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Defend Truth

Mark Swilling

Mark Swilling is Co-Director, Centre for Sustainability Transitions, Stellenbosch University

Latest Work

Mark Swilling

10 February 2025

How we can resist Trumpism before it is too late

10 min

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We didn’t waste the load shedding crisis, but did we need to wait for it to happen?

1 December 2024

We didn’t waste the load shedding crisis, but did we need to wait for it to happen?

12 min

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Inequality – the real challenge that lies ahead in an increasingly unequal world

18 June 2024

Inequality – the real challenge that lies ahead in an increasingly unequal world

10 min

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To save the world, the global financial system will have to change

19 November 2023

To save the world, the global financial system will have to change

14 min

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Making hope possible — reflections of a former chairperson of an SOE board

8 October 2023

Making hope possible — reflections of a former chairperson of an SOE board

15 min

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Reflections of an enraged incrementalist – what must be done next?

8 September 2023

Reflections of an enraged incrementalist – what must be done next?

21 min

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Massive bottom-up response to the power crisis sees spike in private energy generation

22 August 2023

Massive bottom-up response to the power crisis sees spike in private energy generation

12 min

20

Growing some backbone – reimagining the future of Eskom and the grid, beyond load shedding

27 June 2023

Growing some backbone – reimagining the future of Eskom and the grid, beyond load shedding

10 min

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Does Ramokgopa really need more powers to end load shedding?

7 June 2023

Does Ramokgopa really need more powers to end load shedding?

12 min

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After the flip-flops and zig-zags, is a policy coherence emerging to resolve SA's energy crunch?

After the flip-flops and zig-zags, is a policy coherence emerging to resolve SA's energy crunch?

8 min

16

Extending life of ageing coal-fired stations – anti-renewables policy incoherence could cost trillions

11 April 2023

Extending life of ageing coal-fired stations – anti-renewables policy incoherence could cost trillions

9 min

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The game-changer for SA energy in the Budget Speech — and the fight we have on our hands

28 February 2023

The game-changer for SA energy in the Budget Speech — and the fight we have on our hands

10 min

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