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Mark Swilling

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

Latest Work

From climate, to the future of democracy, to manufacturing — an inside look at the World Economic Forum’s power panels

24 January 2023

From climate, to the future of democracy, to manufacturing — an inside look at the World Economic Forum’s power panels

15 min

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The Man in the Arena – De Ruyter was ‘marred by dust and sweat and blood’, and the same monsters await his successor

15 December 2022

The Man in the Arena – De Ruyter was ‘marred by dust and sweat and blood’, and the same monsters await his successor

9 min

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Dark, Dumb and Dangerous: Inside South Africa’s perfect (electrical) storm

12 December 2022

Dark, Dumb and Dangerous: Inside South Africa’s perfect (electrical) storm

11 min

33

As SA teeters on the brink of full-blown energy disaster, it’s vital the right decisions are made – now

26 September 2022

As SA teeters on the brink of full-blown energy disaster, it’s vital the right decisions are made – now

14 min

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FROM OUR ARCHIVES: The long and short of load shedding solutions – time to call disaster and harness the power of wind and solar energy

29 May 2022

FROM OUR ARCHIVES: The long and short of load shedding solutions – time to call disaster and harness the power of wind and solar energy

10 min

12

So, where is the $8.5bn that South Africa was promised at COP26?

4 March 2022

So, where is the $8.5bn that South Africa was promised at COP26?

9 min

4

Mark Swilling

23 November 2021

Play the game, not the man: Eskom’s André De Ruyter needs all the support he can get if load shedding is to become a thing of the past

9 min

10

July 2021 Zumite sedition and the emerging 'politics of the mall'

21 July 2021

July 2021 Zumite sedition and the emerging 'politics of the mall'

8 min

29

It’s the green train now — and you’re on the wrong platform, Gwede Mantashe

23 May 2021

It’s the green train now — and you’re on the wrong platform, Gwede Mantashe

9 min

18

Load shedding will cripple our economic recovery – we must bring renewables onstream fast

Business Maverick

30 September 2020

Load shedding will cripple our economic recovery – we must bring renewables onstream fast

13 min

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Mark Swilling

8 June 2020

From the Archives: Investing in renewables to replace ageing coal-fired power stations is a no-brainer

7 min

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Mark Swilling

18 February 2020

Eskom is in a death spiral, so it’s time to change the energy ballgame

9 min

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