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Power outages in South Africa pose a threat to employment.
South Africa needs a new social contract whose core aim is the creation of dynamic economy.
South Africa faces the possibility of record electricity shortages and catastrophic scenarios such as a complete grid collapse.
South Africa’s courts are likely to set a high bar in cases brought against the government’s most recent state of disaster declaration.
South Africa’s minister of finance should have used the bailout of Eskom to fast-track its split and introduce the private sector into the electricity sector.
South Africa’s energy crisis has far-reaching negative effects on water supply. Energy and water are intertwined.
Installing enough solar panels and battery storage to see a household through a week without sunshine isn’t yet financially possible.
Economic and energy policymakers are responsible for increasing both demand for and supply of electricity. There must be a surplus of energy which will encourage economic growth.
South Africa envisages the gradual closure of older coal plants, mostly located in Mpumalanga. Can these coal fields be turned into renewable energy hubs?
Centrally switching water heaters on and off at specific times can distribute the demand for electricity and lead to energy saving.
A closer look at the supposed successes of Brian Molefe at South Africa’s power utility, Eskom, shows that they are not what they have been made out to be. They are paper thin.
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Professor of Physics, University of Johannesburg
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Associate Professor and Water Management Expert, University of South Africa
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Research Associate, Stellenbosch University
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Professor of Economics, University of Pretoria
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Junior Research Fellow and PhD candidate, Development Policy Research Unit, School of Economics, University of Cape Town
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Director of the Mandela Institute, Professor of Law, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor in Engineering, Stellenbosch University
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Extraordinary Professor, University of Pretoria
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Professor of Economics and Director of the Development Policy Research Unit, University of Cape Town
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Researcher, University of Oxford
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Senior Research Associate, University of Johannesburg
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Research Lead: Power Market Reforms and Regulation, University of Cape Town