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    • Tuesday, 7 March, 2023
      South African economy
      South Africa GDP shrinks 1.3% after power cuts strangle economy

      State of disaster declared as rolling blackouts cost $50mn a day, says central bank

    • Monday, 6 March, 2023
      South Africa
      Ramaphosa names new electricity minister in battle to beat power cuts

      Ramokgopa appointment comes after Eskom crisis causes outages of up to 12 hours a day

    • Friday, 3 March, 2023
      South Africa
      Ramaphosa set to appoint electricity minister to tackle S Africa blackouts

      Cabinet reshuffle expected as government confronts claims of corruption at Eskom power monopoly

    • Thursday, 2 March, 2023
      The Big Read
      Scandal at South Africa’s Eskom: the CEO and the cyanide-laced coffee

      The attempted poisoning of André de Ruyter is a dramatic example of how criminality has seeped into the country’s state

    • Sunday, 26 February, 2023
      News in-depthSouth Africa
      Eskom chief’s explosive interview exposes the ANC’s rotten core

      Rising frustration over pervasive corruption risks hurting South Africa’s ruling party at the polls

    • Thursday, 23 February, 2023
      South Africa
      ANC launches withering attack on Eskom chief who criticised party

      André de Ruyter accuses senior politicians in ruling organisation of corruption at the utility

    • Wednesday, 22 February, 2023
      Eskom chief ousted after TV broadside against South Africa politics

      Boss of crisis-hit power company had implicated senior politicians in corruption

    • Wednesday, 22 February, 2023
      South Africa expands public borrowing to relieve Eskom debt

      Finance minister says Pretoria will provide state power group with $14bn as rolling blackouts worsen

    • Thursday, 9 February, 2023
      South African economy
      South Africa declares ‘national state of disaster’ over blackouts

      President says rolling power cuts ‘an existential threat to our economy and our social fabric’

    • Thursday, 26 January, 2023
      South Africa
      South African Reserve Bank cuts forecasts after blackouts hit economy

      Rate-setters slow pace of policy tightening as growth outlook weakens

    • Thursday, 19 January, 2023
      News in-depthSouth Africa
      South African businesses turn to diesel and solar panels as Eskom crisis deepens

      Companies beset by blackouts lead a surge in investment in their own supplies, mostly renewables

    • Thursday, 12 January, 2023
      News in-depthSouth Africa
      Assassination attempt underscores criminal hold over S Africa’s Eskom

      Alleged attempt to kill chief executive André de Ruyter shows challenges he has faced in rooting out corruption

    • Monday, 9 January, 2023
      South Africa
      Ramaphosa pledges to move control of Eskom to South Africa’s energy ministry

      Plan highlights battle over power producer, whose outgoing chief suffered recent attempted poisoning

    • Sunday, 8 January, 2023
      Boss of South African power producer Eskom survived poisoning attempt in December

      André de Ruyter, who resigned after trying to overhaul the troubled utility, claims he was given cyanide-laced coffee

    • Sunday, 1 January, 2023
      David Pilling
      Corrupt, failing Eskom is a picture of South Africa in miniature

      Without reliable power, the country cannot generate economic growth and overcome the festering legacies of apartheid

    • Wednesday, 14 December, 2022
      South Africa
      Chief executive of South Africa’s Eskom quits as blackouts surge

      André de Ruyter to step down from struggling state monopoly amid national energy crisis

    • Monday, 21 November, 2022
      South Africa
      Eskom warns of lack of funds to fuel South Africa’s back-up power plants

      State electricity monopoly ‘urgently’ working with treasury to find money to buy diesel

    • Wednesday, 26 October, 2022
      South Africa
      South Africa to transfer up to two-thirds of Eskom debt to government

      Finance minister says move will ensure long-term financial viability of state electricity monopoly

    • Sunday, 2 October, 2022
      Utilities
      South Africa’s Eskom hit by nuclear woes

      Delays to refurbishment at flagship plant add to fears over supply

    • Tuesday, 2 August, 2022
      South African economy
      South Africa hopes private sector can help end Eskom power crisis

      Renewable energy procurement will be increased under plan announced by president Cyril Ramaphosa

    • Monday, 25 July, 2022
      South African economy
      South Africa to open up power generation to tackle energy crisis

      Ramaphosa will seek private sector help and more renewable sources to deal with supply issues at state utility Eskom

    • Friday, 29 April, 2022
      South Africa
      Former South African leader Zuma handed control of Eskom to Guptas, says inquiry

      Report on systematic corruption is the most sweeping indictment yet of the ex-president

    • Sunday, 20 February, 2022
      South Africa
      Cape Town to source its own power as state-owned monopoly Eskom falters

      Frustration over government lack of reform and persistent blackouts push city to look towards independent producers

    • Thursday, 28 October, 2021
      COP26
      South Africa power monopoly seeks more than $30bn to end coal reliance

      Eskom chief in talks over COP26 deal for concessional loans to help fund renewables switch

    • Thursday, 28 October, 2021
      FT AlphavilleJoseph Cotterill
      Trafigura, Zimbabwe’s ‘Queen Bee’, and the question of a South African fuel trader

      FT Alphaville follows a trail of pollen to South Africa.

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