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Kgosientsho Ramokgopa

POWERING UP

Ramokgopa sets record straight on Eskom turnaround, buying board time for reforms

5 min

By Lindsey Schutters

By Michael Cherry

Increasing free electricity allowance won’t help if municipalities don’t deliver

4 min

27 August 2026

CLIMATE LITIGATION

#CancelCoal court battle threatens future of young South Africans, say activists

5 min

By Lerato Mutsila

POWERING UP

Eskom’s three tenors sing a song of reindustrialisation under new pricing model

2 min

By Lindsey Schutters

INSIDE STORY

How Eskom was turned around, told by those who steered it

5 min

By Lindsey Schutters

ANALYSIS

SA electricity shake-up might plug billing gaps, but sparks will fly

6 min

By Stephen Grootes

BUILDING BLOCKS

SA to more than double its electricity generation — Ramokgopa

5 min

By Justin Brown

ENERGY BOOST

Zululand Energy Terminal banks second anchor tenant to make LNG dreams a reality

4 min

By Lindsey Schutters

UNCOOPERATIVE GOVERNANCE

Makhanda high court halts drastic Eskom power cuts for troubled Karoo towns

7 min

By Estelle Ellis

POWER DEAL

Johannesburg and Eskom broker agreement to keep the lights on

4 min

By Naledi Mashishi

By Deresh Ramjugernath

Celebrating Africa Day isn’t enough — the continent’s future must be built

4 min

25 May 2026

MUNICIPAL DYSFUNCTION

Ramokgopa calls for Eskom to take over Joburg’s failing electricity revenue system

5 min

By Anna Cox

ENERGY IMPASSE

Some 12,000 jobs in limbo as ferroalloys-Eskom standoff saga stretches to another day

3 min

By Lindsey Schutters and Ed Stoddard

THE CONVERSATION

South Africa’s carbon tax should stay — climate scientists explain why

5 min

By Britta Rennkamp, Andrew Marquard, Gina Ziervogel, Harald Winkler, Mark New, Melanie Murcott, Ralph Hamann and Wikus Kruger

BULLET DODGED

South Africa’s carbon tax survives Budget but debates on its future continue

4 min

By Craig Bentley-McKune

BUSINESS REFLECTION

After the Bell: Eskom... just as things were getting better

4 min

By Stephen Grootes

POWER SCRAMBLE

Global nuclear hunger is an atomic headache for SA energy ambition

4 min

By Lindsey Schutters

By Dion George

Why I have chosen to leave the DA — Dion George

6 min

15 January 2026

CREDIBILITY CHASM OP-ED

Eskom’s ‘stayed’ court case shows double game duplicity on electricity trading

5 min

By Chris Yelland

SUCCESSION BATTLE

The race to rule the ANC after Cyril — new numbers, new front-runners

7 min

By Ferial Haffajee

By Chris Pappas

High cost of electricity places unbearable burden on the poor – a new model is needed

4 min

4 August 2024

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POWERING UP

Ramokgopa sets record straight on Eskom turnaround, buying board time for reforms

By Michael Cherry

Increasing free electricity allowance won’t help if municipalities don’t deliver

CLIMATE LITIGATION

#CancelCoal court battle threatens future of young South Africans, say activists

POWERING UP

Eskom’s three tenors sing a song of reindustrialisation under new pricing model

INSIDE STORY

How Eskom was turned around, told by those who steered it

ANALYSIS

SA electricity shake-up might plug billing gaps, but sparks will fly

BUILDING BLOCKS

SA to more than double its electricity generation — Ramokgopa

ENERGY BOOST

Zululand Energy Terminal banks second anchor tenant to make LNG dreams a reality

UNCOOPERATIVE GOVERNANCE

Makhanda high court halts drastic Eskom power cuts for troubled Karoo towns

POWER DEAL

Johannesburg and Eskom broker agreement to keep the lights on

By Deresh Ramjugernath

Celebrating Africa Day isn’t enough — the continent’s future must be built

MUNICIPAL DYSFUNCTION

Ramokgopa calls for Eskom to take over Joburg’s failing electricity revenue system

ENERGY IMPASSE

Some 12,000 jobs in limbo as ferroalloys-Eskom standoff saga stretches to another day

THE CONVERSATION

South Africa’s carbon tax should stay — climate scientists explain why

BULLET DODGED

South Africa’s carbon tax survives Budget but debates on its future continue

BUSINESS REFLECTION

After the Bell: Eskom... just as things were getting better

POWER SCRAMBLE

Global nuclear hunger is an atomic headache for SA energy ambition

By Dion George

Why I have chosen to leave the DA — Dion George

CREDIBILITY CHASM OP-ED

Eskom’s ‘stayed’ court case shows double game duplicity on electricity trading

SUCCESSION BATTLE

The race to rule the ANC after Cyril — new numbers, new front-runners

By Chris Pappas

High cost of electricity places unbearable burden on the poor – a new model is needed