Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. announced that South Africa has gone 150 days without planned power outages.…
Category: Southern Africa
Cape Town Faces Energy Crisis as Eskom Tariff Hike Looms
As various stakeholders continue challenging Eskom’s proposed 44% electricity tariff increase, Cape Town residents grapple with…
Municipal Mismanagement Denies 8 Million Households Free Electricity in South Africa
South Africa’s Electricity Minister, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, has criticised municipal mismanagement for preventing millions of households from…
Namibia Revives Copper Production with Tschudi Plant Restart
After a four-year break, Consolidated Copper Corp (CCC) restarted the Tschudi copper plant, restoring LME Grade…
South Africa: Cape Town Residents Protest New Prepaid Meters
Cape Town Residents Protest New Prepaid Meters
Botswana Electrification Efforts Progress with New Plans for Villages
As of the end of the eleventh National Development Plan (NDP 11), Botswana has successfully connected…
Mergence Offers R160m Funding to Solarise Africa
Mergence Investment Managers has entered into a strategic funding partnership with solar energy company Solarise Africa,…
Gambia in Talks with India for Collaboration in Critical Minerals
Gambia is in talks with India to leverage the latter’s mining expertise, particularly for discovering critical…
Pretoria High Court Orders Review of Municipal Electricity Tariff Increase
The High Court in Pretoria has denied the electricity regulator, National Energy Regulator of South Africa…
South Africa’s President Enacts Major Electricity Sector Reforms
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed the Electricity Regulation Amendment Act into law, ushering in…