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Solar offers some hope for South Africa’s power crisis

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SOUTH AFRICA

Although many businesses have adopted rooftop solar to ensure business continuity, it is primarily households that are driving the change.

Eskom fears cast shadow over South Africa’s economy

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SOUTH AFRICA

SOUTH AFRICA: Eskom fears cast shadow over economy

South African electricity plan will disappoint

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SOUTH AFRICA

SOUTH AFRICA: Electricity plan will disappoint

South Africa’s challenges may overwhelm new cabinet

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SOUTH AFRICA

The need for extensive negotiations within the party and with its alliance partners, Ramaphosa’s risk averse character and a shallow talent pool meant the reshuffle got stretched…

Power and reform woes will slow South Africa’s growth

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SOUTH AFRICA

South Africa’s escalating power crisis has slashed its growth prospects, with the government making only slow progress on promised reforms and the president declaring a state of…

South Africa power crisis response plan may disappoint

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SOUTH AFRICA

SOUTH AFRICA: Crisis response plan may disappoint

South African gold mining faces terminal woes

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SOUTH AFRICA

The disruption at Sibanye-Stillwater’s gold mines reflects wider turmoil in the gold mining sector, including a 13th consecutive month of production decline in October. Meanwhile…

Unrest and COVID-19 will reduce South African growth

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SOUTH AFRICA

This chokes off an unexpectedly strong economic recovery in the first half of 2021. Meanwhile, unemployment has hit a record high at 35%, or 47% according to the expanded…

Nigerian energy reforms may track wider openings

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NIGERIA

Yet worsening macroeconomic conditions amid the COVID-19 pandemic, including a fall in oil prices and declining foreign currency reserves, have forced President Muhammadu Buhari’s…

South African renewable energy will receive major push

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SOUTH AFRICA

SOUTH AFRICA: Renewable energy will receive major push