DM is much better if you are signed in...

Enter your email below and we'll send you a one-time pin to log in.

Get Support DM Shop Support DM

Defend Truth

Mark Swilling

Mark Swilling is a Professor at the Centre for Sustainability Transitions at Stellenbosch University.

Latest Work

Does Ramokgopa really need more powers to end load shedding?

ENERGY CRISIS OP-ED

7 June 2023

Does Ramokgopa really need more powers to end load shedding?

12 min

4

After the flip-flops and zig-zags, is a policy coherence emerging to resolve SA's energy crunch?

POWER CRISIS OP-ED

After the flip-flops and zig-zags, is a policy coherence emerging to resolve SA's energy crunch?

8 min

16

Extending life of ageing coal-fired stations – anti-renewables policy incoherence could cost trillions

RAMOKGOPA'S PLAN ANALYSIS

11 April 2023

Extending life of ageing coal-fired stations – anti-renewables policy incoherence could cost trillions

9 min

63

The game-changer for SA energy in the Budget Speech — and the fight we have on our hands

NEW REGIME OP-ED

28 February 2023

The game-changer for SA energy in the Budget Speech — and the fight we have on our hands

10 min

25

From climate, to the future of democracy, to manufacturing — an inside look at the World Economic Forum’s power panels

MASTERING DAVOSIAN OP-ED

24 January 2023

From climate, to the future of democracy, to manufacturing — an inside look at the World Economic Forum’s power panels

15 min

4

The Man in the Arena – De Ruyter was ‘marred by dust and sweat and blood’, and the same monsters await his successor

POWER CRISIS OP-ED

15 December 2022

The Man in the Arena – De Ruyter was ‘marred by dust and sweat and blood’, and the same monsters await his successor

9 min

21

Dark, Dumb and Dangerous: Inside South Africa’s perfect (electrical) storm

ESKOM CRISIS OP-ED

12 December 2022

Dark, Dumb and Dangerous: Inside South Africa’s perfect (electrical) storm

11 min

33

As SA teeters on the brink of full-blown energy disaster, it’s vital the right decisions are made – now

POWER CRISIS OP-ED

26 September 2022

As SA teeters on the brink of full-blown energy disaster, it’s vital the right decisions are made – now

14 min

7

FROM OUR ARCHIVES: The long and short of load shedding solutions – time to call disaster and harness the power of wind and solar energy

JUST TRANSITION OP-ED

29 May 2022

FROM OUR ARCHIVES: The long and short of load shedding solutions – time to call disaster and harness the power of wind and solar energy

10 min

12

So, where is the $8.5bn that South Africa was promised at COP26?

THE JUST TRANSITION OP-ED

4 March 2022

So, where is the $8.5bn that South Africa was promised at COP26?

9 min

4

Mark Swilling

23 November 2021

Play the game, not the man: Eskom’s André De Ruyter needs all the support he can get if load shedding is to become a thing of the past

9 min

10

July 2021 Zumite sedition and the emerging 'politics of the mall'

21 July 2021

July 2021 Zumite sedition and the emerging 'politics of the mall'

8 min

29