South Africa’s energy transition faces a structural crisis beyond policy coordination
IOL | 27.05.2026 14:21
Professor Roula Inglesi-Lotz and Dr Jessika Bohlmann’s call for a more coordinated and community-driven energy transition in South Africa is challenged by a deeper structural reality, according to former Acting Group Chief Executive of Eskom Matshela Koko. Writing in response, Koko argues that South Africa’s looming coal plant retirements are driven largely by legal compliance deadlines and infrastructure limitations that better governance alone cannot solve.
