Author: MATSHELA KOKO
Germany and Britain Are Learning the Hard Way What South Africa Still Has Time to Plan For
The Diagnostic We Already Have Germany and Great Britain both had a difficult stretch this…
Eskom Cannot Build Its Way Into Your City. The Court Just Confirmed It.
On the morning of 8 June 2026, a judgment landed quietly in the Gauteng Division…
Two Grids, One Diagnostic: What Britain’s Constraint Crisis Reveals About South Africa’s 2030 Cliff
On 20 May 2026, Britain’s National Energy System Operator (NESO) issued a market notice restricting…
The Minister’s Determination and the Legislated Capacity Cliff: What South Africa’s Energy Planning Community Must Now Confront
A Determination That Redefines the 2030 Capacity Cliff from Planning Risk toLegal Certainty On 31…
Rearranging Deck Chairs on a Sinking Grid: Why South Africa’s ERAA Is the Wrong Reform at the Worst Possible
Moment in Energy History-Part 2 South Africa has chosen to liberalise its electricity sector at the precise historical moment that the global energy order is being structurally rewritten—not by governments, not by regulators, but by the world’s most capitalised private corporations quietly building their own power stations and walking away from the grid entirely. The Electricity Regulation Amendment Act (ERAA) of 2024 is not merely a policy error of local dimension; it is a category mistake of global consequence, timed…
The Mirage of Reform: Why the Electricity Regulation Amendment Act is a Death Warrant for South Africa’s Energy Security
The South African state is currently engaged in a high-stakes gamble with the nation’s industrial backbone. Under the banner of “modernisation” and “liberalisation,” the Electricity Regulation Amendment Act (ERAA) is being touted as the panacea for the rolling blackouts which first appeared in 2008. In his 2026 State of the Nation Address, President Cyril Ramaphosa insisted that these reforms—specifically the unbundling of Eskom and the creation of an independent Transmission System Operator (TSO)—will proceed at all costs. In his budget…