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South Africa Needs More Wind Power Now To Tackle Its Energy Crisis

While a group of activists stood below him, placards about coal corruption and unblocking renewable energy held aloft in their hands, Minister Gwede Mantashe cautioned against ‘encirclement’ by developed economies and sought to cast his tenure as one marked by great development in the space of...

Eskom’s staggering R423-billion debt has been a threat to the country’s energy security for a while. The debt has blocked Eskom’s efforts to access the necessary finance to invest in new capacity and maintenance, and has placed the utility at risk of defaulting.

The Budget Speech delivered by Minister Enoch Godongwana heralds the end of Eskom and energy generation as we know it.

In a court affidavit, former Eskom CEO André de Ruyter explains the policies that led to South Africa's loadshedding crisis.

An electricity minister in the Presidency duplicates the responsibilities of ministers in a ‘bloated mega-Presidency’, according to IFP MP Mkhuleko Hlengwa, the chairperson of Parliament’s spending watchdog, Scopa. His comments came in the Sona parliamentary debate in which ANC speakers hailed...

N the State of the Nation Address, President Cyril Ramaphosa identified loadshedding as a crisis facing our country which is solvable.

While SA’s economy faces a bumpy road over the short- to medium term, it isn’t all doom and gloom, says Nedbank economist Isaac Matshego.

The pandemic provided a good guide of how a National State of Disaster can be implemented as South Africa seeks solutions to ongoing and intensified national rolling blackouts. However, panellists warn that the energy crisis might not be a National State of Disaster but rather a problem that re...

As over 6 000 delegates descend on Cape Town for the annual Investing in Africa Mining Indaba, Bulelwa Mabasa says it's a critical moment for the switch to cleaner energy.