The following excerpt was originally published on New Republic journal’s web portal by writer Bill McKibben*. The New Republic is an American publication established in 1914 for the purposes of “championing progressive ideas and challenging popular...
Opinion piece by Bruce Raw, GreenCape Energy Programme Manager The true impact of cancellations, delays and uncertainty around the IPP and renewable energy programmes go much further than the energy sector. It puts at risk thousands of current and...
Ratings agency Fitch has downgraded Eskom but given a stable outlook. The power utility announced that Fitch has downgraded Eskom’s Long-term local currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to ‘BBB-’ from ‘BBB’. Fitch Ratings has also affirmed Eskom’s...
Second quarter research from Grant Thornton’s International Business Report for 2016 reveals that 61% of South African businesses have been negatively affected by government service delivery issues or regulatory requirements in the past six months....