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The 2024 elections may be the tipping point that enables opposition parties to portray themselves as viable contenders in forming a national coalition government.
After 30 years of democracy, South Africa is in a deep electricity crisis which can only be solved if the government moves speedily to set up solar and wind plants.
As South Africa heads towards elections, there is no quick fix solution to the electricity crisis in the country. What exactly are the political parties promising voters?
The president’s speech couldn’t cover up for the fact that the last five years have been among the most difficult for ordinary South Africans.
A growing number of people are opting to generate their own renewable energy and escape load shedding.
Some work is already being done to enhance the tourism sector’s environmental sustainability.
‘Water-shifting’ should not be a permanent measure. It does not address the cause of the current crisis.
Any remedies to the South African power crisis initiated now – or under development – are not going to have a significant impact this year.
South Africa could end power blackouts if it implemented a plan to balance renewable energy capacity, time-of-use tariffs and ended the power utility’s monopoly.
The book shows how parts of South Africa now fester with organised crime.
Climate systems which drive anomalously cold weather will still cause cold extreme events into the 21st century.
A third of South Africa’s farming income depends on irrigation. Disruptions in power supply put huge chunks of the country’s agricultural fortunes at risk.
The era of stocking pantries and keeping our fridges and freezers full is over.
A threshold has been crossed, with a pessimistic outlook becoming more dominant than an optimistic one.
Neil Agget’s passionate trade unionism proved fateful. It made him a target of a brutally repressive apartheid police state.
South Africa’s courts are likely to set a high bar in cases brought against the government’s most recent state of disaster declaration.
Very little attention has been paid to the justice implications of electricity distribution.
Deciding on the best system isn’t a simple matter. There’s a bewildering array of jargon to sift through and many elements to consider.
Security companies suggest that criminals take advantage of the fact that many home and business security systems get compromised during power outages.
Principais colaboradores
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Professor of Physics, University of Johannesburg
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Professor at the Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town
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Professor of Technology Management, University of Pretoria
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Professor in Engineering, Chair in the Internet of Things, Stellenbosch University
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Political Scientist, University of the Western Cape
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Researcher in Renewable Energy, University of Cape Town
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Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology and Co-Director at the Centre of Excellence in Food Security, University of Pretoria
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Visiting Adjunct Professor at Wits Business School, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Research Fellow, Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study, University of Johannesburg
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Senior Director: Social Impact & Transformation, Stellenbosch University
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Chief Research Specialist in Democracy and Citizenship at the Human Science Research Council and a Research Fellow Centre for African Studies, University of the Free State
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Professor of Physical Geography, University of the Witwatersrand
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Consulting Economist; and Senior Research Fellow University of Johannesburg, University of Johannesburg
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Research Director: Developmental, Capable and Ethical State (DCES) research division, and Coordinator of the South African Social Attitudes Survey (SASAS), Human Sciences Research Council
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Senior researcher, urban sustainability transitions, environmental governance and resilience, Gauteng City-Region Observatory
