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Power cuts and sleep: students link loadshedding to anxiety, disrupted rest and lower marks

South Africa endured its worst year of loadshedding (scheduled power cuts by the country’s utility, Eskom) in 2023. The power went off on 335 of the year’s 365 days, often several times a day. The country hasn’t had these planned power cuts for more than a year and a half…

The Conversation · Oct 22

Pig farm vs power station: South African court tells state-owned Eskom to clean up its pollution

About 74% of South Africa’s electricity is generated by coal-fired power stations owned by the state-owned electricity provider, Eskom.

The Conversation · Sep 9

South Africa has new electricity pricing rules after 18 years: what it gets right and wrong

The South African government has released a new electricity pricing policy for the first time in 18 years. The policy sets rules that the national energy regulator, the state-owned electricity utility Eskom and municipalities must follow when working out electricity prices.

The Conversation · Sep 8

South African court orders Eskom to disclose R70 billion coal and diesel contracts – why the ruling matters

South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal recently ruled that the country’s state-owned electricity utility Eskom must disclose its contracts with coal and diesel suppliers. This is a major victory for transparency in a sector that has long been marked by secrecy, financial instability and weak public trust.

The Conversation · Apr 7

South Africa’s power utility Eskom wants to cut electricity to municipalities that haven’t paid: households may pay the price

South Africa’s state-owned electricity provider, Eskom, announced in early March 2026 that it would cut off the power to 14 municipalities that collectively owe it more than R110 billion (US$6.5 billion). Energy economist Roula Inglesi-Lotz describes the growing crisis in South Africa’s power system, where many municipalities can’t pay their…

The Conversation · Mar 26

South Africa will run out of industrial gas by 2028 and 70,000 jobs could be lost – why government fixes are lacking

South Africa is about to have a gas supply crisis.

The Conversation · Mar 17

South Africa’s power utility Eskom tried to block a gold mine from going solar – but lost in court

South Africa’s national energy policy says: build more renewable power facilities and build them fast.

The Conversation · Mar 6

South Africa is moving away from coal – how mines and power stations could be used for green energy and farming

Globally, nearly 7,000 coal mines, more than 2,400 coal-fired power plants and hundreds of coal rail networks, trucks and port terminals all make up the world’s coal industry. When coal is phased out and green energy phased in, these coal assets can either be abandoned or turned into something that…

The Conversation · Feb 16

Ramaphosa and a stable electricity system in South Africa: the devils are in the detail

The strategic significance of the reference to energy reform in South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address cannot be overstated.

The Conversation · Feb 15

Does South Africa have a future without power cuts? Ramaphosa intervenes, but the drama isn’t over

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, in his 2026 State of the Nation address, announced that the country’s electricity transmission assets would move out of state-owned Eskom. This will happen once the newly established National Transmission Company of South Africa is unbundled into a fully independent company.

The Conversation · Feb 15