Johannesburg faces utility crisis as outages persist Ann Bernstein October 23, 2026 Load-shedding is receding as a national emergency, yet Johannesburg still can’t keep its own lights on. Between July 2025 and March this year City Po... A 100-day plan to keep Joburg’s lights on Ann Bernstein October 22, 2026 Whoever wins control of Johannesburg on 4 November will inherit an electricity utility in deep trouble. City Power’s infrastructure is deteriorating,... Joburg needs radical transparency Ann Bernstein October 21, 2026 Johannesburg desperately needs better leadership. After years of unstable coalitions, revolving mayors, politicised appointments, division of the cit... Fix the leadership, fix the billing, fix the lights: what Joburg must do now Ann Bernstein October 21, 2026 When a city is failing as badly as Johannesburg, there is an understandable temptation to tear the whole thing up and start again. That temptation is... Corruption thrives as Joburg’s decay fuels profiteering Ann Bernstein October 11, 2026 In Johannesburg, institutional failure has become profitable. Broken infrastructure creates contracts to repair it. Stolen cables have to be replaced... Joburg crisis cannot be solved without competent City leadership Ann Bernstein October 2, 2026 The National Treasury’s intervention to rescue Johannesburg is further evidence of the depth of the crisis facing South Africa’s most important city....
