The Free State municipality is facing severe fiscal distress, with liabilities exceeding R5.8bn and a R871.6 million deficit, says Auditor General Tsakani Maluleke

The country presents a clear illustration of how a weak social foundation constrains industrial development and reinforces structural inefficiencies but we can change that

Eskom says South Africa is unlikely to experience load-shedding between April and August, citing improved plant performance, fewer breakdowns and reduced diesel use

Reliable and affordable energy, with predictable tariffs, is indispensable. Even so, it is significant that Eskom’s leadership recognises the central role it plays: without this backbone, large-scale manufacturing and job creation cannot exist

A country that exports minerals but imports industrial dependence is not sovereign in any deep sense. A country that sits on energy resources but cannot convert them into stable power, strategic reserves, industrial feedstock, jobs and technological upgrading is not sovereign in any deep sense

Ramaphosa has raised South Africa’s investment target to R3 trillion after nearly R890 billion in pledges at this year’s investment conference, with Sasol’s R60 billion commitment emerging as one of the biggest - and a sign of business confidence tied to policy certainty

The national power utility is heading for a second year of profits but experts say tariff hikes and state bailouts remain central to its financial recovery

Under prepaid metering systems, customers must pay upfront for electricity before they can use it

Environmental justice organisations have launched a high court challenge against Eskom’s proposed Nuclear-1 power station, arguing that the 2017 environmental authorisation, upheld by Dion George in 2025, breached South Africa’s environmental laws

Labour federations Cosatu and the South African Federation of Trade Unions have led calls for a budget that addresses massive unemployment and weak growth

Not long ago, it was unthinkable that the leader of the DA would ever walk up the steps to the Union Buildings

For the first time in several years, electricity did not dominate the president’s address

A year after the president’s first State of the Nation address as the leader of a coalition government, performance has been good and bad