South Africa: municipalities open more electricity procurement to private producers
Ekurhuleni receives approval to buy up to 2,400 MW from independent producers, as the opening of electricity procurement extends to municipalities.
Ekurhuleni receives approval to buy up to 2,400 MW from independent producers, as the opening of electricity procurement extends to municipalities.
Pretoria is reinstating temporary gasoline and diesel tax reductions from November 4 to January 5 to limit the effect of rising prices.
Lithium Africa has received two non-binding proposals to finance development of Springbok, its lithium project in South Africa’s Northern Cape. One combines prepayment with purchasing all spodumene concentrate produced during the first three years. The other envisages a $60 million investment by a lithium processing group backed by a Fortune Global 500 company, in exchange for 55% of Lithium Africa’s interest in the project.
Ongoing investment in three mines in southern Africa could strengthen the continent’s zinc production capacity. The most visible development is the completion of Gamsberg’s second phase in South Africa, where annual concentrate capacity is expected to increase from around 250,000…
The AEW 2026 Future Leaders Student Challenge rewarded three proposals covering affordable electricity, solar irrigation and the conditional closure of a coal-fired power plant.
SIP 20f status granted to D3 Energy covers its ER315 and PR016 permits in South Africa. It increases project visibility without constituting a production authorization or financing.
Lithium Africa wants to build a dense media separation plant at Springbok and targets its first spodumene concentrate in 2027. The schedule still depends on drilling, approvals and financing.
The operator of block 11B/12B is studying floating solutions to develop the Brulpadda and Luiperd discoveries, whose commercial development remains complex. The choice between pipeline transport and offshore liquefaction will depend on costs, markets and approvals.
South Africa’s government wants to launch an initial procurement process for 4,600 MW of battery storage and 5,000 MW of gas-fired power generation. Balancing flexibility, fuel costs and renewable energy integration will be decisive.
Pretoria targets approximately 3 trillion rand of investment between 2026 and 2030, equivalent to nearly $181 billion. The challenge will be to turn announcements into capital actually deployed, particularly in energy, transport, mining and industrial processing.
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