Eskom and South Africa’s energy crisis: De Ruyter book strikes a chord but falls flat on economic fixes

By Abdi Ismail Samatar, Extraordinary Professor, University of Pretoria The former chief executive of South Africa’s power utility, Eskom, has written a scathing critique of the ruling party’s practices that…

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Egypt and Ethiopia are finally working on a water deal – what that means for other Nile River states

Ethiopia, whose highlands provide more than 85% of the water that flows into the Nile, has long argued that it has the right under international law to manage resources within its own borders for its national development.

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