ENERGY EMERGENCY Dumped — metros start the move away from Eskom and towards independent power producers 6 min 16 By Victoria O’Regan
ENERGY CRISIS Suggestions Box: How to start getting South Africa powered up and running again 4 min 22 By Marianne Merten
ANALYSIS Eskom reality check: it will NOT get better any time soon, regardless of SA’s WEF sales pitch/PR 5 min 2 By Marianne Merten
CLASS OF 2022 Matric results - Private schools shed blackout and Covid challenges to post ‘outstanding’ 98.42% pass rate 3 min 0 By Michelle Banda
GROUNDUP After battling water shortages for 20 years, hundreds march in Free State to demand change 2 min 0 By Rethabile Nyelele
POWER CRISIS DA heads to court to block 18.65% Eskom tariff hike amid rolling blackouts 4 min 5 By Nonkululeko Njilo
LOAD SHEDDING BLOG Joburg mayor Mpho Phalatse ousted - again - after motion of no confidence succeeds 21 min 1 By Daily Maverick
ROLLING BLACKOUTS IMPACT Out in the cold – power crisis forces enterprising ice-cream shops to brink of closure 5 min 2 By Nonkululeko Njilo
POWER CRISIS South Africans urged to use water sparingly as rolling blackouts hit precious resource 6 min 1 By Julia Evans
ENERGY EMERGENCY Gatvol citizens threaten Eskom and government with legal action, demand stop to rolling blackouts 6 min 4 By Estelle Ellis
ANALYSIS To WEF or not to WEF: Wherever Ramaphosa may be, Eskom’s crisis remains South Africa’s true catastrophe 6 min 4 By Stephen Grootes
GROUNDUP System failure - People leave home in the dark and queue at dawn only to be turned away at Sassa Soshanguve office 3 min 0 By Mosima Rafapa
POWER CRISIS South Africa responds to greenlighting of 'unaffordable' 18.65% electricity tariff increase 4 min 14 By Joel Ontong
DISASTER FORETOLD Gwede Inc: Placing failing Eskom under oversight of failing DMRE is recipe for epic failure 4 min 60 By Ed Stoddard
ELECTRICITY SHOCK Nersa approves 18.65% Eskom tariff hike for 2023/24 and 12.74% for the following financial year 2 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
POWER CRISIS Eskom gets tariff hike while Ramaphosa ‘deeply regrets’ Stage 6 rolling blackouts 3 min 17 By Nonkululeko Njilo
TUESDAY EDITORIAL ‘Leave no community behind’ – the stories we will tell in 2023 and why they should matter to you 5 min 1 By Mark Heywood
FIXING SOUTH AFRICA OP-ED SA people, let's work together to rebuild the country of our dreams 5 min 11 By Songezo Zibi
THE BIG READ Reflections on Nasrec: The ANC’s diminished intellectual roots 5 min 4 By Judith February
HOLIDAY REPORT While tourist numbers surge, costly rolling blackouts have been a ‘game changer’ for Cape Town’s small businesses 9 min 1 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
POWER CRISIS KFC forced to temporarily shut some SA outlets due to Eskom’s rolling blackouts 2 min 2 By Ed Stoddard