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Debt - the millstone around Eskom’s neck

This brief analyses the magnitude of the problem posed by Eskom’s massive debt, coupled with the lack of information on what is being done about it.

We recently published a set of three briefs on the South African Government’s policy on nuclear power. The Department of Energy has now published a draft new ...

This brief by Anton van Dalsen and Charles Collocott shows the nature of the serious financial difficulties facing Eskom, which have not received the necessary ...

Eskom’s 2018 Financial Results

This brief provides a commentary on the main features of Eskom’s 2018 annual financial statements, released on 23 July 2018.

This brief by Anton van Dalsen and Charles Collocott looks at the magnitude of Eskom’s financial problems, against the background of its 2016/17 annual report ...

Eskom’s latest tariff application - Our Submission to the National Energy Regulator

This brief contains a summary of the Helen Suzman Foundation’s submission to the National Energy Regulator on Eskom’s latest tariff application. It describes ...

Since press reports first surfaced in May 2016 about the sale of 10 million barrels of crude oil by the Strategic Fuel Fund NPC (SFF) from its strategic ...

How should the National Energy Regulator respond to Eskom’s application for a retrospective reimbursement of R66.7bn for the period 2014 to 2017?

The HSF participated in public hearings on 11 May 2018, organised by the National Energy Regulator to receive comments on Eskom’s retrospective refund claim of ...

This brief follows other recent pieces which we have published on the issue of nuclear power in South Africa (see our briefs dated 18 November 2016 and 15 ...

The first brief in this series discussed the current status of the new nuclear power project. This brief situates the projects within a wider energy policy ...