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Business organisation Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) CEO Busi Mavuso says business was hoping for a greater sense of urgency and stronger commitment from President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address (SoNA) to accelerating both the reform agenda and infrastructure rollout. Read More

In May 2021, Nolitha was appointed as the Minerals Council South Africa’s first female president in the organisation’s 131-year history. Read More

The mining industry has called for urgent deregulation of the energy sector so that private players can help to relieve crippling energy shortages facing South Africa. Read More

South Africa needs more power generation to overcome the supply gap and underpin economic growth, and investments by private companies, including mining houses, are essential to close that gap. Read More

The Minerals Council South Africa opposes the latest tariff increase application by electricity supplier Eskom, which is starting to control its operational and managerial costs, but is caught between the reciprocal consequences of a lack of generation capacity and the need for damaging and unaffordable tariff increases. Read More

Eskom says the 20.5% tariff increase is necessary because it still needs to raise R6.5 billion for diesel to power the backup generators. Read More

The council said consecutive tariff increases of about 26%, 20% and 9% over three years were simply unsustainable not only for the mining industry but the country as well. Read More

Large industrial electricity users and the Minerals Council raised the alarm on Friday that Eskom’s plant is likely to deteriorate even further over the next year, due to its plan to increase the load factor on plants to keep the lights on. Read More

SOUTH Africa’s mining sector called for the urgent prosecution of those identified in a report made public on Tuesday by the Commission of Inquiry into State Capture in order to restore the country’s investment standing. Read More

JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Minerals Council South Africa on Thursday endorsed the recommendations of the first report of the Commission of Inquiry into State Capture. Read More