EXPLAINER Gauteng water restrictions — what’s the plan and where do we go from here? 4 min 3 By Julia Evans
SPOTLIGHT Some hospitals spared from power cuts while others face mounting costs to run generators 7 min 0 By Thabo Molelekwa
REFLECTION What happens in Joburg now? No mayor can stop our city from breakdown 5 min 16 By Ferial Haffajee
ROLLING BLACKOUTS Johannesburg plans a two-stage reduction of Eskom power cuts by buying more private power, starting in October 3 min 14 By Ferial Haffajee
GROUNDUP SERVICE DELIVERY Crime-ridden Diepsloot community pleads for electricity to reduce rampant lawlessness 2 min 0 By Chris Gilili for GroundUp
POWER CRISIS Eskom technicians live in daily fear as security threats and violent attacks on staff escalate 7 min 0 By Bheki Simelane, Suné Payne and Hoseya Jubase
CABLE PIRATES Metal theft — the net could close if new draft policy is implemented 4 min 4 By Onke Ngcuka
THE INTERVIEW Joburg council has a plan to fix power infrastructure and find new energy sources: ‘There are options out there’ 4 min 2 By Onke Ngcuka
ALL IN A DAY’S WORK On the job with one of the unsung heroes trying to alleviate SA’s power crisis 6 min 10 By Julia Evans
SECURITY BOOST Cape Town to spend R40m on curbing ‘scourge’ of energy infrastructure vandalism 3 min 0 By Karabo Mafolo
POWER CRUNCH R400-million debt — national, provincial governments don’t pay their Joburg City bills 2 min 3 By Ferial Haffajee
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 PREDICAMENT Joburg residents sit in the dark for days as the city’s grid collapses 3 min 11 By Ferial Haffajee
GROUNDUP POWERLESS Soweto residents block roads, burn tyres after 13 days without electricity 2 min 0 By Chris Gilili for GroundUp
COPPER CABLE CRIME Johannesburg’s City Power under the gun as violence, vandalism and theft spirals 4 min 1 By Bheki C. Simelane
CBD BLAZE Parts of Johannesburg to remain in the dark following tunnel fire 2 min 0 By Bheki C. Simelane
2021 STATE OF OUR CITIES Broken Joburg’s voters get ready to hang the council 11 min 23 By Ferial Haffajee
ROLLING BLACKOUTS Load shedding resumes on Monday night, and Joburg is not exempt 3 min 3 By Victoria O’Regan
SEEKING RELIABILITY Joburg mayor lauds signing of power purchase agreement as means of addressing city’s electricity woes 2 min 3 By Michelle Banda
ELECTRICITY CRISIS New Joburg mayor pushes Eskom power supply migration, while residents raise concerns 3 min 8 By Michelle Banda
