Mantashe

Environmental activists disrupted a speech by South Africa’s energy minister to protest against the country’s continued use of coal to generate electricity, a practice they said was exacerbating power shortages and corruption. Africa’s…

South Africa’s Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe said fixing the state-owned power utility’s existing plants should be prioritised to end record blackouts, with private companies showing little interest in building their own capacity. The…

FIFI PETERS: Talking about the cold, I think a lot of us have been a lot colder than usual throughout this winter, just because not all the time your heater has been available because of load shedding. We do have a power crisis in this…

South Africa’s energy minister on Wednesday said the country should consider importing crude oil from Russia as part of efforts to curb rising fuel prices, which have soared since the beginning of the war in Ukraine. “We should consider…

Shell’s plan for seismic testing on South Africa’s Wild Coast, which critics say threatens dolphins, seals, whales, penguins and other rare sea life, received all necessary environmental approvals, the country’s energy minister said in a…

South African Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe upped the ante in his battle to retain a plan to build more coal plants, saying a trip to court would be well worth the effort. “I know that we’re going to end up in court for it,” he told…