A woman working at a factory making solar panels in Cape Town, South Africa.
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The key to a successful energy transition away from coal is good institutional quality supported by anti-corruption procedures and clear rules.
More and more households in South Africa are opting to install their own solar power.
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A growing number of people are opting to generate their own renewable energy and escape load shedding.
If South Africa wants to keep its tourism wheels turning, reliable, renewable energy is key.
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Some work is already being done to enhance the tourism sector’s environmental sustainability.
South Africa’s finance minister, Enoch Godongwana.
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South Africa’s fiscal situation is arguably at its worst in the post-apartheid era but the proposed solutions are contentious.
People stage a protest after electricity outages in Johannesburg.
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The recovery of South Africa’s power generating sector is still far from being realised.
Protestors take to the streets in Johannesburg, South Africa against extended power cuts.
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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.
Former Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter.
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The book shows how parts of South Africa now fester with organised crime.
Keep as little food as possible in your fridge and freezer.
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The era of stocking pantries and keeping our fridges and freezers full is over.
A worker leans on a collapsed pylon in Pretoria on April 12, 2023. Ageing infrastructure exacerbates the country’s energy supply crisis.
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South Africa faces the possibility of record electricity shortages and catastrophic scenarios such as a complete grid collapse.
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South Africa’s laws designed to protect whistleblowers need urgent reform.
The entrance to South Africa’s coal-fired Tutuka power plant operated by Eskom.
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Nothing will save Eskom in its present configuration.
Demonstrations against South African power supplier ESKOM in 2015.
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South Africa’s courts are likely to set a high bar in cases brought against the government’s most recent state of disaster declaration.
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South Africa’s minister of finance should have used the bailout of Eskom to fast-track its split and introduce the private sector into the electricity sector.
A view of Johannesburg’s Braamfontein district seconds after a scheduled power cut.
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Very little attention has been paid to the justice implications of electricity distribution.
South Africans are taking their power supply into their own hands with backup systems that don’t rely on power utility Eskom.
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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.
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Security companies suggest that criminals take advantage of the fact that many home and business security systems get compromised during power outages.
Solar powered water heaters on rooftops above shacks in the Alexandra township in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Installing enough solar panels and battery storage to see a household through a week without sunshine isn’t yet financially possible.
An employee makes fermentation notes by torchlight during a power outage period at a brewery in Cape Town, South Africa.
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Eskom needs a new management team, this is clear. But the country also needs new leadership.
Soweto township residents protest over a lack of electricity on June 21, 2022.
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Consensus is the first step towards solving problems - but it’s been hard to reach.
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The new book is structured around apartheid profiteers, war profiteers, state capture profiteers, welfare profiteers, failing auditors, conspiring consultants and bad lawyers.