EXPLORING MARKET SOLUTIONS FOR SOUTH AFRICA’S ENERGY CRISIS

Reliable energy is a crucial factor in thriving economies, but South Africa’s state-owned power utility, Eskom, has had a chronic inability to meet demand for electricity. Its 2015 reintroduction of rolling blackouts, known as “load shedding,” has both large and small businesses feeling the pinch of the stalled market activity that accompanies regular power outages. On July 27, the new Cape Town chapter of Atlas Network partner African Students for Liberty (ASFL), sponsored by Atlas Network partner Ineng and the Institute of Race Relations (IRR), addressed this issue at its debut launch event with a talk by Andrew Kenny, an expert in electricity and independent energy policy.