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Powering Up South Africa: The Energy Conversations Podcast dives deep into the heart of South Africa's energy revolution.
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Are South Africa's municipal grids ready for the energy transition? (opens the original)
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Eskom generates South Africa's electricity, but it's the municipality that gets it into your kitchen, and that last mile is where the energy transition will actually be decided. In this episode, Thokozile Zambane speaks to Lomile Modiselle, director of energy and electricity technical services at the City of Tshwane, about her Wits research into how municipalities in Gauteng are integrating renewable energy into ageing infrastructure. They get into what's actually holding progress back: siloed d
Energy Careers: Dr Phindile Masangane on building a career and a family in energy (opens the original)
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Dr Phindile Masangane's career has taken her from a chemistry lab in rural Eswatini to executive roles across South Africa's energy sector, and now to the Development Bank of Southern Africa. In this episode of Energy Conversations, she walks through the real version of that journey: the opportunities she didn't plan for, building a career and a family at the same time, and what it actually takes to rise in an industry that's still overwhelmingly male. This isn't the LinkedIn version. It's the t
Inside the DBSA: The Bank Funding South Africa's Energy Future (opens the original)
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Every substation, wind farm, and power line in South Africa gets built because someone took on the risk first. In this episode of Energy Conversations, host Thokozile Zambane sits down with Dr. Phindile Masangane, Group Executive: Programs at the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA), to unpack how South Africa's energy infrastructure gets funded. Energy Conversations is powered by Kani Development Solutions and the African Energy Leadership Centre at Wits Business School. Also on Spotify a
Listening to Lead: How Loyiso Tyabashe Rebuilt South Africa's Nuclear Energy Firm, Necsa (opens the original)
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Loyiso Tyabashe, Group CEO of Nexa (the South African Nuclear Energy Corporation), traces his path from a village outside Mthatha to leading one of South Africa's key energy institutions. He talks through the chance detour from automotive engineering into nuclear at Koeberg, the "nuclearisation" training that reshaped how he makes decisions, and the toughest transition of his life — not a professional setback, but adjusting to city life and a new language as a first-year engineering student. He
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