MUNICIPAL DYSFUNCTION Residents from Johannesburg’s Ground Zero of failure protest at council meeting 8 min 5 By Ferial Haffajee
BOOK EXTRACT Corrupted connections — Mashaba’s EFF deal, Malema’s rent seeking and an elaborate City Power racket 6 min 4 By Micah Reddy and Pauli van Wyk
CIVIC ACTION Communities repair roads, water and power in DIY revolution as City of Joburg falters 10 min 9 By Anna Cox
LIGHTS OUT Joburg power crisis — almost 100,000 reported outages in 9 months, 5,126 very serious 7 min 5 By Ferial Haffajee
LIGHTS OUT City in the dark — Power cuts choke Joburg’s once-vibrant small businesses 10 min 2 By Ferial Haffajee
LIGHTS OUT Powerless in the city — How Johannesburg’s electricity crisis is breaking its people 15 min 0 By Ferial Haffajee
OP-ED City Power-Eskom dispute ends, but deeper cracks in SA’s electricity distribution sector have been exposed 4 min 0 By Chris Yelland
CITY OF JOBURG Electricity tariffs force a choice between food or power, says Electricity Minister Ramokgopa 2 min 4 By Ferial Haffajee
BRINK OF DARKNESS Johannesburg faces renewed power cuts threat — Eskom debt dispute unresolved 2 min 2 By Chris Yelland
URBAN REVIVAL Revitalising Braamfontein: A vision for a safe, vibrant, and walkable urban oasis 4 min 0 By Bridget Hilton-Barber
INTERVIEW Behind the blackouts — the real story of Joburg’s dysfunctional robots 5 min 79 By Ferial Haffajee
GROUNDUP Johannesburg community plays cat and mouse with City Power over illegal connections 3 min 3 By Silver Sibiya
SATIRE South Africa’s estimated time for restoration is currently unavailable 4 min 1 By Shaun de Waal
SERVICE DELIVERY Residents of Joburg’s suburbs face power cuts after City imposes increased deposits 6 min 9 By Michelle Banda
GROUNDUP Joburg community plays cat and mouse with City Power over illegal connections 3 min 0 By Silver Sibiya
TARIFF TIRADE Food or electricity — power tax forces a cruel choice on Joburg’s poorest people 7 min 14 By Ferial Haffajee
POWER CUTS While load shedding may be a thing of the past, blackouts still hit many consumers 4 min 0 By Bheki C. Simelane
DISPUTE City of Johannesburg changes tune over R200 prepaid electricity surcharge 4 min 35 By Nonkululeko Njilo
ANALYSIS As load shedding goes local, the power gap between rich and poor widens 4 min 17 By Stephen Grootes
POWER STRUGGLE Impoverished Joburgers buckle under new monthly R200 prepaid meter fixed electricity surcharge 7 min 37 By Nonkululeko Njilo
