Masterplan development on the cards for Namibia–Western Cape hydrogen pipeline

Namibiaʼs Green Hydrogen Mid-Year Review 2025 reports that a conceptual master plan for the cross-border hydrogen pipeline between South Africa and Namibia will be developed between the middle of this year and mid-2026, at an estimated budget of N$30-million. A prefeasibility study covering the project, which will traverse the Western and Northern Cape in South Africa and southern Namibia, was completed in December last year.
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Eskom’s legal challenge against traders raises questions over reform momentum

Eskom has launched its long-threatened legal review of the regulator’s decision to grant licences in 2024 to five electricity traders, as well as a cross-border trading licence – a move that has again raised some concern that South Africa’s electricity reforms are stalling. Eskom’s challenge comes despite the fact that similar licences have been approved in favour of several other electricity traders over the past more than ten years and against the backdrop of the recent launch by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) of a process to consult on and Gazette trading rules by June next year.
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South Africa secures €500m KFW loan to advance the just energy transition

The German Society for Cooperation, or GIZ, has, through KFW Development Bank, concluded a €500-million loan for the implementation of South Africa’s Just Energy Transition (JET). The loan will span 13 years, with a three-year grace period, and accumulate interest at 4.31% a year.
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