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Eskom has finally decided to transfer the Pebble Bed Modular Reactor SOC to South Africa’s nuclear energy corporation in a bid to begin adding more nuclear power to the country’s electricity grid.
Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, the Minister of Electricity and Energy, has published the Revised Electricity Pricing Policy for public comment.
Electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa said a proposed increase in free basic electricity will not come at an extra cost to taxpayers. MyBroadband analysed how much it would cost.
The Electricity Market Transformation Position Paper has been gazetted, and is available for public comment.
An energy policy expert believes it is time for Nyati to step down, as he is not assisting the power utility to align with structural electricity market reforms endorsed by President Cyril Ramaphosa and his cabinet.
A South African government delegation received “firm commitments” from Chinese companies to help realize more than 100 gigawatts of new power capacity over the next decade.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has endorsed the Phase I Eskom Restructuring Task Team report, which sets out the framework for a fully independent state-owned Transmission System Operator separate from Eskom.
Eskom achieved a major milestone in mid-June 2026 that hasn’t been seen since 2017.
Authorities say the events at the power plant posed no risk to the public.
South Africa’s electricity minister said expanding the transmission grid is only one part of the solution to deliver the economic growth the country needs.