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President Cyril Ramaphosa has committed to ensuring that the current “uncertainties and inconsistencies” inhibiting businesses and households from building and financing new power generation capacity will be removed so that the country can “embark on a new trajectory” of self generation. Read More

Business Unity SA president says the Eskom crisis should not be used as a ‘political football’ and that a ratings downgrade is to be avoided at all costs Read More

In a series of tweets in the early morning hours of Friday, finance minister Tito Mboweni warned of dire consequences if South Africa did not push ahead with economic reforms. Read More

The mining industry body on Monday urged the government to bring on stream new private sector power sources to ease the power crisis that has pushed the country to the brink of recession. Read More

‘The government and Eskom should be contracting in any extra renewable energy from existing wind and solar plants’ Read More

Council says power supply insecurity and rising costs constrain the economy and mining industry. Read More

In a series of tweets in the early morning hours of Friday, finance minister Tito Mboweni warned of dire consequences if South Africa did not push ahead with economic reforms. Read More

The Minerals Council South Africa has extended its "deepest condolences" to the family, friends and colleagues of Dr Xolani Mkhwanazi, who passed away on January 4 after a short illness. Read More

SA's mining industry is calling for a special police unit to help it curb violent attacks by criminals, the latest of which led to the death of a security official on Friday. Read More

Collectively, the South African mining industry has committed to ensuring a zero fatality rate by December 2020 and this focus was no less prominent in 2019 than it has been in prior years. Read More