Tag: Eskom
Energy and the Apartheid State
Modern industry and commerce rely on energy to function. In South Africa, this energy sector was dominated, throughout the period of 1948 to 1994,...
Parastatals and Energy in South Africa
Politics and the social fabric of society are very much interlinked with economics. In the words of Lenin, states and other key economic players...
Eskom’s Implementation of the De Villiers Commission
Come 1984, Escom (Escom and Eskom will be used interchangeably) was flagging. In response to protests against the electricity monopoly, then president, PW Botha,...
A History of Eskom and its Downfall
This paper analyses the history of Escom/Eskom from its founding to the end of the 20th century, with the aim of establishing the key...