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Eskom’s 36% tariff hike sparks debate on power pricing and reform: Katzenellenbogen - Biznews

Eskom wants to raise power tariffs by more than 36 percent next year, and follow this up with big hikes in the two following years.

Eskom’s corruption woes vanish in puff of smoke as exempted from key regulations – Ivo Vegter - Biznews

First, new electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa announced that corruption is not at the heart of Eskom’s troubles. Then, finance minister Enoch ...

26 January 2022 - When President Cyril Ramaphosa visited Soweto last year to campaign in the local government elections, there were serious protests. Some ...

Every man and his dog has a view on electricity in SA - Biznews

Assuming South Africa will no longer be governed by the African National Congress and its affiliates in 2024 or 2029, how will its successor(s) take on South ...

3 November 2022 - ANC ministers, officials and supporters get annoyed when you point out that SA’s constitution is federal and devolutionary in nature. This is ...

12 April 2022 - Do you want the price of petrol to go up or down? This is the question I must ask green politicians and newspaper editors who keep urging us to ...

18 April 2022 - Earlier this month Boris Johnson’s government published a new “British energy security strategy” in terms of which “a licensing round for new ...

1 March 2021 - “Climate change is already affecting agriculture and food security, which will make the challenge of ending hunger, achieving food security, ...

How load-shedding hits your food - Farming Portal

It’s often necessary to remind ourselves of a truism, just because we often don’t have to think about it. One of the more obvious is that food does not grow ...

7 March 2022 - Numerous commentators have branded Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine a “miscalculation”. But Western leaders have themselves made major ...