The electricity crisis has spurred the government on to use independent power producers to boost the grid
The union federation offers unprecedented concessions on job protections
“Overall it seems not only is Ramaphoria dead [it was never alive] but the long arc of reform potential is being lost in the discourse."
Female bosses at the IMF, ECB and EU are putting climate at the heart of policymaking
Government has taken the business rescue route in a bid to halt an ‘uncontrolled implosion’ of the airline
Gwede Mantashe needs to shift from costly, climate crisis-inducing fossil fuels to renewables
The record of South Africa’s banks and its top 10 carbon emitters in disclosing steps to mitigate climate-related risks is poor
The former head of stressed Nampak has been brought in to set right the floundering utility
The latest report card on how we are doing as a country to reduce emissions is in — and we’re not doing well
But analysts say that cost-plus mines would mean ‘a subsidy for private investors’
South Africa’s credit rating outlook is revised from stable to negative, but not downgraded to junk status at this stage
SA’s economic prospects have declined rapidly since Feburary, with Eskom being one of the biggest drains. It’s time for some difficult choices
Eskom and weaker growth play havoc on the public purse
The petrochemical giant has issued a report on its climate plans, but do they go far enough?
Despite the exorbitant costs of new facilities, they are not delivering on expectations
The need for electricity is so dire that there are suggestions for power station ships be brought into South African ports and plugged into the grid
If industries don’t make a transition to renewables they could be punished by investors and go bankrupt
Despite court cases and financiers pulling out of CO2 producing coal-fuelled power stations, Thabametsi and Khanyisa could still come online
The finance minister’s Powerpoint did not shy away from straight-talking — including taking aim at ministers and officials
There are competing ideas about how to save the power utility, but it is time for decisions
The plan calls for a significant increase in renewable energy, but still includes coal, gas and nuclear power
There’s a climate crisis. Eskom, whose plants burn carbon-producing coal, is in a financial crisis. It’s time to disrupt policy inertia
And where economic reforms are concerned, a slayer in shining armour would be welcome
The 700km route takes in the Namib-Naukluft’s Kuiseb canyon where two German geologists hid during World War II to avoid internment
The treasury has mooted selling the utility’s coal-fired stations, but this doesn’t mean privatisation
Negative rates are seriously spooking markets. Money managers are used to getting a positive return on their investments
When the US president is not stoking the flames of white nationalism on Twitter, he is playing chicken in a trade war with the Chinese.
Eskom has the whole economy in a death spiral
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni said in his February budget that R23-billion a year would be given to Eskom for the next three years
About 500 tonnes of sewage is trucked daily across Gauteng and disposed of on mielie fields instead of being used to make biogas
This last Sona has been widely criticised for, among other things, lacking precision and detail
Riverside Piggeries has been a pioneer in biogas to electricity, but not without frustration