Mavuso</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[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 policy unambiguous, says business organisation Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) CEO Busisiwe Mavuso. An independent grid operator is the only way to build a competitive electricity market that treats all electricity generators equally, brings prices down over time and gives investors the certainty they need to commit capital, she says.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
            <category>TRANSMISSION SYSTEM OPERATOR</category>
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            <title>SANDF bids farewell to Chief of Staff </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) on July 31 bid a final farewell to its retiring Chief of Staff (CoS) Lieutenant-General Fhurani Michael Ramantswana, with a change of office ceremony held in Centurion to mark the handover of this title to Lieutenant-General Thembelani Xundu. Ramantswana served as CoS from November 21, 2022, until July 31 this year.]]></description>
            <author>Tasneem Bulbulia</author>
            <category>DEFENCE</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 16:25:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Project management community of practice founded to boost South Africa's public delivery</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Citizens experience government through the services they receive. The better governments deliver, the more confidence and trust citizens have in government. Therefore, project execution and improving capacity in project management expertise is critical for Africa, said international professionals organisation Project Management Institute (PMI) sub-Saharan Africa MD George Asamani on July 30. The PMI, the University of South Africa Graduate School of Business Leadership, the South African Revenue Service (SARS), the Project Management Office in the Presidency and other public sector partners have, therefore, launched the Public Sector Project Management Community of Practice (PSPMCoP).]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
            <category>PROJECT MANAGEMENT</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 16:48:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Seiso Mohai is PIC's new chairperson</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa’s government appointed a new chairperson at the State-owned fund manager that oversees $220-billion, seeking to restore confidence in an institution buffeted by years of governance scandals. Deputy Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Minister Seiso Mohai will replace David Masondo as chairperson of the Public Investment Corp., Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni said at a briefing in Pretoria on Thursday. Masondo, the nation’s deputy finance minister, resigned the post last week. The board appointments cap two weeks of management turbulence at the PIC, after Masondo suspended Chief Executive Officer Patrick Dlamini over governance concerns — an action Dlamini is challenging in court. Masondo, in turn, stepped down under pressure from his boss, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana, after the two differed over how the issue was handled.]]></description>
            <author>  Bloomberg</author>
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            <title>Sanral concedes routine road maintenance procurement process was flawed, changes approach   </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) on July 28 held a media briefing to set the record straight on allegations of corruption and to clarify legal issues surrounding the entity’s procurement system. Speaking at the briefing, outgoing CEO Reginald Demana said the timing of his resignation was not in response to the issues facing Sanral and assured stakeholders that he had not been asked to step down by the new board, which assumed office on March 1.]]></description>
            <author>Tasneem Bulbulia</author>
            <category>ROADS</category>
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            <title>Tribunal approves buyout of Balwin Properties</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Competition Tribunal has unconditionally approved the acquisition of JSE-listed residential property company Balwin Properties by the Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF), represented by the State-owned Public Investment Corporation (PIC), and Volker Holdings that have formed a bidco. Following the implementation of the merger, Balwin will be under the control of the bidco.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
            <category>MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS</category>
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            <title>NTCSA says R1.5bn curtailment claims backlog to be cleared by end of August</title>
            <link>https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/ntcsa-says-r15bn-curtailment-claims-backlog-to-be-cleared-by-end-of-august-2026-07-27</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The National Transmission Company South Africa (NTCSA) says it expects to finalise all outstanding curtailment claims by independent power producers (IPPs) by the end of August. It also announced that the current claims backlog stood at R1.5-billion; a figure that is 25% lower than the R2-billion reported on June 14, inclusive of new claims received since that date.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
            <category>ELECTRICITY</category>
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            <title>TIA, Wholesale and Retail Seta form skills and entrepreneurship partnership</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Technology development and incubation organisation the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) and the Wholesale and Retail Sector Education and Training Authority (W&R Seta) have established a strategic partnership to strengthen South Africa's innovation ecosystem by aligning skills development with technology innovation and to enhance entrepreneurship and enterprise growth. The partnership seeks to bridge the gap between education, innovation and commercialisation by creating structured pathways that support individuals from skills development through to incubation, enterprise development and sustainable employment.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
            <category>RETAIL SKILLS</category>
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            <title>City welcomes Transnet's call for private partners for the Port of Cape Town</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The City of Cape Town welcomes State-owned Transnet's call for private sector partners to upgrade and operate the multipurpose terminal at the Port of Cape Town. Transnet’s request for proposals is for private sector partners to redevelop and operate Cape Town’s multipurpose port terminal under a 25-year concession.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
            <category>PORT OPERATIONS</category>
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            <title>World Bank facility extended to support water, sanitation sector reforms in South Africa</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The new $1.5-billion loan from International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) to South Africa, the fourth stand-alone Development Policy Loan to the country since 2022, aims to support reforms in the country’s water and sanitation sectors, alongside supporting continued reforms in electricity and freight transport. Water and sanitation reforms are not expected to directly create large numbers of jobs, as major users such as agriculture and mining already rely on alternative sources, but they are projected to bring concrete improvements for millions of households, including less time spent collecting water, lower health risks and better access for the poorest female-headed households, global finance institution the World Bank Group says.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (dtic), in partnership with the Southern African Essential Oil Producers’ Association, the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (Seco) and the UN Industrial Development Organisation (Unido), will host the Essential Oils Conference at Rosemary Hill, Pretoria East, on July 23 and 24. The conference comes at a time of growing global demand for natural ingredients, sustainable cosmetics and plant-based wellness products, providing a platform for industry stakeholders to explore opportunities to strengthen South Africa’s competitiveness in the rapidly expanding essential oils market, the dtic points out.]]></description>
            <author>Tasneem Bulbulia</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[With smarter localisation, clearer procurement rules and a more deliberate industrial strategy, public spending could again become a powerful engine for rebuilding factories, expand supply chains and restore confidence in South Africa as a manufacturing country, public and private professionals say. Localisation is not about closing the economy, but about using the State’s buying power to build a stronger, more competitive manufacturing base that can serve domestic and export markets, says electromechanical equipment manufacturer ACTOM Group CEO Mervyn Naidoo.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Eskom Holdings reports that it has now secured the required approvals to establish Eskom Green as a wholly-owned renewables subsidiary that is able to raise funding and enter into public-private partnerships. The approvals were made in terms of Section 54(2) of the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA), alongside the applicable conditions of the Eskom Debt Relief Act, which placed restrictions on the raising of new debt for generation investments.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Commission, the Black Management Forum (BMF) and the Procurement Performance Institute on July 14 held a virtual press briefing outlining their joint stakeholder submission to National Treasury regarding the Draft Public Procurement Regulations issued under the Public Procurement Act. Speaking in the briefing, BMF policy and research committee chairperson Dr Shevonne Henry warned that a major issue facing public procurement was criticisms of corruption, and that there was a need to corruption-proof these processes.]]></description>
            <author>Tasneem Bulbulia</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Transport Minister Barbara Creecy has extended the term of State-owned Transnet's board of directors by six months to January 11, 2027, or until the appointment process for the new board is finalised, whichever occurs first. The board's terms had previously been due to end on July 12.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The South African Local Government Association (Salga) Gauteng calls for a fair, transparent and collaborative intergovernmental process to resolve the decision by the National Treasury to withhold equitable share allocations from six municipalities in the province. Treasury announced last week that it would withhold equitable share transfers to 69 municipalities across the country.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 12:46:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[With South Africa’s energy sector at a defining moment, with a dual imperative to ensure energy security and a credible transition to a sustainable low-carbon economy, this requires collaboration and a broader role for professional organisations. This was highlighted by speakers during professional organisation the South African Institute of Electrical Engineers’ (SAIEE’s) Strategic Leadership Dialogue, held in collaboration with State-owned utility Eskom and statutory body the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA), at the Eskom Academy of Learning, in Midrand, on July 8.]]></description>
            <author>Tasneem Bulbulia</author>
            <category>ENERGY</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 16:07:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[State-owned Eskom says it has reached an important milestone in its nationwide Load Reduction Eradication Programme, with five of the country's nine provinces now free from load reduction. To date, more than 1.1-million customers have been removed from load reduction schedules, representing a 65.17% performance towards the programme's load reduction eradication target.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 16:23:00 +0200</pubDate>
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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>
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            <category>WATER</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 15:30:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>National Treasury withholds July funds to 69 municipalities ‘to instil fiscal discipline’</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[National Treasury is temporarily withholding the July equitable share transfers to 70 municipalities across all nine provinces in an effort to “instil fiscal discipline and ensure that public money is properly managed”. Treasury says the goal is also to address unauthorised, irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure, and to ensure that municipal officials and office-bearers are held accountable for their management of public funding.]]></description>
            <author>Irma Venter</author>
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            <title>An independent transmission system operator a must, BLSA’s Mavuso argues</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Section 34A of the Electricity Regulation Amendment Act requires that the independent transmission system operator (ITSO), as the licensed transmitter, control the network it operates, says business organisation Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA). President Cyril Ramaphosa, in his February State of the Nation Address, confirmed that the new entity “will have ownership and control of transmission assets”, and the Presidency again reaffirmed this position in June, said BLSA CEO Busisiwe Mavuso in her weekly newsletter.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
            <category>ELECTRICITY REFORM</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 10:07:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Ntshavheni raises concerns over Zuma’s India visit; briefs on immigration, Cabinet updates </title>
            <link>https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/ntshavheni-raises-concerns-over-zumas-india-visit-briefs-on-immigration-cabinet-updates-2026-07-03</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Minister in The Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni on July 3 briefed media on the outcomes of the Cabinet meeting held earlier this week, noting that former President Jacob Zuma’s actions on a visit to India were a “middle finger” to South Africans.   Ntshavheni was questioned on Cabinet’s response to widely circulated images which showed Zuma and South Africa's High Commissioner to India Anil Sooklal cavorting with one of the Gupta brothers in the country.]]></description>
            <author>Tasneem Bulbulia</author>
            <category>STATE COMPANIES</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 16:20:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>UIF urges continued engagement, after Busa withdraws from UIF structures at Nedlac</title>
            <link>https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/uif-urges-continued-engagement-after-busa-withdraws-from-uif-structures-at-nedlac-2026-07-03</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) says public governance responsibilities are best achieved through continued engagement, constructive dialogue and institutional processes through which evidence is considered and policy positions are refined in the interest of the public. Withdrawal from these forums limits opportunities to influence governance outcomes, it states in response to business organisation Business Unity South Africa’s (Busa’s) withdrawal of its representative from the UIF board of directors and UIF-related structures at the National Economic Development and Labour Council (Nedlac).]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
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            <title>Outa calls for all Eskom-Joburg information to be made public</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Civil society organisation the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) is, in the wake of a reported agreement between State-owned electricity utility Eskom and the City of Johannesburg, calling for all information related to the city's debt crisis to be disclosed. It calls on Eskom to disclose any information before proceeding with any process that could result in electricity supply interruptions for paying residents and businesses.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
            <category>MUNICIPAL DEBT</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 16:20:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <link>https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/eskom-reviewing-investigation-report-on-diesel-procurement-storage-contracts-2026-06-29</link>
            <description><![CDATA[State-owned utility Eskom has received the report on the findings of an independent investigation into diesel procurement and storage contracts under tender MWP2197GX. The report is undergoing a review in line with Eskom’s internal governance process before implementation of its recommendations.]]></description>
            <author>Tasneem Bulbulia</author>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 14:14:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has appointed Ria Govender as acting chairperson of the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa), from June 15 until the recruitment and appointment process for a permanent appointee is finalised. Govender’s appointment follows the resignation of Thembani Bukula as part-time Regulator Member and chairperson of Nersa, effective June 15, owing to health reasons.]]></description>
            <author>Tasneem Bulbulia</author>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 11:50:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Gautrain experienced a technical fault on the North-South line at about 17:00 on June 25, leading to a train being evacuated as a precautionary safety measure and resulting in delays to passenger journeys. Full train services resumed according to schedule at about 19:20 on the same day.]]></description>
            <author>Tasneem Bulbulia</author>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 16:02:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has called for public comment on revised draft rules for electricity trading as part of a second round of consultations after Eskom raised objections to an initial draft published in November 2025. In a statement, Nersa said the updated draft rules had been significantly expanded and revised to incorporate stakeholder comments that were made during the initial consultation process.]]></description>
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