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Eskom is inadvertently helping drive the global sustainable energy movement by rapidly pricing South Africans out of the grid energy market. Photo: Waldo Swiegers/Getty Images
REFINERIES

South Africa’s energy blueprint needs an overhaul

The draft IRP 2023 fails to address future energy shortages, analysts argue This content is restricted to registered users and subscribers. Get Your Free Account The Mail &…

  • Mandisa Makgakga
1 min read
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MANIFESTOS 2024

Political manifestos on energy solutions ‘underwhelming’

The energy crisis has worsened SA’s existing economic challenges, prompting ratings agencies, the IMF and SARB to flag load-shedding as a significant barrier to recovery

  • Mandisa Makgakga
4 min read
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ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SUPPLY

Eskom fears revenue dip as appetite for solar PV grows

Exorbitant electricity tariffs and longer stages of load-shedding have forced consumers to urgently seek off-grid alternatives

  • Mandisa Makgakga
5 min read
Electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramakgopa. (Theana Breugem/Foto24/Gallo Images)
CALVIN RAFADI

Eskom touts smart meters to manage demand

The new smart meters give the power utility the ability to limit the electricity supply to a household

  • Mandisa Makgakga
4 min read