REALITY CHECK OP-ED 21 January 2024 Climate conferences and the just transition — a slow, messy and painful process (Part 2) By Saliem Fakir 7 min 1
REALITY CHECK OP-ED 17 January 2024 Climate conferences and the just transition – there’s no such thing as a level playing field (Part One) By Saliem Fakir 6 min 0
OPINIONISTA 2 May 2022 The KZN flood disaster was amplified by a toxic stew of vulgar governance By Saliem Fakir 5 min 0
OPINIONISTA 9 June 2021 Whither the developmental state? As it withers, we are likely to see a drift to self-governed cities By Saliem Fakir 5 min 6
OPINIONISTA 13 January 2021 Unpacking the Just Transition (Part Three): Saving Leviathan and reconstructing South Africa — the state as solution to our woes By Saliem Fakir 5 min 0
OPINIONISTA 13 January 2021 Unpacking the Just Transition (Part Two): Between recovery and reconstruction By Saliem Fakir 6 min 2
OPINIONISTA 11 January 2021 Unpacking the Just Transition (Part One): The conceptual terrain By Saliem Fakir 6 min 1
OPINIONISTA 18 September 2020 Gwede Mantashe’s gas plan, the northern jihadists and Russia – the emerging power play in Mozambique By Saliem Fakir 9 min 3
OPINIONISTA 22 June 2020 The political economy of South Africa’s energy transition for outsiders By Saliem Fakir 7 min 0
OPINIONISTA 20 April 2020 Post-Covid-19 recovery: Fiscal stimulus must include more renewables in SA’s energy plans By Saliem Fakir 6 min 0
OPINIONISTA 25 March 2020 The age of disruption – scenes of Covid-19 action and dark art economics By Saliem Fakir 6 min 0
OPINIONISTA 23 January 2020 There is life after Eskom — we just have to imagine it By Saliem Fakir 6 min 0