South Africa: Power Crisis - Going Off the Grid Works for the Wealthy But Could Deepen Injustice for the Poor

[The Conversation Africa] South Africa's current electricity crisis has been described as "a perfect storm". A number of factors have converged to reach this point: an ageing and inadequately maintained fleet of coal power stations, delays in upgrading the Koeberg nuclear power station and significant failures at the recently built Medupi and Kusile coal power stations.