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The limited investor eagerness that’s popping up must be wholeheartedly supported
Updated 45 minutes ago By: Martin Creamer

Demand upcycles don’t last forever and opening the way for investment during economic upturns benefits everyone. But despite this, certain keen private-sector investors are having to mark time... 


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Shocked, not surprised
Updated 45 minutes ago By: Terence Creamer

The latest edition of the Integrated Resource Plan for electricity, dubbed IRP 2025, has been Gazetted and its contents have not really come as any surprise. But that does not suggest it does not... 


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Europe’s exceptionally friendly economic embrace of South Africa is very pleasing
24th October 2025 By: Martin Creamer

“We can now take €12-billion into our Just Energy Transition Partnership,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen remarked to an acknowledging Cyril Ramaphosa in Brussels last week.... 


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Sustaining Growth
24th October 2025 By: Terence Creamer

It is now widely accepted that we live in a misinformation era – one where it has become acceptable, even fashionable, to be anti-science. Scientific consensus is making way for conspiracy... 


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South Africans must insist on transparency at all levels of government
17th October 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Opacity helps corruption to thrive and it must not be allowed to continue in instances where there is valid reason to believe that irregularities are more than likely taking place. South Africans... 


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Content over form
17th October 2025 By: Terence Creamer

South Africans are naturally strongly opposed to any more hefty electricity hikes, having borne above-inflation increases for years while power disruptions intensified and Eskom’s finances... 


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Time for South Africa to secure new economic opportunities through new partnerships
10th October 2025 By: Martin Creamer

There are many examples of South Africa having what the world wants and what the world needs and the time is now to secure new economic opportunities through new partnerships. Many South Africans... 


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Debt and theft
10th October 2025 By: Terence Creamer

The twin crises of surging municipal arrear debt owing to Eskom and rising electricity theft have been lurking for years, and with all efforts to combat the problems having failed. In fact Eskom’s... 


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South Africa’s new technology must be used to revive some lost ferrochrome business
3rd October 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Provided power costs are fixed, South Africa’s chrome mining companies have made it clear that they are ready to be part of ferrochrome solution. With new proven South Africa-developed smelting... 


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When to intervene?
3rd October 2025 By: Terence Creamer

When should a Minister intervene at a State-owned company or independent regulator? It’s a difficult question to answer, and will remain so for as long as Ministers have shareholder... 


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South Africa should make itself available to be part of platinum futures exchange plans
26th September 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The mining and marketing of South Africa’s platinum group metals (PGMs) is very important to the South African economy and the more open the trading of these special metals is, the better. What is... 


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Electrotech vision
26th September 2025 By: Terence Creamer

South Africa is thankfully surfacing from a of period of prolonged electricity disruption that all but stripped the country of its ability to grow and create jobs for more than a decade. But this... 


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South Africa has China to thank for uplifting our platinum mining out of worrying slump
19th September 2025 By: Martin Creamer

South Africa has China to thank for uplifting the platinum price out of the post-pandemic doldrums into the top-echelon of top global commodity performers. In the first six months of this year,... 


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Market countdown
19th September 2025 By: Terence Creamer

It is understandable that few are fully aware of the South African Wholesale Electricity Market (SAWEM) and the likely significance of this complex reform, which represents an important... 


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Africa must act now to collectively seize beckoning energy-linked critical minerals opportunity
12th September 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The countries of Africa have a beckoning opportunity to collectively leverage its critical minerals endowments, which require energy to turn to account. To get best advantage, the countries of... 


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