Nersa approves huge discounts for big industrial users

Eskom has halted load-shedding, but now faces other crises.

There’s something to be said for moving from quarry to machine shop. But industrial value chains are built on competitive inputs, not slogans

Findings show that almost all households share a common fear – they worry that solar panels can be stolen

Unless South Africa’s ferrochrome producers get price relief from Eskom, as many as 2,400 jobs may be at risk

Africa stands at a pivotal moment in its development journey. The continent’s resource abundance, the energy access imperative, industrial growth potential and youthful citizens…

It’s time for South Africa’s electricity market to move from policy to implementation

‘Excessive’ and ‘unlawful’ power costs have hastened the demise of Mpact’s Springs mill

High power prices have forced South32 to shut Mozal, dealing a blow to Mozambique’s economy and raising hard questions about beneficiation in Southern Africa.

Open Secrets’ fight for Eskom’s South32 pricing deal reveals how secrecy and overused confidentiality claims undermine transparency in public spending

After clocking up losses of R159.5bn for the past seven years, Eskom is finally back in the black

Eskom’s tariff bombshell highlights the seeming thumb-suck of how electricity prices are calculated, as well as the utility’s indifference to the cost pressures facing its…

South32’s Hillside smelter gets a 50% discount from Eskom. The power utility says South Africa receives a ‘net benefit’, but there is no evidence of this

For months, electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has been sounding the alarm of an existential crisis for state power provider Eskom: sharply escalating municipal debt.…