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R131bn climate deal: ‘We are not going to be handing everything over to those funders,’ says Ramaphosa

Ethan van Diemen
26 Nov

Ramaphosa backs just transition — insists SA’s sovereignty not for sale in R131bn COP26 financing offer

Marianne Merten
25 Nov

Fossil Fools

Stephen Francis & Rico
25 Nov

Put to the test: Daily Maverick readers offload their woes about studying when load shedding hits

Karabo Mafolo
22 Nov

The dirty business of apartheid-era dinosaurs: Inside an Eskom coal-fired power plant

Ethan van Diemen
22 Nov

Political leadership: President Ramaphosa, lead us into the light

Judith February
20 Nov

André de Ruyter: Deliberate acts of sabotage are causing power cuts 

Ferial Haffajee
19 Nov

Daily Maverick readers give a first-hand account of how load shedding has played havoc with their businesses

Karabo Mafolo
18 Nov

Of Eskom mischief-makers, tweeters and the long journey towards a load shedding-free South Africa

Marianne Merten
17 Nov

Barbara Creecy: African countries need support — and about R4-trillion — to move from fossil fuels

Tembile Sgqolana
17 Nov

Retrofitting Koeberg power station is more likely to provoke a catastrophe than preserve energy — the plant should be closed

Neil Overy
17 Nov

Load shedding is back, with Eskom scrambling to protect emergency reserves

Victoria O'Regan
17 Nov

Fear & loathing in Hillbrow: How load shedding is experienced in Joburg’s gritty inner city

Michelle Banda
15 Nov

Big black holes emerge in South Africa’s Integrated Resource Plan for Electricity — coal is not the answer

Chris Yelland
15 Nov

Qunu residents forced to drink from contaminated water source shared by animals

Mkhuseli Sizani for GroundUp
15 Nov

Unpacking the myths and truths surrounding South Africa’s recent renewable energy auction

Wikus Kruger
11 Nov

Parastatals get the push: Enoch Godongwana takes a tough stance on future SOE bailouts

Ray Mahlaka
11 Nov

‘We are on a cliff edge and should be deeply worried’, says Valli Moosa

Mark Heywood
10 Nov

Amid lights-out, rising hunger and joblessness, Finance Minister Godongwana must ditch the pretty words

Marianne Merten
09 Nov

Crisis of the democratic order: It will take time for parties to negotiate a minefield of decisions if South Africa is to be repaired

Raymond Suttner
09 Nov

Eskom must be declared a national disaster to ward off Stage 6 power cuts and foil sabotage

Ferial Haffajee
09 Nov