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2016
178 pages
Print: 978 1 77582 215 8
Web pdf: 978 1 48511 568 7 World rights available
R287.00 / $26.95 / £16.95 BISAC: HIS047000, HIS037070, POL053000, POL023000
BIC: HBJH, HBLW, HBTK, KCP
2016
496 pages
Soft cover
Print: 978 1 77582 069 7 Web pdf: 978 1 77582 086 4 World rights available R572.00 / $42.95 / £28.95 BISAC: BUS072000
BIC: KCN
Eskom
ECONOMICS
Electricity and technopolitics in South Africa
A Dubresson & S Jaglin
Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd, the largest company generating electricity in Africa, is vertically integrated and wholly owned by the South African state. Forced to implement load shedding in 2008 and then in 2014-2015, this national champion is said to be close to technical and financial disaster. In this book the authors attempt to understand how and why an emblem of South African state capitalism is today in distress. The authors argue that the origins of this crisis are to be found in the power relationship between the state before, during and after apartheid and question its continued existence as a monopolistic public utility
Greening the South African Economy
Scoping the issues, challenges and opportunities
Editors: M Swilling, J Kaviti Musango & J Wakeford
When South Africa adopted the Green Economy Accord in 2009 it joined many other governments that were adopting policies to support sustainable socio- economic development through green economy investments. However, the South African economy remains reliant on the depletion of natural resources, which places great strain on the environment. The authors of this book argue that substantial greening of the economy is essential for a transition to a sustainable society. To achieve a green economy means a co-ordinated approach to making all sectors more resource-efficient, less carbon-intensive and more restorative of natural systems. It means social reconstruction to reduce poverty and inequality and create decent livelihoods and green jobs that are environmentally sustainable and socially just. It means forming new infrastructures — for electricity, transport, ecology, the urban environment and waste management. It means shifting the flows of finance. It means social activism. This book argues for a review of South Africa’s existing economic growth model. It assesses the challenges to and possibilities for a transition to a sustainable future.