Turkey's Karpowership looks to plug South African power gap

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Karpowership, one of the world?s largest powership firms, submitted a plan to SA to provide ?several? ships capable of plugging the power shortage.

Waste storage at Koeberg nuclear plant brimming

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Spent fuel storage at South Africa?s Koeberg nuclear plant will reach full capacity by April.

WATCH: Eskom needs R187bn to comply with new emissions laws

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South Africa?s power utility Eskom needs around R187bn ($12. 60 billion) to comply fully with existing legislation curbing harmful emissions.

Harmony gets new $400m credit facility - bank

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Harmony Gold has refinanced and increased its existing $350m loan and revolving credit facility, raising it to $400m.

Oil demand to hit 100m bpd sooner than projected - Opec

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Opec with Russia and other producers have implemented a deal since January 2017 on cutting 1. 8 million bpd from output to prop up prices.

SA to import more than 2 milion tons of maize

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South Africa needs to import more than 2 million tons of maize in 2016/17 as a severe drought hits farm output.

Total, Glencore and Gunvor bid for Chevron SA

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Total, Glencore and Gunvor are bidding for a 75 percent stake in Chevron's South African downstream assets.

Coal power project: SA taps local consortia

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Thabametsi and Khanyisa named as SA’s preferred bidders to add more than 850MW of coal-fired production to the national grid.

LNG projects: SA to name preferred bidders

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South Africa will announce the preferred bidders for gas-to-power projects by the end of March.

Kganyago on S&P: ‘We told them SA’s credit story’

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Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago says it’s unclear if South Africa has done enough to avoid a downgrade from S&P.

Watch VideoPICS: Vineyard sends ‘quack squad’ to control pests

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The Vergenoegd vineyard in Stellenbosch has more than a thousand Indian Runner ducks with a single mission in life.

PICS: SA winemakers keen to conquer China

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Babylonstoren and La Motte are two South African wine producers hoping to tap the potential of the Chinese market.

Treasury targets lower budget deficit

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South Africa will “most likely” achieve the strict consolidation targets set out in the Budget, according to the Treasury.

SA’s nuclear expansion to go ahead

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Energy Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson tells Parliament that SA’s planned nuclear expansion will be “corruption free”.

Eskom to spend R324bn on more power

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Eskom will increase its capital expenditure by 44 percent to R324 billion over the next five years to build new power stations.

State drug firm wants ARVs

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South Africa wants anti-retroviral drug suppliers to allocate some of their products to a new state-owned pharmaceutical firm, Ketlaphela.

SA eyes fuel cell plant to spur platinum demand

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SA plans to set up a fuel cell component plant by 2018 - the latest initiative to increase demand for the metal.

SA to boost India as coal market

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South Africa is hoping to boost coal exports to India after shipping a record 75. 4 million tonnes of coal last year.

Zwane wants to settle empowerment battle

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Government wants a black economic empowerment legal battle over the mining charter settled outside the courts, the mining minister says.

SA inks poultry deal with US

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More than 60 000 tons of chicken will be imported to South Africa annually in terms of a pact with the United States.

Eskom wants nuclear power

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Eskom wants the government to proceed with a planned nuclear fleet expansion.

SA not expecting ratings downgrades

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Finance Minister Nene said South Africa will remain disciplined and stabilise its debt.

Retailers ‘must embrace fast fashion’

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SA retailers should take advantage of the faster speeds at which local suppliers can get clothes to market, say analysts.

SA mulls R20bn gas port

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South Africa could build its first R20 billion liquefied natural gas import facility at the port of Saldanha Bay to feed gas-to-power projects.

Nuclear waste: Eskom’s R200m deal

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Eskom needs specialised storage casks to house nuclear waste from the Koeberg power station.