ECONOMY South Africa’s September mining, manufacturing output figures probably seal case for third-quarter GDP contraction 2 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
FIVE-DAY POWER OUTAGE Suspected thieves vandalise vintage cable in Gqeberha’s Summerstrand 3 min 4 By Estelle Ellis
POWER CRISIS Suck it up: Load shedding to continue all week, and may worsen, as grid remains ‘volatile and unpredictable’ 2 min 4 By Victoria O’Regan
COP26: ENERGY TRANSITION South Africa secures ‘watershed’ finance deal to reduce coal reliance 5 min 20 By Onke Ngcuka
South Africa Absa PMI dips in October as steel strike, load shedding dent sentiment 2 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
2021 LOCAL ELECTIONS ANALYSIS Load shedding is South Africa’s blight – and the ANC is to blame for it 5 min 18 By Stephen Grootes
Business Maverick Mantashe in the dark on load shedding as he unveils latest renewable round results 3 min 11 By Ed Stoddard
ANALYSIS Hope or hopelessness? The factors influencing South Africa’s political near future 4 min 1 By Stephen Grootes
DAILY MAVERICK WEBINAR Words do come easy: How the ANC, ActionSA and DA plan to solve Joburg’s power crisis 3 min 1 By Victoria O’Regan
2021 STATE OF OUR CITIES Broken Joburg’s voters get ready to hang the council 11 min 23 By Ferial Haffajee
STATE OF THE GRID Candle in the wind: Eskom warns of another year of load shedding 2 min 11 By Ed Stoddard
ROLLING BLACKOUTS Load shedding resumes on Monday night, and Joburg is not exempt 3 min 3 By Victoria O’Regan
HOT-BUTTON ISSUE Load shedding could put ANC’s lights out after electricity delivery emerges as top factor 3 min 0 By Ferial Haffajee
OP-ED Powering up: Raising the generation licensing threshold to 100MW is necessary – but not enough 4 min 7 By Chris Yelland
SPOTLIGHT What South Africa’s power cuts mean for health facilities 5 min 0 By Tiyese Jeranji for Spotlight
OP-ED Power struggle: The 100MW exemption is likely to be a monumental step towards privatisation — not necessarily for the good 7 min 3 By Bruce Baigrie
OP-ED Imagine no load shedding, it’s easy if you try — no hell below us, above us only sky 13 min 11 By Mark Swilling, Nthabiseng Mohlakoana, Merin Jacob, Ndamulelo Mararakanye, Bernard Bekker and HJ Vermeulen
