Barely two years after the last presidential election, a new kind of political energy is building. Calm on the surface but deeply restless underneath. There's something about the way Nigerian politics ...

Though the deal between City Power and Eskom may have kept the lights on in Johannesburg, the real work of modernising Eskom and municipal electricity metering and billing systems has only just begun.

A high-stakes power play between Johannesburg’s electricity distributor, City Power, and Eskom Distribution has reached a fragile settlement, ending a four-year, R4.9 billion dispute that has laid ...