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South Africa’s badly lagging cities must be incentivised to double down on decarbonisation
9th December 2022 By: Martin Creamer

Only the tiniest fraction of South African real estate is carbon neutral. On the current trajectory, it will take century or more to decarbonise them. It is estimated that 80% of buildings that... 


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Disappointing outcome
9th December 2022 By: Terence Creamer

Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) has attempted to put a positive gloss on its recent attempt to sell 16 slots on its Cape and Container corridors that resulted in only one applicant emerging as a... 


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Smash crime to smithereens to open way for meaningful economic growth
2nd December 2022 By: Martin Creamer

Economic growth and crime are mutually exclusive and cannot coexist, which is why South Africa Inc must collaboratively and collectively smash crime to smithereens. The exploding rates of murder,... 


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Dire warning
2nd December 2022 By: Terence Creamer

By this time next week, Eskom is likely, against the advice of some, to have shut Koeberg Unit 1 for an extended refuelling and maintenance programme that is scheduled to continue for between 180... 


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Hats off to Motsepe Foundation for launch of $2m green energy prize
25th November 2022 By: Martin Creamer

There is nothing more suited to our well-endowed African continent than energy that is green and clean. We have superior sun, prime wind and in many places strongly flowing water. Those are the... 


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Recovery with risks
25th November 2022 By: Terence Creamer

Besides the shock resignation of acting generation MD Rhulani Mathebula, who himself stepped in to the role when Phillip Dukashe resigned in May, there were few surprises in Eskom’s latest state of... 


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Opinion: Koeberg life extension could flip switch on half a trillion rands of economic damage
24th November 2022

In this opinion article, energy analyst and commentator Clyde Mallinson warns that, against the backdrop of persistent and erratic loadshedding, the economic cost of shutting the Koeberg nuclear... 


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Opinion: Construction disruptions hampering skills development
18th November 2022

In this article, Construction Education and Training Authority chairperson Thabo Masombuka writes that the impact of construction disruptions is costly for skills development in the sector. 


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Way to go is to generate renewables to cut carbon, green hydrogen to cut diesel, petrol
18th November 2022 By: Martin Creamer

Specification is now in place for the responsible retirement of stranded high-carbon assets and the winding down of those that will not live out their entire geological life. Available for this... 


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Just the start
18th November 2022 By: Terence Creamer

It has been a big couple of weeks for South Africa’s nascent and, at times, half-heartedly supported just energy transition. It began on the morning of November 4 when the World Bank Group approved... 


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Opinion: African minerals are critical for the green energy transition
15th November 2022

In this article, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung – South African Institute of International Affairs scholar Danielle Marais writes about the importance of Africa's mineral resources for the global green... 


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Climate change is undeniably the defining challenge of our time
11th November 2022 By: Martin Creamer

More and more people the world over are declaring unequivocally that climate change is undeniably the defining challenge of our time. What’s more, many companies have made praiseworthy strides... 


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Stop playing politics
11th November 2022 By: Terence Creamer

Recent events confirm that, while South Africa’s energy transition is firmly under way, political obstacles persist – ones that are undermining not only ensuring speedy resolution to the country’s... 


Opinion: 'It's time to rebuild trust' . . . hang on just a second
7th November 2022

In this article, the National Employers Association of South Africa CEO Gerhard Papenfus responds to an earlier opinion piece authored by the Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern... 


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Opinion: Technical reports provide scientific evidence to underpin Africa's case at COP27
7th November 2022

In this article, the Oppenheimer Generations Research and Conservation team’s Dr Duncan MacFadyen and Rendani Nenguda write about the technical reports developed through the African Group of... 


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