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Grievances: Service delivery protests in areas such as Khayelitsha have become ‘a firmly entrenched social phenomenon’, with at least 193 occuring in 2022. Photos: Jaco Marais & David Harrison
JULY UNREST

Data shows that service delivery protests will increase, intensify in 2023

Electricity was the biggest cause and driver of service delivery protests in 2022

  • Eunice Masson
7 min read
Pay up: Eskom’s power station looms over Hendrina in Mpumalanga. The state-owned entity is in a precarious financial position and is trying to recover money from municipalities. (Marco Longari/AFP)
ANDRE DE RUYTER

Eskom caught in debt trap

Eskom is appealing an interdict by the courts to stop it from interrupting power to municipalities that owe it billions of rands

  • Tshegofatso Mathe
3 min read