The burning question at the centre of South Africa’s new nuclear expansion programme remains whether the country will be able to afford it. While President Jacob Zuma has said that the country would undertake the project provided the country could...
Exxaro, Eskom’s biggest coal supplier, might have put a spanner in the works that could affect its coal supply deal with the power utility.  Last month Exxaro’s 10-year lock-up period ended. The company announced the unwinding of its black...
The Eastern Cape town of Matatiele was recently the site for revolutionary change, as the community joined together in its resistance against corporate giants planning to frack in this area and over 6Â 000 000 km2 across the rest of South Africa....
Eskom was dealt another blow this week after global ratings agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) downgraded the power utility’s credit rating from BB+ to BB. S&P said Eskom faced increased financial pressure as it was on an “uncertain tariff...
