South Africa’s power crisis will continue until 2025 – and blackouts will take 5 years to phase out
SOUTH Africa is in the middle of a severe electricity crisis, with enforced power cuts that have worsened every year.
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South Africa’s power blackouts: solutions lie in solar farms and battery storage at scale, and an end to state monopoly
ROLLING blackouts are costing South Africa dearly. The electricity crisis is a barrier to growth, destroys investor confidence and handicaps
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Being queer in Africa: the state of LGBTIQ+ rights across the continent
IN recent years several African countries have decriminalised same-sex relationships. But they’re not representative of the continent. In fact, queer
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Arms-to-Russia row raises doubt about South Africa’s compliance with arms control. It could face tougher scrutiny in future
THE recent furore over accusations by the US ambassador to South Africa, Reuben Brigety, that South Africa was supplying arms
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Did South Africa sell arms to Russia? Only a series of unlikely scenarios could have made it possible
ON 11 May 2023 the US ambassador to South Africa, Reuben Brigety, claimed that South Africa had secretly exported arms
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Zulu vs Xhosa: how colonialism used language to divide South Africa’s two biggest ethnic groups
SOUTH Africa has 12 official languages. The two most dominant are isiZulu and isiXhosa. While the Zulu and Xhosa people
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Farmers in South Africa face power cuts and a weak rand – but a number of factors are working in their favour too
WINTER is an important season for South African agriculture, with some of its key field crops being produced during the
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Peace in the DRC: East Africa has deployed troops to combat M23 rebels – who’s who in the regional force
THE East Africa Community (EAC) has completed the deployment of its regional force in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Kenya should decriminalise homosexuality: 4 compelling reasons why
KENYA has recently seen the increasing visibility of sexual and gender minorities. However, this has been met with a growing
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South Africa’s power outages could reach critical levels this winter – likely scenarios
OVER the past 15 years South Africa has been experiencing a gradually worsening number of electricity cuts. This state of
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