In early 2021, the country agreed to be a guinea pig for a new approach to tackle sovereign debt
Don’t use geysers from five to nine at night, electricity minister pleads, while the cold, dark winter Eskom promised hits the country and power stations continue to break down
Financing water is generally a low priority in most African countries, amounting to about $10-$19 billion/year
Researchers have found a way to slash life-threatening bleeding after birth, says a study presented at the International Maternal Newborn Health Conference
He might have been cancelled a few years ago but Daniel Caesar is back with a bang, releasing a soulful, emotive new album
Tsitsi Dangarembga was given a $200 fine and a six-month suspended sentence in September after she held up a placard calling for reform
Our shameless president and ministers went to court to deny responsibility for the power crisis proving that the people no longer come first
Powerships touted to be energy solution for South Africa
We are now in the middle of a new Cold War, and it’s a frightening prospect given our interests across both worlds
In all the bickering that we’ve been through over the past five years, from the long-running saga about the competence of former public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane to this week’s parliamentary hearings into André de Ruyter’s allegations of corruption at Eskom, it feels as if we aren’t making progress in dealing with the structural fault lines in our country
We are a nation at risk of losing our mind in the depths of the power utility’s problems
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The government will predictably object that taxpayers are sabotaging transformation, the same old argument whenever they face accountability
We must reject our government’s natural position of saying nothing of consequence, regardless of the abuses in countries it regards as friends
The industry must be protected from cheap imports and mills must continue operating because nonpayments affects farmers and industry partners
The challenge with environmental, social and governance investing is the lack of standardised criteria for what makes an investment sustainable, and a definition of what it entails
The failure of the president’s SAFE programme and the re-occurrence of pit latrine drownings continue to cast a harsh spotlight on the ANC government
In the first episode of “This is Jo’burg”, the poet, educator, mother, memoirist, activist, Nelson Mandela’s former chief of staff and ambassador to the US and France, Barbara Masekela goes on a road-trip with Leonard of her beloved Johannesburg. She tells the stories, recounts the memories and expresses hopes for her city
The Tories are comforting themselves for their loss by arguing that historically every government during the mid-term suffers losses in local elections
We need to agitate for a feminist challenge to patriarchal medicine which is skewed along race and class lines in terms of practices and access
To become profitable, the state-owned entity requires an expanded mandate that allows it to venture into e-commerce services
CAB-LA will be made at Indian drug company Cipla’s Benoni and Durban plants, but a starting date for production has not yet been announced
Google Earth shows sewage filling the area from the cemetery to the township of Asiganang, and flowing to the Harts River
The unfortunate part about the impact of climate change on this sector is that Africa’s full agricultural potential is yet to be discovered
Emerging fields of research are sprouting new understandings of how we might use natural substances
The treasury has found a new way to throw its weight around. Who will it crush first?
Hemp bricks are becoming increasingly popular in construction because of their insulating, fire-resistant and climate-friendly properties
Possibly the last of its kind, the latest Honda Civic Type R retains the model’s sheer motoring brilliance
The charges against the Pan-African Parliament’s president are the latest in a string of alleged offences by senior African leaders
The latest offering from Suzuki is a well-priced, modern vehicle with good looks and great specs
The star, which is similar to the sun, engulfed the planet over a period of around 100 days
We finally have an answer to what props up the wealthy empire