Botswana’s energy plan calls for 8GW of solar power by 2030, and it plans to export excess power to countries in the region.
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Several important projects that were delayed in 2024 are expected to be brought online this year.
Government will reduce its debt relief package for state-owned power utility Eskom by a further R20-billion.
Climate programmes targeting funding for emerging economies won’t be derailed, according to analysts.
Eskom suspended load shedding at 10am on Sunday after recovering more than 3GW of generating capacity.
The dreaded Eskom power cuts are back again, for the third time this year, with stage-3 outages until Monday.
An influential South African government agency has recommended the country phase out coal-fired power stations.
Nedbank and Norway’s Norfund are acquiring a “substantial minority” stake in South Africa’s Pele Energy.
Privatise Eskom. End its monopoly. Embrace a free market in electricity. That’s how we end load shedding for good.
Residents across a portion of Cape Town will on Tuesday be interrupted by a “full-volume siren test” at Koeberg.