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South Africa is moving away from coal – how mines and power stations could be used for green energy and farming
2+ hour, 42+ min ago (986+ words) Globally, nearly 7,000 coal mines, more than 2,400 coal-fired power plants and hundreds of coal rail networks, trucks and port terminals all make up the world's coal industry. When coal is phased out and green energy phased in, these coal assets can…...
Early petrol and diesel price predictions foretell a massive R3+ hike this April
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (377+ words) If you thought the 60c/l hike that befell diesel motorists in March was bad, then April is set to be truly catastrophic. After spending these last few years gradually chipping away at the excessively high fuel prices, all that work…...
Connecting home solar and electric vehicle batteries to the grid could boost South Africa’s clean energy and strengthen the electricity system
3+ week, 5+ day ago (798+ words) South Africa has committed to phasing out human-caused carbon pollution by 2050. To get there, it needs to push as much renewable energy as possible into the national grid. The country is the world's15th largest carbon polluter. It's one of only…...
Don't Rush To Register Your Solar With Eskom, OUTA Warns
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (302+ words) Being a homeowner with a career-saving solar system that let'my family and me work (and live) through the'dark days of #loadshitting, I have been watching this ongoing cluster-flunk'with interest for years. There'has'been a surge in queries to OUTA over "threatening…...
Relief at the pumps this February as petrol prices fall below R20 for the first time in years
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (476+ words) It's been a rocky month for the Central Energy Fund (CEF) and its predictive fuel price snapshots, but the turmoil is about to end. The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) has published the official fuel price adjustments for…...
Petrol And Diesel Face A Respectable Fuel Price Cut This February
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (171+ words) However, as oil prices continue to rise internationally, it has somewhat marred the potential for a much larger over-recovery, with the CEF's early figures in January teasing a R1+ price cut for both petrol and diesel drivers. That's no longer the…...
DStv keeps the apology tour alive as it slashes decoder prices again
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (231+ words) What matters now is how DStv fits into people's lives month after month," said Willington Ngwepe, CEO of MultiChoice. We want customers to have options that make it easier to stay connected, even when budgets are tight." The Explora 3B, for…...
From A New Flagship Space Telescope To Lunar Exploration, Global Cooperation – And Competition – Will Make 2026 An Exciting Year For Space
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1070+ words) In 2026, astronauts will travel around the Moon for the first time since the Apollo era, powerful new space telescopes will prepare to survey billions of galaxies, and multiple nations will launch missions aimed at finding habitable worlds, water on the…...
Superheavy-lift Rockets Like SpaceX’s Starship Could Transform Astronomy By Making Space Telescopes Cheaper
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (960+ words) After a string of dramatic failures, the'huge Starship rocket'from SpaceX had a'fully successful test'on Oct. 13, 2025. A couple more test flights, and SpaceX plans to launch it into orbit. A month later, a rival rocket company, Blue Origin, flew its almost-as-large…...