South Africa’s wine exports increased to $669-million in 2025, an increase of $21.5-million on 2024, but still $25-million short of 2022. The UK is the biggest export market for South Africa’s wine... 

Sales of plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) nearly quadrupled in South Africa in 2025. The number of vehicles sold jumped from 738 units in 2024 to 2 810. Unlike traditional hybrids, which rely entirely on... 

Eskom’s power stations have started off 2026 on a high. The percentage of generating capacity that is available to provide electricity to the grid – or the energy availability factor (EAF) – is the... 

In 2025, South Africa exported 412 510 passenger and light commercial vehicles. It’s 7% more than in 2019. Exports continue to dominate the sector: for every ten vehicles produced in South Africa... 

Chinese solar panel exports to South Africa shot up in 2023. And even though national loadshedding effectively ended early in 2024, the demand for solar panels has remained high. In 2025 alone,... 

Renewable energy’s contribution to South Africa’s yearly generation has not grown since 2023, according to data from Eskom’s National Transmission Company of South Africa.  

South Africa is one of the top countries in the world for the amount of electricity it generates from coal. It ranked seventh in 2024, generating just over 200 TWh of coal-powered energy. 2024 is... 

In December 2025, three solar projects, Grootfontein 1, 2 and 3, and the San Kraal Wind Farm came online, adding a combined 365 MW to South Africa’s national grid. 

Despite Johannesburg's population growing from 4.2-million in 2010 to 5.9-million in 2025, the amount of electricity the city sells is decreasing. City Power’s data shows a sharp drop. In 2009/10,... 

There are 56 data centres in South Africa with a combined load capacity of around 350 MW. Five of these data centres are AI-capable which means that South Africa holds roughly 1% of global AI data... 

South Africa’s rooftop solar has surged by 218% in three years as businesses and households responded to record loadshedding in 2022 and 2023. As of October 2025, Eskom estimates that the country... 

Most of us live in a world where going to work means an office with a desk and a computer. But there are millions of South Africans – ‘deskless’ workers – who live in another world. 

South Africa has registered 73 large-scale private renewable projects (100 MW or more) with the national energy regulator Nersa: 26 wind and 47 solar PV. 

Two-and-a-half years ago, the government put out a call to independent power producers (IPPs) to bid to build battery energy storage facilities connected to the national electricity grid. The aim... 

Townships are where roughly a third of South Africans live and trade, and township trade is not just a ‘side-hustle’. It is estimated to be worth anywhere between R200-billion and R900-billion... 

South Africa plans to add 105 000 MW of new generation capacity to the grid by 2039, according to Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, the minister of electricity and energy, when he announced the release of the... 

Although there were just four days with loadshedding in the first half of the 2025/26 financial year, Eskom generated more than 1 000 GWh of electricity using its open-cycle gas turbines (OCGTs),... 

Eskom installed 293 km of transmission lines in 2024/25. It is almost four times more than the 74 km built in the previous financial year. But even this improved pace is far below what is needed to... 

In July 2025, over 85% of South Africa’s land freight was carried by road. For every tonne moved by rail, more than six were hauled by road. Over the past 15 years, the amount of road freight per... 

The Western Cape has climbed to second place for megawatts registered by private companies, according to the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) up to mid-September 2025. In just two... 

The collapse of South Africa’s freight rail network has placed a significant strain on the economy, forcing goods that should move quickly and efficiently by rail onto congested roads. Theft of... 

Africa’s solar surge is gaining momentum. The number of countries importing solar panels from China has climbed over the past year, according to a new Ember report, appropriately titled The first... 

Africa is importing more solar panels than ever before, with the number of countries sourcing panels from China climbing in the past year, according to a new Ember report, The first evidence of a... 

South African enterprises are integrating Generative AI (GenAI) into their operations fairly quickly, but most are doing so without formal strategies, says Arthur Goldstuck from World Wide Worx. 

Last year, about one in every five cars sold globally was an electric vehicle. Norway leads the charge, with 92% of new cars sold being electric. China is close to 50%, while the US sits at 10%. In... 

There are about 13-million vehicles on South Africa’s roads. Less than 1% of them are plug-in electric vehicles, said Hiten Parmar of non-profit Electric Mission in a webinar hosted by EE... 

The South African government launched its Battery Energy Storage Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme in March 2023. Since then, it has opened three bid windows and announced 18... 

BRICS countries – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, and new members Egypt, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates – together accounted for half (51%) of global solar... 

The global average cost of battery storage fell by 40% between 2023 and 2024, according to the Volta Foundation Battery Report 2024. Battery energy storage systems are like giant rechargeable...