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Ethan Van Diemen

South Africa

Journalist at Daily Maverick

Covers everything climate, energy for @DailyMaverick | @WitsUniversity , @Rhodes_JMS alumnus. Part of the @Risj_Oxford Climate Journalism Network

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  • Cape Town remains among SA’s deadliest cities

    6 days ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Ethan Van Diemen

    Even with a decline in murders in the Western Cape, parts of Cape Town are high-risk murder zones and remain among South Africa’s most dangerous, according to the latest quarterly crime statistics. The City of Cape Town retains its unenviable position as being among South Africa’s leading contact crime hotspots, with four of the five top police stations where these crimes are reported being in the city.

  • Ramokgopa admits management, planning failures

    3 weeks ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Ethan Van Diemen

    Minister of Energy and Electricity Kgosientsho Ramokgopa said the root cause of this most recent bout of load shedding was the result of management and planning issues as opposed to specific machinery-related problems at Eskom. Electricity and Energy Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has ascribed the current bout of load shedding to “outage slips”, adding that the country had moved beyond “structural load shedding”.

  • Nuclear and gas ‘forced in’ SA’s draft updated electricity masterplan - experts

    1 month ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Ethan Van Diemen

    South Africa’s draft Integrated Resource Plan 2024 (IRP) is ‘deeply flawed’ in both process and outcome, according to a panel of independent energy economists, climate policy specialists and engineers.

  • Eskom bets on 13 GW ceiling to deliver a load shedding‑free winter

    1 month ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Ethan Van Diemen

    Eskom’s winter outlook says zero load‑shedding is achievable if surprise breakdowns stay below 13 GW. The worst‑case 15 GW scenario would trigger 21 days of Stage 2 cuts. Notwithstanding five separate “periodic episodes” of load shedding interrupting Eskom’s much improved performance, chief executive Dan Marokane says South Africa can expect a load shedding‑free winter provided unplanned outages stay below 13 GW.

  • Eskom finalising ‘repurposing’ plans for old coal-fired power stations to run on gas or nuclear

    1 month ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Ethan Van Diemen

    Eskom says it will ‘decouple’ the shutdown of old coal plants from its Just Energy Transition strategy, and is exploring repurposing them for gas or nuclear power. “Clean coal”, natural gas or nuclear? In the next six months, South Africans should have a clearer picture of how Eskom thinks some of its aged coal-fired power plants will operate going forward following their “repurposing”.

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23 Apr 25

Africa’s nuclear future — surge in energy demand may leave it no choice but to invest heavily in reactors https://t.co/nYYwHRa7zd

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3 Apr 25

Eskom granted air quality exemptions under ‘strict’ conditions https://t.co/WzJQ6ATt6f

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3 Apr 25

This was my first time using Google Earth Engine. Many thanks to @CamDigHum 's social data school and to the greatest editors at DM who allow me to innovate and experiment. Ramokgopa kickstarts SA’s private sector-powered grid expansion https://t.co/uPH5Cldzi3