South Africa is facing the prospect of a breakdown in the water supply to its industrial heartland and most populated region.
Author: Antony Sguazzin
The electricity minister said an anticipated improvement in electricity supply should see him out of a job by the end of 2024.
Just 50km from Johannesburg, 1.7 million people are living in a crossfire of some of the most dangerous pollution on Earth.
Scientists plan to examine millions of death certificates to ascertain how many people coal-plant pollution is killing.
Interminable power cuts have driven a record seed funding round for South African start-up Hohm Energy.
A presidential commission said the energy ministry has an inadequate plan to tackle the country’s power supply crisis.
South Africa has produced its inaugural official gauge of the carbon intensity of its electricity production.
About two decades of power cuts, exacerbated by an adherence to hidebound ideology, have deindustrialised what was once a promising economy.
This year’s elections may be the most competitive since the end of apartheid but are unlikely to bring major change.
Eskom’s decision no longer to reserve grid capacity for Karpowership means this capacity can now be awarded to other projects.