POWER LIFT ‘Give me 18 to 36 months’, says Joburg mayor Mpho Phalatse to residents buckling under endless blackouts 2 min 12 By Ferial Haffajee
POWER POLITICS Energy regulator to oppose court application by ecogroup to review Karpowership licences 4 min 0 By Tembile Sgqolana
POWER PREDICAMENT An entire working month lost to load shedding in 2022 as Eskom’s head of generation resigns 2 min 2 By Ferial Haffajee
MUKURUKURU MEDIA Gogo walks 10km every day, collecting firewood to beat the electricity tariff increase 4 min 0 By Katlego Prudence Sekwati
ESKOM ALERT Stage 4 power cuts hit South Africa as nearly half the grid fails over Easter 3 min 9 By Ferial Haffajee
ENERGY CRISIS Impact of Russia’s war on Ukraine about to be felt hard and fast for South Africans 2 min 11 By Ferial Haffajee
TRUTH TO POWER ‘Outrageous’: Mayors slam Eskom’s proposed electricity hikes as unlawful and unjust 4 min 2 By Unknown Author
ANALYSIS Gwede Mantashe vs academia and activism (and the media, and the world) 4 min 21 By Rebecca Davis
POWER DISTRIBUTION OP-ED Municipalities seek exclusive right to distribute electricity throughout South Africa - even on Eskom’s domain 5 min 8 By Chris Yelland
AMABHUNGANE Clumsy Nersa redaction reveals ‘higher’ cost of emergency power 4 min 26 By Dewald van Rensburg
POWER CRISIS: VIEWPOINT Eskom must be declared a national disaster to ward off Stage 6 power cuts and foil sabotage 5 min 24 By Ferial Haffajee
FARMING OP-ED Rising domestic and international agricultural input costs set to squeeze both farmers and consumers 5 min 0 By Wandile Sihlobo and Tinashe Kapuya
EMERGENCY POWER PROCUREMENT Stormy legal seas beckon after energy regulator (finally) gives reasons for approving Karpowership bid 5 min 3 By Tony Carnie
OUR BURNING PLANET Mantashe must abandon plans to develop 1,500MW of coal-powered electricity, or face court case, say activists 3 min 4 By Tembile Sgqolana
OUR BURNING PLANET Karpowership wins last-minute Nersa approval – but environment minister Barbara Creecy is yet to weigh in 3 min 29 By Tony Carnie
OP-ED Not so fast, Minister – Nersa to Gwede Mantashe on 2,500MW new nuclear build statement 5 min 13 By Chris Yelland
OUR BURNING PLANET OP-ED Public hearings begin for Karpowership generation licence applications amid growing opposition 6 min 8 By Chris Yelland
BUSINESS MAVERICK OP-ED No power to the people: Tzaneen farmers and residents petition Parliament to sort out electricity crisis 3 min 0 By Xolisa Phillip
OP-ED Imagine no load shedding, it’s easy if you try — no hell below us, above us only sky 13 min 11 By Mark Swilling, Nthabiseng Mohlakoana, Merin Jacob, Ndamulelo Mararakanye, Bernard Bekker and HJ Vermeulen
OP-ED: POWER CRISIS Cyril Ramaphosa announces urgent measures to reduce load shedding impact and achieve energy security 4 min 22 By Cyril Ramaphosa
STATE OF THE CITY Joburg mayor’s electricity plan criticised as ‘premature and naive’ 4 min 3 By Greg Nicolson
