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            <description><![CDATA[The National Transmission Company South Africa (NTCSA) reports that it will establish an internal, yet ring-fenced, market surveillance unit as a safeguard against any abuse of dominance within the yet-to-be-launched South African Wholesale Electricity Market (SAWEM). SAWEM is scheduled to begin operating in April 2027, with Eskom Generation set to be by far the dominant market participant at its launch.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
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            <title>Joburg's City Power needs capable people, control of its revenue and the private sector – CDE</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[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 without permanent leadership for long periods. To turn City Power around, a new city government will need to put capable people in charge, give the utility control over its own revenue, collect what it is owed and bring in the private sector, says policy research and advocacy organisation Centre for Development and Enterprise (CDE) executive director Ann Bernstein.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Cabinet has mandated Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) to investigate the feasibility of one of the country’s development finance institutions (DFIs) becoming a minority equity partner, after endorsing its full separation from the Transnet group. Minister in The Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni indicated that the option of including a DFI as a shareholder was discussed by Cabinet at its latest meeting, which included an update on the implementation of reforms aimed at improving the competitiveness of South Africa's freight and logistics system.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
            <category>STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES</category>
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            <description><![CDATA[The South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) has confirmed that it will not meet the November 30 target deadline for the award of 241 routine road maintenance (RRM) tenders with an estimated combined value of R9.5-billion. The deadline was set after court rulings that found Sanral’s previous RRM procurement processes to be unlawful.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
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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>
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            <title>Draft electricity pricing policy published, SAWEM start needs to be set – BLSA</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[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 Electricity Market (SAWEM) has been repeatedly delayed, says business organisation Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) CEO Busisiwe Mavuso. In the most recent update provided, the market was set to begin trading with external participants in September, but no update has been provided on when full operation can be expected.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
            <category>REFORM PROGRESS</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 11:06:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>UIF, NEF launch R1bn enterprise fund </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) and the National Empowerment Fund (NEF) on September 25 launched a R1-billion partnership, which aims to stimulate enterprise growth and create upwards of 30 000 jobs. With R500-million committed from each entity, this combined considerable capital finance endeavours to advance employment, drive transformation and empower small, medium-sized and microenterprises.]]></description>
            <author>Tasneem Bulbulia</author>
            <category>STATE COMPANIES AND FINANCE</category>
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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>Eskom board chair reappointed after turnaround in power supply</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa's government has reappointed State utility Eskom's board chairperson Mteto Nyati, for another three years after a sharp improvement in power availability under his tenure, Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa said on Friday. Nyati was appointed chair in 2023, when Eskom was implementing near-daily power outages that were holding back economic growth and a major source of public anger. Eskom has now gone more than 490 days without power cuts. "If it ain't broken, why fix it?," ... The cabinet has taken a decision that Dr. Mteto Nyati is best suited to continue, ... so his term is renewed from the 1st of November," Ramokgopa told a press conference.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 11:11:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>PSiRA assures that it is cooperating fully with the SIU investigation into one of its contracts</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority (PSiRA), which was established in 2001 to regulate South Africa’s private security sector, has assured that it is committed to sound governance, transparency and accountability. This followed the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) carrying out a search and seizure operation at the PSiRA offices on September 22. The SIU is the country’s independent agency for the investigation of corruption, malpractice and maladministration in State institutions or involving State assets and public money.]]></description>
            <author>Rebecca Campbell</author>
            <category>GOVERNANCE</category>
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            <title>South Africa faces $8bn bill to revive State-owned refineries</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa will need more than $8-billion to revive two mothballed state-owned refineries, officials told lawmakers, as the country seeks to strengthen energy security and reduce dependence on imported fuels. South Africa's State-owned Central Energy Fund acquired the flood-damaged 180 000 barrels-per-day Sapref refinery in 2024 from BP and Shell for a token R1. CEF said it plans to revive the refinery's liquefied petroleum gas import and distribution business and lease out existing storage tanks to generate early revenue. The plan is to upgrade the refinery to a 400 000 to 650 000 bpd plant with National Treasury approval and a final investment decision targeted for 2027/28, the CEF said in a statement late on Monday.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
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            <title>Eskom RT&amp;D Centre remains key in push towards energy transition, industrialisation</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[State-owned power utility Eskom has recently outlined the significance of its Research, Testing and Development Centre. The company’s research output remains focused on creating and providing solutions that address South Africa’s key industrial challenges. Lumkile Nkomfe tells us more.]]></description>
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            <category>RESEARCH &amp; DEVELOPMENT</category>
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            <description><![CDATA[The professionalisation of the civil service is a key area of concern for organised business in South Africa's effort to support improved service delivery and some steps have been taken by the government to improve performance, including the signing into law of the Public Service Commission (PSC) Act. This Act will extend the function of the PSC to cover municipalities and public entities, as well as give it some teeth to enforce improved practices across government, says business organisation Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) CEO Busisiwe Mavuso.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
            <category>PUBLIC SERVICE</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 11:37:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Denel engineer outlines strategic shift for ailing entity </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[State-owned aerospace and military technology company Denel systems engineer Dr Makhabane Molapo has outlined his view of what the struggling entity should pursue to revitalise this strategic asset for defence sovereignty and industrial growth on the continent. Speaking during the conference segment of the Africa Aerospace & Defence Expo, being held this week at the Waterkloof Air Force Base, in Tshwane, Molapo emphasised the importance of Denel, highlighting it as a strategic national security asset and custodian of sovereign defence technologies, intellectual property (IP), engineering expertise and industrial capability.]]></description>
            <author>Tasneem Bulbulia</author>
            <category>DEFENCE</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 16:27:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Nearly 100 people participated in a compulsory briefing session on Friday for those wishing to bid to become the transaction adviser to the National Treasury in relation to the establishment of a fully independent State-owned Transmission System Operator (TSO), which would own the transmission assets currently falling under an Eskom subsidiary. A request for proposals (RFP) in relation to the appointment has been issued by the Infrastructure Finance and Implementation Support Agency (IFISA), which is housed at the Development Bank of Southern Africa, and a bid submission deadline of 23:55 on September 30 has been set.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
            <category>ELECTRICITY REFORM</category>
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            <title>Infrastructure, private sector participation key to lifting SA's economic growth</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[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 private sector participation and project preparation in delivering infrastructure.]]></description>
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            <title>Eskom unbundling to be carefully sequenced and managed over coming 18 months – Pieterse</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[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 the coming 18 months as a prerequisite for the investment and competition needed for affordable electricity. Pieterse co-chairs the Eskom Restructuring Task Team (ERTT) set up by President Cyril Ramaphosa in February to develop a detailed proposal and implementation plan to deliver an independent State-owned TSO.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[A request for proposals (RFP) has been issued by the Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) for a small-to-medium scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal at the Port of East London. TNPA says the terminal operator will be expected to design, finance, develop, construct, operate, and maintain the terminal under a 25-year concession agreement, and transfer the asset at the end of the period.]]></description>
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            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[The South African Local Government Association (Salga) and the Emfuleni local municipality have launched a digital Cemetery Management Platform to modernise and digitise cemetery management and improve access to municipal burial services. The system went live on September 14 and is a step toward digitally transforming cemetery management within local government.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[State-owned Transnet Pipelines (TPL) has welcomed the ten years’ imprisonment sentence handed down to a person last week for tampering with critical pipeline infrastructure and the theft of about 40 000 ℓ of petrol. The sentence by the Evander regional court on September 9 dates back to July 2, 2022, when TPL’s control centre detected a pressure drop on the Secunda–Kendal fuel pipeline, which prompted TPL’s security service provider Bidvest Protea Coin (BPC) to mobilise teams that immediately investigated the pressure drop.]]></description>
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            <title>New Network Statement to increase rail-access contract period to 15 years</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Public consultations on the draft Network Statement Version 4, which will govern access to South Africa's national rail network for the coming two years, have been concluded and it is anticipated that the document will be Gazetted imminently. Transnet Rail Infrastructure Manager (TRIM) CEO Moshe Motlohi tells Engineering News that the final consultations on the document were concluded with the Department of Transport (DoT) in early September, following a public-comment phase launched in early July.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Transnet CEO Michelle Phillips says the sale of a 49.99% interest in its largest container terminal last year to International Container Terminal Services had set the tone for the way in which the State-owned group would approach other private sector participation (PSP) transactions across its rail, ports, and pipelines businesses. Having faced two years of legal delay, the sale of the stake in the Durban Container Terminal Pier 2, now trading as the Durban Gateway Terminal, generated a profit on disposal for Transnet of R12.5-billion.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[State-owned logistics group Transnet on Thursday reported a R4.6-billion profit for the year to the end of March 2026, its first annual profit in four years. The freight rail, ports and pipelines group said in a statement that the profit was mainly due to the sale of its Pier 2 terminal and an improvement in rail and pipeline volumes.]]></description>
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            <title>Denel highlights its participation in upcoming Africa Aerospace and Defence exhibition</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[South African State-owned defence industrial group Denel has highlighted its participation in the upcoming Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) 2026 exhibition. AAD would run from September 16 to September 20 and would be held at Air Force Base Waterkloof, in Centurion, in Tshwane. Denel’s theme for this year’s AAD is “Advancing Defence Capability Together”. “AAD 2026 is significant for Denel,” stated Group CEO Tsepo Monaheng. “It is the first time we participate at the exhibition with the Department of Defence as our Shareholder, providing an important platform to reaffirm our contribution to South Africa’s defence capability and the broader defence industrial base.”]]></description>
            <author>Rebecca Campbell</author>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 10:54:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Study highlights significant impact of State's procurement practices on local clothing manufacturers</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Only 32% of the R7.5-billion a year spent by State organs on clothing, textiles, footwear and leather (CTFL) can definitively be linked to purchases from local CTFL manufacturers, which also means that about R5.11-billion a year in revenue is not earned by compliant South African manufacturers. The 68% of CTFL purchases made by the State that could not be linked to local manufacturers also means the local industry cedes about 12 600 jobs each year that could be supported in the industry, said market research firm Benchmarking and Manufacturing Analysts (BMA) buyer-led value chains head Courtney Grant on September 9.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 15:58:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) reported a strong performance for the 2025/26 financial year, with a 98% passenger recovery compared with pre-Covid-19 levels and an 8.5% increase in passenger traffic year-on-year. There were 20.58-million departing passengers in absolute terms, which translated into R8.8-billion of revenue from aeronautical and non-aeronautical for the period, ACSA acting CEO Charles Shilowa said during a presentation of the majority State-owned entity’s financial results on September 9.]]></description>
            <author>Tasneem Bulbulia</author>
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            <title>End-2027 timeline outlined for independent Transmission System Operator</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The request for proposals (RFP) issued for the appointment of a transaction adviser to support the establishment of a fully independent Transmission System Operator (TSO) confirms that the adviser will not re-evaluate the policy decision to establish the TSO as a State-owned entity outside of Eskom and with ownership and control of the transmission network. This policy decision was reaffirmed as “feasible and in line with international best practice” in a Phase I report by the Eskom Restructuring Task Team (ERTT), and was subsequently endorsed by President Cyril Ramaphosa at the end of July.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
            <category>ELECTRICITY RESTRUCTURING</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 14:10:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[The South African Mint has released the full 2026 Martial Eagle collection, which includes coins struck in gold and silver. The 2026 Martial Eagle range is the second in the Odyssey of the Sky seven-coin series, which invites collectors to hold a piece of the continent's aerial majesty in their hands.]]></description>
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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>Preparations for artisan initiative under way </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[State-owned energy company South African National Petroleum Company (SANPC) and the Chemical Industries Education and Training Authority (CHIETA) are preparing to launch a three-year artisan development programme at the Saldanha Industrial Development Zone, in the Western Cape, with rollout to start once funding is secured.   The funding will allow for “comprehensive training, certification and skills development activities over three years, ensuring that local artisans are equipped with the requisite expertise to enhance operational efficiency, safety and innovation within the national petroleum industry”, says SANPC operations training and development specialist Lubabalo Mdekazi. ]]></description>
            <author>Keabetswe Shilakwe</author>
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            <title>Denel used Presidential visit to showcase its capabilities and its focus on growth</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[State-owned defence industrial group Denel has expressed appreciation for the visit to its facilities in Gauteng province by President Cyril Ramaphosa, Defence and Military Veterans Minister Angie Motshekga and other senior government and military officials. Denel used the occasion to display its capabilities and assets, including its employees. “We are proud of the work being done across Denel,” highlighted Group CEO Tsepo Monaheng. “The visit gave us an opportunity to show the President and the Minister what our people do every day, as well as the capabilities we have built over many years.”]]></description>
            <author>Rebecca Campbell</author>
            <category>DEFENCE</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 16:37:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Nersa approves Sasol Gas’s price application for the 2027, 2028 financial years</title>
            <link>https://newsletter-en.creamermedia.com/article/nersa-approves-sasol-gass-price-application-for-the-2027-2028-financial-years-2026-09-01</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has announced that it has considered and approved Sasol Gas’s application for maximum gas prices for the 2027 and 2028 financial years. Nersa, however, decided to defer its final consideration of Sasol Gas’s application for maximum gas prices for the 2028/29 and 2029/30 financial years.]]></description>
            <author>Tasneem Bulbulia</author>
            <category>GAS</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 12:31:00 +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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