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The oil shock’s dangerous next phase

From diesel shock to AI reckoning

Paul Mann.

Contain your enthusiasm for ASP Isotopes

ASP's obvious potential has so far brought only disappointment

The enclaves that may keep South Africa afloat

South Africa's growing escape from local government

Mteto Nyati at The Uncomfortable Truth event in Johannesburg.

ROB ROSE: Nyati’s next task: softening Eskom’s tariff blow

After returning Eskom to profitability, Nyati targets high prices

Simon Baloyi.

Sasol’s oil bonanza continues

Its operating figures provide grounds for optimism

Simon Baloyi.

A good week for Simon Baloyi

Payday profit for Sasol CEO

The week ahead: ANC heads to court as election clock ticks

News to watch out for in the days to come

Nyati bets Eskom can kick the bailout habit

Inside Eskom's great unbundling debate

Simon Baloyi

Sasol gets its oil mojo back

Oil prices, margins and a new destoning plant have helped

DUNCAN McLEOD: Why Eskom is courting bitcoin miners

Eskom and Nersa court bitcoin miners

ROB ROSE: Lights dim at Joburg’s City Power clown show

A new report points to a way out of City Power’s doom loop

A good week for Eskom chair Mteto Nyati

He gets another three years in the post, thank goodness

Nersa’s secrecy problem

Nersa approves huge discounts for big industrial users

Solar row hots up as Eskom waiver nears end

Eskom, Outa clash over registration rules

Eskom’s recovery makes unbundling harder — and more necessary

The utility's recovery should not be an excuse for delay

South Africa risks unbundling public infrastructure know-how  

The state risks losing expertise as it hands public infrastructure to private players

No grid, no growth: South Africa’s transmission crunch

South Africa must build 14,500km of transmission lines by 2034 to connect new renewable power

EDITORIAL: Eskom’s grim new electricity crisis

Eskom has halted load-shedding, but now faces other crises.

A bad week for the Boks

Meanwhile, MTN delivers strong interim numbers

Image: Siphiwe Sibeko

TIM COHEN: Eskom’s bog-standard revolution

South Africa’s electricity reform is neither novel nor ideological, but it does seem necessary.