The renewable energy sector was notified in a short note – sent at 4.25pm on Friday – that the financial close of 37 outstanding independent power projects would not take place on Tuesday, 11 April as planned. No new date has been set and
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Factions within the ANC are threatening to tear apart the party which has governed the country since the end of apartheid in 1994, according to its treasurer-general, Zweli Mkhize. “There is need for leadership to dismantle
Vodafone Group CEO Vittorio Colao is optimistic that a breakthrough is near regarding government’s controversial ICT policy white paper, saying a “hybrid” model proposed by local mobile operators, including Vodafone
The recent cabinet reshuffle has left the renewable energy industry in shock as the key politicians leading the implementation of government’s renewable energy independent power producer programme were
Blaming the early closure of some South African coal-fired electricity plants and subsequent job cuts on renewables is “misdirected” because generation from the fuel far outpaces clean-power supply, a former National
New finance minister Malusi Gigaba said he will work within the country’s fiscal framework and doesn’t plan to remove treasury director-general Lungisa Fuzile. “I will work within the fiscal framework as agreed by
Social development minister Bathabile Dlamini admitted for the first time that the failure of her department to comply with a 2014 court order could have led to more than 17m welfare recipients not getting their
South African bank stocks tumbled and bonds plunged as the rand headed for its biggest weekly slide since 2015 after the firing of finance minister Pravin Gordhan raised concerns about the country’s fiscal path and its
South Africa’s new finance minister, Malusi Gigaba, will have to steer an economy that’s barely growing, fend off a junk credit rating and reassure investors that he’ll protect the national treasury’s
South Africa’s rand headed for its biggest weekly slide since 2015, after the firing of finance minister Pravin Gordhan raised concerns about the country’s fiscal path and its investment-grade credit rating. President Jacob