This follows Sasol’s announcement that it will cease gas supply to traders and industrial users in June 2026. Industry role players want the government to move with speed to ensure new gas infrastructure projects. They also want the cabinet to expedite the gas masterplan for public comment.
South Africa has a Gas Masterplan and an Integrated Resource Plan 2023 that speaks to accelerated efforts on the building of three gigawatts of gas-fired power generation to help plug an energy deficit that is hurting the economy. “We’ve written similar letters to the DMRE, even the presidency all other government stakeholders. In essence, in these highlighted sessions, we emphasise the point that a gas supply crisis is imminent, and at that stage, we viewed this as the next energy challenge for South Africa and that has certainly become real in recent times,” says Jaco Human, Executive Officer: IGUA-SA.
“We are then faced with certain impacts. We see the investment hard stop from 2024 onwards in terms of fixed capital investments. We see reduced outputs at this point, from 2026 if nothing changes and definitely closures by plants and factories in KZN, Mpumalanga and Gauteng … loss of competitiveness already at play.
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