Renewables not a silver bullet for inequality
/ 24 January 2020

Renewables not a silver bullet for inequality

COMMENT We talk as if building wind, solar and other sources of limitless, clean energy will redistribute wealth and drive social justice globally. We see it as the fix for a system that concentrates too much power in the hands of too few people. But too much hope is being attached to renewable energy. When […]

Get over the No 1 matric obsession
/ 17 January 2020

Get over the No 1 matric obsession

The obsessive drive by provincial departments of education to be ranked the best performing province in the matric exams is dangerous and risks compromising the value of education in the South African public school system. MECs for education downplay this as “healthy competition” but I’ve covered the release of matric results for long enough now […]