South Africa

‘People are broken’ — Daily Maverick readers describe toll rolling blackouts take on their health and businesses

By Victoria O’Regan

Our Burning Planet

‘Effectively on ice’: Grid capacity constraints jeopardise some renewable energy projects

By Kristin Engel

South Africa

Residential solar power systems: Soaking up the sun is rewarding, but it isn’t all plain sailing

By Sukasha Singh

Business Maverick

Solar panel customers will finally be able to sell excess electricity into the SA grid

By Ed Stoddard

South Africa

South Africans make a plan in the face of never-ending electricity blackouts

By Victoria O’Regan

South Africa

Helpless, anxious and depressed — how Eskom blackouts hit ordinary South Africans

By Victoria O’Regan

Business Maverick

Waking up to Stage 6, now Eskom execs are fighting to fend off Stage 8 power cuts 

By Ferial Haffajee

Business Maverick

SA lags behind in facing up to the magnitude of global energy insecurity

By Sharon Wood

World

Land of the sharing sun – meet Japan’s farmers using solar power to grow profits and crops

By Shoko Oda

South Africa

Joburg residents sit in the dark for days as the city’s grid collapses

By Ferial Haffajee

Business Maverick

Stage 4 power cuts hit South Africa as nearly half the grid fails over Easter

By Ferial Haffajee

Business Maverick

Daily Maverick readers give a first-hand account of how load shedding has played havoc with their businesses

By Karabo Mafolo