Port of Ngqura adding liquid handling facility. A new liquid bulk handling facility at the deep-water Port of Ngqura, in the Eastern Cape, will be built to assist with the predicted future growth of petroleum product consumption in Africa. The te...

Davies sees rising unilateralism as trade war escalates. South Africa, like the rest of the global economy, will continue to be collateral damage in the escalating trade war between China and the US, Trade and Industry Minister Dr Rob Davies has said, predic...

Amended Act a ‘second revolution’ for competition law in South Africa. The Competition Amendment Act, which was signed into law by President Cyril Ramaphosa in February, represents a “second revolution” for competition law in South Africa and will require practitioners to...

South Africa’s fiscal crisis, price volatility among top energy risks for this year. The South African National Energy Association (Sanea) has outlined its nine top energy risks for 2019, with price volatility and uncertainty, and South Africa’s fiscal crisis, among the top risks at bo...

Enviro dept invites public comment on sulphur dioxide emissions amendment. The Environmental Affairs Minister has temporarily withdrawn a provision that would have allowed for a doubling in the amount of harmful pollutant sulphur dioxide companies may emit. This follows en...

Nersa to host workshop to clarify licensing process for small-scale power plants. The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) says it will, in due course, host a stakeholder workshop in order to provide clarity on the processes it will follow, as well as the information it...

Eskom keeps investors in the dark as debt speculation mounts. As speculation swirls about plans to deal with Eskom Holdings’ crippling debt load, one group of stakeholders hasn’t been consulted – owners of the company’s 243-billion rand of bonds. South Africa’s St...

Sasol to accelerate $2bn asset disposal plan as capex on US project leaps by another $1.3bn. Energy and chemicals group Sasol, which announced another large increase in the capital cost of its Lake Charles Chemicals Project (LCCP) being built in the US, will accelerate its $2-billion noncore a...

South Africa will welcome new 'balanced' Cabinet – Ramaphosa. President Cyril Ramaphosa says he believes the country will welcome his new Cabinet when he announces it within the next week. Ramaphosa, Deputy President David Mabuza, and other ANC officials atten...

Mboweni bemoans 'madness' of Eskom debt. South Africa’s embattled State power utility must prioritise collecting the money it is owed by municipalities as a first step toward becoming financially sustainable, Finance Minister Tito Mboweni sai...