CELEAN JACOBSON
South Africa's electricity infrastructure has been degrading in the past decade, with both scheduled and unscheduled power outages on the increase. Despite slowed economic activity due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the country experienced1130 hoursof planned power cuts in 2021, the highest ever. This ...
The car analogy should make it clear that "just procuring more power" could make Eskom's financial crisis much worse. Wind and solar power have a role but also particular limitations that are often given inadequate attention. They cannot be relied on to produce electricity whenever it is needed...
"To ensure that we never face a similar crisis ever again, we are reforming our energy system to make it more competitive, sustainable and reliable into the future," said Ramaphosa. According to him, some 14,000 kilometers of new transmission lines are to be built in South Africa to conne...
3 South Africa’s 10-year bond yield dropped to below 10%—its lowest in almost three years.4 The rand appreciated to its strongest level against the US dollar in almost two years in September 2024 (although it lost some of these gains on account of the US dollar strengthening, post US...
a key proxy for measuring food security (energy intake) worldwide. It highlights three highly undernourished regions—Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean—compared to the global scenario. According to Fig.1, Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest hunger rate at 20.9% in...
It is likely that some other South Africans may be veterans of the SADF’s Special Forces, known as “the Recces.” These units were once highly active in covert operations throughout southern Africa. Eastern Europeans were also hired as military contractors by Nigeria and served alongside the...
South Africa's energy crisis has many dimensions, from political and economic to technical and environmental. Recently, the country's power utility, Eskom, has been generating only about 60% of its capacity and has had to ...
The first Babies R Us shops will open in Kohl's this August and expand to more stores in the fall.
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