WATT A BURDEN Unlawful tariffs and soaring power costs threaten NMB jobs and investment 3 min 0 By Kyran Blaauw
POWER RISKS The fragile assumptions behind South Africa’s optimistic electricity outlook 7 min 2 By Chris Yelland
By Mark Barnes Why the best-laid plans to fix Joburg won’t work — and what will 4 min 1 26 October 2026
POLL PERIL ANC campaigner suffers electric shock and broken leg during poster drive 3 min 0 By Anna Cox
OBITUARY The quiet authority of Khulu Phasiwe, the voice South Africa heard in the dark 6 min 0 By Herman Lategan
FORMULA FOR FAILURE OP-ED Fenced in — why City Power’s ‘ringfencing’ in Joburg is a 30% revenue grab 7 min 1 By Chris Yelland
CAPITAL CALCULATIONS OP-ED Eskom’s Medupi and Kusile sleight-of-hand — the untold billions in costs left out 6 min 2 By Chris Yelland
By Redi Tlhabi Eskom board chair Mteto Nyati’s public dressing-down plays into an old racial trope 4 min 2 27 September 2026
Power Guzzlers Data centre deal — Cape Town forced back to the drawing board 5 min 10 By Lindsey Schutters
By Mark Barnes Stop funding failure: Why SA’s utilities need a radical economic reset 3 min 5 13 September 2026
ANALYSIS SA turns right as Ramaphosa hands economic levers to the private sector 4 min 2 By Stephen Grootes
POWERING UP Ramokgopa sets record straight on Eskom turnaround, buying board time for reforms 5 min 6 By Lindsey Schutters
AMABHUNGANE UPDATE: Eskom admits to R3-billion in payments ‘outside of contractual terms’ 4 min 1 By Susan Comrie for amaBhungane
JOBURG ENERGY My City Power plan, from rechargeable lights to an inverter and now solar 8 min 4 By J Brooks Spector
AMABHUNGANE Eskom paid hundreds of millions for diesel that ‘didn’t exist’ 16 min 5 By Susan Comrie for amaBhungane
PUBLIC-PRIVATE COLLABORATION Ramaphosa launches Phase 3 of Government-Business partnership — 3% growth goal remains elusive 4 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
ANALYSIS SA electricity shake-up might plug billing gaps, but sparks will fly 6 min 2 By Stephen Grootes
By Ruben Pretorius Baked-in failure: Your bread is expensive because the state does not work 4 min 1 4 August 2026
CRITICAL MINERALS Transalloys faces last days after being shut out of Eskom deal 3 min 2 By Lindsey Schutters
READER INVESTIGATION City Power and Eskom terrorising your neighbourhood? Introducing Electricity Extortion Watch 7 min 2 By Diana Neille