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Mercedes-Benz South Africa will spend R100-million on a huge solar plant at its East London facility.

Stage-4 load shedding has returned until further notice, Eskom said in the small hours of Wednesday morning.

Despite Africa’s monumental energy potential, it faces high energy poverty levels, according to a new report.

South Africa is likely to prioritise energy security to avoid further damage to the economy, said CEO of the Energy Council.

Eskom will use a portion of $12.5-billion in multilateral loans to deliver power to areas where the grid is overloaded.

South Africa’s supply of natural gas is set to plunge within the next three to four years.

Eskom said on Thursday that it has been forced to ramp up power cuts to stage 3 until at least Saturday.

Opposition to projects in Europe will drive lithium prices higher, Sibanye-Stillwater CEO Neal Froneman said.

Eskom has opened the largest battery storage project in Africa, Hex Bess, in the town of Worcester.

ANC SG Fikile Mbalula has reiterated a discredited claim that an $8.8-billion climate finance pact is responsible for load shedding.