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Championing Economic
Transformation

EIFSA leads national efforts to implement South Africa’s Economic Transformation Agenda, focusing on inclusive growth, industrialisation, and the establishment of the South African Sovereign Wealth Fund.

Defeating Loadshedding
& Energy Advocacy

EIFSA played a pivotal role in exposing and defeating loadshedding, framing it as a man-made crisis. EIFSA continues to challenge energy policies that exclude Black-owned traders, pushing for fair licensing, equitable access to infrastructure, and the revival of strategic energy projects like the PBMR and SADC Nuclear Build Programme.

Driving Public-Private Partnerships
& Indigenous Empowerment

EIFSA promotes impactful Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) and works with municipalities and traditional leaders to ensure land use and development projects prioritize Indigenous South Africans.
Welcome to EIFSA
EIFSA was founded in January/February 2023 at the height of South Africa's loadshedding crisis. EIFSA led from the front charting the course that led to beginning the process to end loadshedding. Prior to EIFSA's intervention many had shied away from publicly acknowledging that loadshedding was a man-made crisis. As EIFSA we embarked on a campaign to shed light on the true causes behind loadshedding, namely the issues around the failure to maintain Eskom's coal-power generation fleet and the agenda to defund Eskom Coal Power Stations in favour of alternative sources of energy that ultimately could not replace coal as South Africa's baseload power. As a result, EIFSA's exposé created an avenue for many industry experts who had been overlooked by mainstream media to come to the fore and share their expertise on how to stabilise the national grid and end loadshedding once and for all. As a result of EIFSA's intervention loadshedding has since been defeated and the man-made crisis that is loadshedding is now a thing of the past. In 2025 we find ourselves on a collision course with matters of national importance that threaten the economic stability of South Africa yet again and require our urgent intervention...read below
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Strategic 

Policy Engagement
Leads interventions with government departments (e.g., DoT, Eskom, NERSA) to challenge exclusionary policies and promote fair access for Black-owned businesses.
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Public-Private
Partnership Facilitation
Brokers impactful PPPs between local companies and international entrants to strengthen the South African Sovereign Wealth Fund.
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Energy Sector Reform & Licensing Support
Advocates for equitable energy trading licenses and supports aspirant Black-owned energy traders in navigating regulatory barriers.
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Loadshedding Inquiry & Energy Justice
Investigates the origins of loadshedding and promotes accountability through legal and public channels.
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Urgent Matters

Energy Traders
Eskom Holdings has been put under pressure to withdraw its case against NERSA (National Energy Regulator, South Africa) on the reckless awarding of Energy (in fact Electricity Wheeling via State Owned Eskom Subsidiary, NTCSA) Trading Licences once again to the Colonial Companies whilst leaving behind the Black-Owned Aspirant Energy Traders. The Terms and Conditions set out for Companies to be granted Energy Trading Licences are unattainable for all *Black-Owned Companies* no matter how big and how small they are. With the first condition being that any entity applying for Energy Trading Licence must have Minimum R 820 Million Cash Reserves locked up as Retention Bond. This is unattainable for all aspirant Black-Owned Energy Traders *over and above Eskom Holdings being put under pressure to withdraw its case against NERSA for reckless trading* in awarding Energy Trading Licences with economic apartheid exclusions mechanisms tactics.
DoT (Department of Transport)
The DoT is leaving behind the Black- Owned Petroleum Traders in its recently issued Section 79 Directive to TNPA (Transnet National Ports Authority) to extend a 25 Year Lease with the Colonial Oil Majors. EIFSA is leading the engagements talks to undo this and get the Black-Owned Petroleum Traders a Minimum of 25% IVT (ISLAND View Terminal) Storage Allocation exclusively reserved for the Black Traders. This matter might take the legal route if the parties do not find one another.
Transnet Freight Rail (TFR)
This is decapacitating the State and excluding Economic Transformation Agenda. We are still studying this, but we may be running behind timewise.
IPPs (Independent Power Producers
In 2019 we lodged a case against the IPPs with the Public Protector Office (PPO) under APF (Anti-Poverty Forum). This case was investigated with a full scope of the investigation that was very much in our favour. The case was withdrawn by the APF Principal under mysterious circumstances however, EIFSA has taken a decision to revive the case. We, since we're the authors of that case against IPPs will be reviving at with the PPO.
Inquiry into Loadshedding
We have been at the forefront over the years that Loadshedding was engineered and man-made to serve as a Regime Change Tool. We are working on lodging a case with the PPO (Public Protector Office) for investigation of loadshedding in South Africa between January 2008 and March 2024.
The Brown Energy Deal
The Brown Energy Deal is to states that “The 100 Year Clean Fossil Fuels [Coal, Oil, Gas] industry Leads and the Rest of the Energy Technologies follow. Africa & the Global South Can ONLY Commit to 2085 Low Emissions and 2135 Net Zero Emissions”. As pioneers of The Brown Energy Deal, we seek to ensure that Africa and the Global South will not be made to pay for the 33 years of Western Development that has been largely powered by Fossil Fuels dating back to the invention of the Coal Steam Engines in 1712.
The West is UNFAIRLY on imposing the 2050 Net Zero
The West is UNFAIRLY imposing the 2050 Net Zero Scenario on Africa when it has had 3 Centuries of Burning Fossil Fuels developing its economies: We are engaging with the South African Commercial Banks to urge them to refrain from overly involving themselves in World Politics and to rather prioritise the refinancing of New Fossil Fuels Investments (NFFIs). More on this in our downloadable Research Documents from our website.. The Brown Energy Deal reduces the Fossil Fuels Emissions at source by enabling the creation of secondary industries from the emissions. More on this on our Research Documents that can be downloaded and retrieved from our website.
Southern African New Nuclear Build Programme (SADC NNBP)
The previous South African R 1 Trillion New Nuclear Deal suffered because of the disjointed approach of the SADC Countries in their New Energy Investments. We believe a massive New Nuclear Build Programme (NNBP) that will benefit the SADC Region must be led by South Africa whilst Mozambique & Tanzania lead with Gas, Namibia leads with Lithium Mining and Namibia & Zambia Leads with Renewable Energy. The SAPP (South African Power Pool) to lead this SADC joint Regional Power Grid Project (RPGP).
SMRs (Small Modular 'Nuclear' Reactors)
We believe South Africa must reclaim its position as a leader and innovator in the development of the SMRs by reviving its PBMR (Pebble Bed Modular 'Nuclear' Reactor) Project in its Entirety. Private SMRs Companies must allow the State to lead the PBMR and any Parts of the PBMR Assets that they express and register their interests in.
South African Municipalities Through COGTA
We believe there has to be ongoing engagement with South African Traditional Leaders to ensure the meaningful participation of indigenous South Africans in the South African Economy via the interventions of the Municipalities and Traditional Leaders represented through COGTA (Cooperative Government and Traditional Affairs).
Indigenisation Programme
It can longer be business as usual for Municipalities and Traditional Authorities. As EIFSA we say giving Land or Authorising usage of land without asking the hard questions and scrutinising the Indigenisation Plan that does not put Africans first can no longer be the order of the day.
Any Other Economic Matters of National Economic Importance
We believe our success on defeating Eskom Loadshedding and potentially another success to get the DoT Minister to reissue the Section 79 Directive to TNPA in favour of Economic Transformation and the Energy Trading Licences will propel us to attract more sectors to place their faith with us.
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Other NPCs, NGOs, NPOs Associates have a Monopoly
We strongly believe that NPCs. NPOs and NGOs should be fighting for Economic Prosperity of South Africa, the Economic Transformation Agenda, as well as the Industrialisation and establishment of South Africa's Sovereign Wealth Fund. Unfortunately, they do not. What sets EIFSA apart as an organisation is the willingness to roll out interventions that are geared towards ensuring the economic prosperity of all South Africans.
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What our partners say
“Partnering with EIFSA was a turning point for our business. Their strategic insight into South Africa’s economic landscape and their unwavering commitment to transformation helped us navigate complex regulatory challenges and unlock new opportunities"
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