# Electricity and Energy minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has confirmed plans to prioritise battery storage and gas-to-power under the first Section 34 determination of the Integrated Resource Plan 2025. The determination will allocate four-thousand-600 megawatts to battery energy storage systems and five-thousand megawatts to gas-to-power. He said the combined are intended to address immediate needs for […]
# Electricity and Energy minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says South Africa must harness its wind and solar resources to strengthen energy security and drive economic transformation. Ramokgopa was speaking at Windaba 2026 in Cape Town, themed “Implementing Watt Matters: Policy, Power, People.” Ramokgopa says renewable energy can support economic growth, job creation and industrialisation. He stressed […]
# Die motorvervaardiger Tesla verhoog druk op Europese reguleerders om sy volledige selfbestuur-tegnologie goed te keur. Nederland het die stelsel goedgekeur en goedkeuring in die hele Europese Unie-gebied aanbeveel, terwyl sewe ander lande nasionale goedkeuring toegeken het. Die tegnologie is nie ten volle outonoom nie en vereis bestuurders moet oplettend bly. Sewe verkeersveiligheids-navorsers wat Tesla […]
# Die minister van Elektrisiteit en Energie, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, het ‘n nuwe Artikel 34-bepaling aangekondig om bykomende elektrisiteitsopwekkings-vermoë tussen vanjaar en 2037 te ondersteun. Dit sluit wind-, son-, batterybergings- en gas-tot-krag-tegnologie in. Ramokgopa het in Pretoria gesê ‘n meerjarige verkrygingspyplyn sal groter sekerheid aan die mark bied. Hy het ook die staatsgeleide kragparke-program bekendgestel. Dis […]
# Electricity and Energy minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has announced a new Section 34 Determination to support additional electricity generation capacity between this year and 2037. The plan includes wind, solar, battery storage and gas-to-power technologies. Speaking in Pretoria, Ramokgopa said a multi-year procurement pipeline will provide the market with greater certainty. He has also introduced […]
# Die Mededingingskommissie het teen die Premier-groep opgetree oor die beplande sluiting van die RFG-vrugte-inmaakfabriek in Tulbagh in die Wes-Kaap. Die kommissie het ‘n aansoek ingedien om die Mededingingstribunaal se voorwaardelike goedkeuring van Premier se samesmelting met RFG Holdings op 6 Maart te herroep. Dis op 30 Maart ingestel nadat die partye gesê het hulle […]
# Die beweging vir inwoners van informele nedersettings, Abahlali baseMjondolo, het die rekord brandstofprysstygings vir hierdie maand skerp veroordeel en gewaarsku kwesbare Suid-Afrikaners word nog dieper in armoede en lyding gedompel. Petrolpryse het met tussen drie-rand-12-sent en drie-rand-33-sent per liter gestyg, en dieselpryse met tussen twee-rand-84-sent en drie-rand-24-sent per liter. Abahlali baseMjondolo sê ‘n werker […]
# Car manufacturer Tesla is stepping up pressure on European regulators to approve its full self-driving technology. The Netherlands has approved the system and recommended European Union-wide approval, while seven other countries have granted national approval. But the technology is not fully autonomous and requires drivers to remain attentive. Seven traffic-safety researchers who reviewed Tesla’s […]
# The Competition Commission acted against Premier Group over the planned closure of the RFG fruit-canning facility at Tulbagh in the Western Cape. The commission filed to revoke the Competition Tribunal’s conditional approval of Premier’s merger with RFG Holdings on 6 March. It was implemented on 30 March after the parties said they did not […]
