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Eskom redeems R38bn ES26 bond

State-owned Eskom has announced the successful redemption of its ES26 bond, a decisive milestone in the utility’s journey toward financial independence. First issued in March 2007 as a R500-million tranche at a coupon of 7.85%, the ES26 bond grew to an outstanding amount of about R38-billion over its 19-year tenure, reflecting strong and sustained investor support, Eskom says in a statement.
April 7, 2026 by

Early involvement vital to fix infrastructure – association

Consulting engineers, as key experts, are best positioned to unlock faster, better-quality infrastructure in the water, energy and transport sectors. There is a need for deeper and longer partnerships that ensure consulting engineers are involved from the earliest stages of policy and planning, not just after project approval, asserts industry association Consulting Engineers South Africa CEO Chris Campbell. He says a key strategy for harnessing such public–private partnerships (PPPs) is having integrated project teams that bring together municipal engineers, national agencies, consulting firms and private-sector operators co-design and co-implement solutions, particularly rehabilitating and maintaining water and road networks.
April 3, 2026 by

SA has potential to be real player in the battery energy storage system market

South Africa has the potential to develop at least one, and maybe as many as three, internationally competitive gigafactories for the manufacture of lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery cells. This is the conclusion of a recent report undertaken for the non-profit and public benefit Localisation Support Fund (LSF) by Ernst & Young Advisory Services (EY-Parthenon). The biggest market will be the local manufacture of battery energy storage systems (BESS). Need and Demand
April 3, 2026 by

South Africa needs to reintroduce exploration into its mining DNA

Exploration is the start of any mining value chain and increasing investment in exploration is fundamental to South Africa using its mineral resources to drive development of its industries and economy, mining leaders said during the sixth edition of the South Africa Investment Conference, on March 31. South Africa has mined its mineral resources on an industrial scale for more than a century, but has forgotten how to fund and sustain exploration. It needs to reintroduce exploration into its DNA, said mining industry organisation Minerals Council South Africa CEO Mzila Mthenjane.
April 1, 2026 by

Cape Town seeks 500 MW from energy traders at below-Eskom rates

The City of Cape Town has issued an energy trader tender that targets the procurement of 500 MW through power purchase agreements (PPAs), spanning one to ten years, from a variety of power generation technologies, including solar. Interested parties have until May 13 to respond to this tender, aimed at diversifying the city’s energy mix and protecting it against Eskom’s loadshedding schedule and the utility’s rising electricity charges.
April 1, 2026 by

Record installed global capacity in 2025 proves renewable energy resilience

Global renewable energy capacity increased by 15.5%, or 692 GW, year-on-year to 5 149 GW in 2025, intergovernmental organisation the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has revealed. Its ‘Renewable Capacity Statistics 2026’ report also shows that renewable energy dominated the total capacity expansion in 2025 at an 85.6% share, while non-renewables continued to account for a smaller share of additions.
April 1, 2026 by