South Africa risks losing the bulk of its automotive exports, according to Nissan’s Africa head.
Author: Antony Sguazzin
Covid-19 may have killed one in every 200 South Africans, a study suggests.
A group of the world’s richest nations that pledged $8.5-billion in climate finance to South Africa wants the money to be used to retire coal-fired power plants.
A fire at a Durban warehouse released a range of harmful chemicals across a wide area, according to a report released by the provincial government.
Energy minister Gwede Mantashe said he suspended a community representative from the board of the regulator because he’s an opponent of atomic power.
Energy minister Gwede Mantashe is being sued following the suspension of a National Nuclear Regulator board member who also works with a group fighting the lifetime extension of Koeberg.
A sub-variant of the Omicron coronavirus strain, known as BA.2, is spreading rapidly in South Africa and may cause a second surge of infections in the current wave.
South Africa has extended a deadline for companies to reach financial close for projects aimed at ending load shedding.
A key obstacle to an emergency programme to supply 2GW of power to South Africa’s grid has been removed.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has been told to cut bureaucracy and focus on fixing the country’s energy crisis if he wants to revive the economy.