The history of police and military brutality in South Africa, especially the death of Collins Khosa and others more recently; as well as the recent Black Lives Matter protests in The United States of America -we should be reminded of the unnecessary and unconstitutional brutality that black people face all the time. It does not [...]
Dear partners and friends of Project 90 by 2030, The arrival of the Covid-19 pandemic in South Africa, and the inevitable disruption to our lives and work, has encouraged us to rethink our work priorities, our ways of working and the role we play in slowing the spread of the virus. As we are meeting [...]
Covid19 and The Connectivity Divide In the current climate that we find ourselves in, we see just how vulnerable our system truly is. The nationwide lockdown - set by President Cyril Ramaphosa in an attempt to flatten the curve of those affected and infected by the COVID-19 pandemic - has left us to learn to [...]
Air Quality is no joke and demands a long term solution The day after the national lockdown commenced, a one-line poetic injustice appeared in the Government Gazette. It took the form of an amendment to the Air Quality Act that doubled the upcoming emissions limit for sulphur dioxide (SO2): one of the pollutants that is [...]
"Bending the Curve" through Social Solidarity Robert Zipplies is a long-time partner of Project 90 by 2030. In 2008 he published one of the first books on climate change in a South African context. His book, Bending the Curve was a pioneer in highlighting the need to reduce our carbon emissions significantly to prevent runaway [...]
Dear partners and friends of Project 90 by 2030, The arrival of the Covid-19 pandemic in South Africa, and the inevitable disruption to our lives and work, has encouraged us to rethink our work priorities, our ways of working and the role we play in halting the spread of the virus. We are also very [...]
EGSA has appealed to SA Cabinet: standstill on climate crisis response Richard Worthington and Richard Halsey on behalf of the Energy Governance South Africa (EGSA) network - a group of Civil Society Organisations dedicated to promoting transparent, inclusive and accountable decision-making in the energy sector - have sent a letter to Cabinet Ministers. This letter [...]
Eskom is protected at the expense of consumers, while scrutiny of the tiny details detracts from the utility’s bankruptcy Beleaguered Eskom is once again looking to the National Energy Regulator of SA (NERSA) to increase the price of electricity. This time it is via a mechanism called the Regulatory Clearing Account (RCA), which allows Eskom [...]
Mismanagement, aging and problematic coal infrastructure along with a stalled renewable energy (RE) programme have fuelled regular power cuts since 2007. According to the new chief executive officer (CEO) Andre de Ruyter, Eskom has set itself a target of 18 months to end the outages and improve the maintenance programme. The Council for Scientific and [...]
Eskom's debt gap How do we solve Eskom debt – the big SONA gap Nobody said running a country was easy. Or if they did, it could not be a serious reflection on what those at the helm of South Africa currently face. Even making the annual stock-take speech is delayed by over an hour [...]
