By Andile Zulu What pragmatic and impactful reforms are needed to end load-shedding and solve South Africa’s energy crisis? This is a difficult and complicated question that occupies the minds of many South Africans. In the midst of contentious debates…
By Jeff Rudin | Daily Maverick | 19 Sep 2023 Why do the European failures in transitioning to social ownership of energy get so little attention? South Africa needs to understand where potential pitfalls lie and grapple with them as a…
By Andile Zulu The rapid collapse of state-owned entities continues to threaten South Africa’s political stability and intensifies the social crises created by a stagnant economy. On 7 August, the Daily Maverick reported a story that captured the tragic realities…
From 2009, the AIDC saw the necessity of integrating the ecological crisis and especially the climate crisis into its programmes and strategies, as a significant dimension of the overall crisis of civilisation which the world was facing. A major theme…
By Jeff Rudin Most South Africans agree that the country is in a mess and that the ANC must go if there is to be any chance of a second building of a new South Africa. Re-birthing the South Africa so…
The Progressive Citizenship Initiative will be hosting a panel discussion on ‘What constitutes a progressive perspective on our energy crisis? On the panel, will be Dominic Brown, Economic Justice Coordinator from the Alternative Information and Development Centre and Professor Mark…
In January, the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) granted Eskom an 18.65% price hike effective from 1 April 2023 and an 18.49% hike for municipalities effective from 1 July 2023. Nersa said it made its determination on Eskom’s…
Earlier this month, the Cry of the Xcluded launched a Year of Mass Action campaign, since then, they have held speak-outs, teach-ins, protests and demonstrations to create awareness and to channel the anger of South Africans to where it belongs.…
2023/4 National Budget Analysis Alternative Information and Development Centre (AIDC) Statement 23 February 2023 “This is not an austerity budget”, said Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana in his 2023 budget speech. It is a blatant lie. Yet another budget that centres…
Context: The escalation of load shedding and Eskom’s general debilitation has exploded into a national crisis. Unfortunately for South Africans, the government has not confronted this crisis with effective and just solutions. After years of short-sighted policy choices, the government…
