GROUNDUP STUDENT ENTREPRENEURS Energy crisis inspires tech school innovators to design solar-powered train - with sockets and a TV screen 3 min 0 By Chris Gilili for GroundUp
VISUAL GLANCE Eskom is owed R50bn by municipalities - This infographic shows which council owes what 2 min 9 By Victoria O’Regan
GROUNDUP OP-ED Biogas — the gas in the energy mix South Africa could comfortably use 4 min 2 By Neil Thomas Stacey and Celestin Sempuga
POWER CRISIS Cape Town on a roll to banish blackouts – mayor lays out ‘exciting’ plans 5 min 7 By Anna Southwell
POWER BILLS Four Western Cape municipalities owe Eskom nearly R256m; only two have payment plans in place 2 min 10 By Suné Payne
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK South Africa sees glimmer of hope despite talk of a global recession 4 min 1 By Ray Mahlaka
ALTERNATIVE ENERGY OP-ED Electricity action plan must be rational, measured and defensible - and deter opportunistic projects 5 min 0 By Richard Halsey and Richard Bridle
DAILY MAVERICK WEBINAR Success of Ramaphosa’s energy action plan hinges on effective implementation, say business and labour 4 min 0 By Ethan van Diemen
POWER CRISIS UK braces for blackouts in January as part of emergency energy plan 3 min 1 By Bloomberg
POWER CRISIS Ramaphosa energy plan reaction — ‘devil is in the details and how it is implemented’ 5 min 5 By Ethan van Diemen
POWER CRISIS Here it is: Ramaphosa’s ‘energy action plan’ to end SA’s rolling blackouts 5 min 22 By Ethan van Diemen
CENTRAL KAROO FILES ‘I will run for President in 2024’, Central Karoo Mayor Gayton McKenzie says after 100 days in office 5 min 1 By Vincent Cruywagen and Suné Payne
INDUSTRIALISATION FAIL No one guarding the henhouse at Cast as business rescue fees rack up 4 min 0 By Unknown Author
HYDRAULIC FRACTURING New moves to update fracking regulations alarm environmental activists 3 min 0 By Onke Ngcuka
ESKOM 2.0? Mantashe suggests forming second state-owned power utility to solve energy crisis — Ramaphosa agrees 7 min 57 By Ethan van Diemen
POWER CRISIS ‘Landmark’ power purchase agreements signed, but Mantashe still punts multiple energy technologies 6 min 9 By Julia Evans
JUST TRANSITION OP-ED FROM OUR ARCHIVES: The long and short of load shedding solutions – time to call disaster and harness the power of wind and solar energy 10 min 12 By Mark Swilling
BUDGET VOTE DEBATE Mantashe: ‘Gas is going to be a game-changer’ – opposition disagrees 4 min 5 By Julia Evans
