Tag: Energy

Introduction On 1 March 2023, South Africa’s state-owned power utility Eskom reached the 100-year mark. Instead of celebrations, the day passed under the dark cloud of measures ...

The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CABM) is one of the key measures envisaged by the European Green Deal (the EU’s Climate strategy for reaching net zero emissions by 2050) ...

Wednesday, 1 March 2023 marked the centenary of South Africa’s state-owned electricity utility, Eskom. There was little cause for celebration. Instead, the day was marked by a se...

More work on regulation codes certification and standards needed for hydrogen economy (Engineering News) If South Africa wants to develop a hydrogen economy, it cannot have a...

Private energy sector participation could improve SA’s growth outlook – IMF (SAnews) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) believes that South Africa’s implementation o...

UK and Kenya hold first-ever Economic Partnership Agreement Council to secure jobs and increase trade (GOV.UK) On Tuesday 21 March, Kenyan Cabinet Secretary for Investments, ...

On December 13, 2022, the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament reached a provisional agreement on the implementation of an EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mec...

Trade corridors are transportation routes that connect major centres of economic activity, such as cities, ports, and industrial areas, to facilitate the movement of goods and serv...

Stainless steel sector well-positioned to supply African markets, despite loadshedding challenge (Engineering News) The biggest hurdle stainless steel production and fabricat...

Agriculture growth projects stalled by load shedding crisis (IOL) Further deterioration in the electricity crisis has been a major cause of delay in the implementation of agr...

Sugar industry making progress on implementing master plan (Engineering News) The advent of the Sugarcane Master Plan has been a crucial intervention aimed at stabilising the...

Coal industry can innovate to contribute to energy transition (SAnews) Mineral Resources and Energy Deputy Minister, Dr Nobuhle Nkabane, has called on the coal industry to fi...

Trade Statistics released for December 2022 | South African Revenue Service The South African Revenue Service (SARS) today releases trade statistics for December 2022 recording a ...

Pandor hopes SA will learn from Greece’s renewables-based energy system (SAnews) International Relations and Cooperation Minister, Dr Naledi Pandor, believes that the experience...

Government Support Will Help Transform Poultry Industry, Ensure Food Security (The Department of Trade Industry and Competition) The support that government provides to black-owne...

Local news South African economy slowly recovering post-pandemic – TIPS (Engineering News) The latest ‘Real Economy Bulletin’ (REB), published by economic research ins...

Local news South African cement industry to approach Itac for general tariff protection (Engineering News) Cement and Concrete South Africa (CCSA) is preparing an application for...

Local news South Africa could lose 100 000 jobs if car manufacturing doesn’t decarbonise, Gungubele warns (Engineering News) South Africa’s manufacturing sector needs to move...

Local news After challenging season, citrus industry moves to mitigate new and old risks (Engineering News) South Africa’s citrus growers industry has, despite achieving a marg...

Those who follow the climate agreement conferences of parties are now used to the emotional roller-coaster that comes with them. COP26 looked to be a real success until the last se...