If conditions for private investment in the transmission infrastructure are not put in place, it’s likely that loadshedding will return in 2029.
- Distinguished Professor of Sustainable Development, Stellenbosch University
After 30 years of democracy, South Africa is in a deep electricity crisis which can only be solved if the government moves speedily to set up solar and wind plants.
How two massive opposing forces - the shift towards a sustainable world and the force that thrives on inequality - are unfolding at a global level.
It’s not clear whether South Africa’s president can coordinate his ministers in a way that provides clarity about dealing with the country’s energy crisis.
South Africans may well be seduced by the prospect of Zuma appearing at the Zondo commission, but he was not alone in driving the state capture project.
South Africa needs a policy that drives growth and positions if for the 21st Century.
South Africa has successfully defended its constitutional democracy. But the harsh reality is that the country still faces development challenges.
The growing revolt against South Africa’s president, amid state capture allegations, is not an isolated event, but part of a much wider pan-African uprising led by the continent’s disaffected youth.
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