MEDIA ADVISORY
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TO: ALL MEDIA AND NEWS EDITORS
DATE: 05 NOVEMBER 2026
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICITY & ENERGY AND ESKOM TO HOST SOUTH AFRICAN NUCLEAR AND CLEAN ENERGY CONFERENCE 2026
The Department of Electricity and Energy (DEE), in partnership with Eskom Holdings SOC, will host the South African Nuclear & Clean Energy Conference 2026 on 10–11 November 2026 at River Meadow Manor, Irene in Gauteng.
The Joint event brings together the DEE Nuclear Conference and the 4th Eskom Clean Energy Conference on a single platform, while retaining the distinctive focus and objectives of both conferences.
The conference, held under the theme: “Transitioning from Policy to Execution: Powering a Secure, Sustainable and Industrialised Future,” will bring together policymakers, industry leaders, international experts, and key stakeholders to advance discussions on translating South Africa’s energy policies and plans into coordinated implementation in support of a secure, sustainable and Industrialised energy future.
The DEE Nuclear Conference will focus on South Africa’s nuclear energy programme and the policy, regulatory, financing, technology, partnerships, industrialisation and skills considerations required to support its development. Discussions will also consider emerging nuclear technologies, including Small Modular Reactors, and opportunities to strengthen Africa’s nuclear development agenda.
The 4th Eskom Clean Energy Conference will use the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) 2025 as its content anchor, with discussions covering generation emissions reduction, emerging energy technologies, grid development and regional interconnection, affordability, private-sector participation and the evolution of the electricity market.
Together, the two conferences will provide a platform for government, Eskom and the broader energy sector to engage on the investment, infrastructure, technology and industrialisation requirements of South Africa’s evolving electricity system, while strengthening collaboration across the nuclear and clean-energy value chains.
The 2026 joint conference builds on the contribution of the 2025 Nuclear and Clean Energy conferences to South Africa’s G20 energy engagements. The 2025 Nuclear Conference was convened at ministerial level in collaboration with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the Coal to Nuclear study forming part of the discussions on South Africa’s longer term energy transition and the potential future role of technologies such as Small Modular Reactor (SMR).
The 2026 conference will take this dialogue forward by bringing nuclear and cleanenergy stakeholders together to consider the practical steps required to move from policy towards implementation.
Media opportunity
Members of the media are invited to cover the opening programme on Tuesday, 10 November 2026, which will include opening remarks and keynote addresses, followed by a media briefing at 10:35.
Conference details
VENUE: River Meadow Manor, Irene, Gauteng.
DATE: 10 -11 November 2026
TIME: 08H00
Members of the media wishing to cover the conference should kindly register for accreditation through the attached accreditation form and sent back to Natalie.Ohlson@dee.gov.za on or before 10H00am Monday, 09 November 2026.
For Media enquires kindly contact Makhosonke.Buthelezi@dee.gov.za /on 082 359 5584 and for Ministerial media enquiries kindly contact Tsakane.Khambane@dee.gov.za or on 082 084 5566.
ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICITY AND ENERGY OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA.
05 NOVEMBER 2026.