The dreadful Greta Thunberg is joining the protests in Germany against the destruction of ancient villages to make way for coal mines. This is no

In only the second week of the year, Eskom has already announced stage 6 power blackouts. On 10 January Stats SA released the manufacturing production

South Africa is navigating its new democracy, and in so doing is trying to create an effective balance between the judiciary, legislature, and executive. In

Gwede Mantashe maintains that he doesn’t build power stations. This is true. He doesn’t. That is why he must be fired. In an interview with

I had the good fortune of spending my Christmas vacation traveling through Kenya. Like most African countries, Kenya has its fair share of problems. However,

The year 2023 is set to be the beginning of South Africa’s electoral season, as political parties start gearing up for the 2024 general election.

For years South African presidents have been regulars at the annual World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, a Swiss ski resort. The meeting in Davos

Last month, a newspaper article claimed that renewables were the only thing standing between Eskom and a total collapse of the grid. The same could

I wrote this article 5 years ago and I thought it was worth revisiting in light of the disintegration of the new dawn. It reminds

The announcement of Nersa’s 18.65% tariff hike for Eskom came just after I had finished the first draft of this article. It emphasised my argument