South Africans are naturally strongly opposed to any more hefty electricity hikes, having borne above-inflation increases for years while power disruptions intensified and Eskom’s finances... 

There is a fresh tremor running through Africa, where young people – those born in the 1990s and 2000s, the so-called Gen Z – are no longer content to wait for change. The Arab Spring protests that... 

The word ‘chrome’ originates from the Greek word chrōma, meaning ‘colour’. The chemical element chromium was named by French chemist Louis Nicolas Vauquelin in 1797, inspired by its vibrant colours... 

Opacity helps corruption to thrive and it must not be allowed to continue in instances where there is valid reason to believe that irregularities are more than likely taking place. South Africans... 

The twin crises of surging municipal arrear debt owing to Eskom and rising electricity theft have been lurking for years, and with all efforts to combat the problems having failed. In fact Eskom’s... 

Mozambican officials, desperate to jump-start economic development in the south-eastern African nation, must have breathed a sigh of relief when French energy giant TotalEnergies announced in May... 

Policy-wonking can at times be a crude endeavour, and reality is not reached directly but through untested internal beliefs. Without direct personal experience, one worldview tries to grasp the... 

‘Oleum’? Any guesses? It’s a Latin word, derived from the Ancient Greek word ‘élaion’, meaning ‘olive oil’, which evolved to simply ‘oil’. ‘Wītanan’ is the Germanic root word meaning “to see”. From... 

There are many examples of South Africa having what the world wants and what the world needs and the time is now to secure new economic opportunities through new partnerships. Many South Africans... 

When should a Minister intervene at a State-owned company or independent regulator? It’s a difficult question to answer, and will remain so for as long as Ministers have shareholder... 

As I sat down to write this piece, my mind flashed back to our journalism history classes in college, where the Chicago Daily Tribune’s infamous ‘Dewey defeats Truman’ headline from November 3,... 

Where were you on Monday, September 15? What were you doing? Too personal? Well, then, but I genuinely hope that you did something nice, even memorable. If you were less inspired, instead keeping... 

Provided power costs are fixed, South Africa’s chrome mining companies have made it clear that they are ready to be part of ferrochrome solution. With new proven South Africa-developed smelting... 

South Africa is thankfully surfacing from a of period of prolonged electricity disruption that all but stripped the country of its ability to grow and create jobs for more than a decade. But this...