Bloomberg South Africa’s Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe said Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd is delaying emergency power projects that would have started generating 1,996 megawatts of electricity by next August, City Press reported. The state-owned utility hasn’t approved 11 generation projects that are intended to provide power supplies when the national grid is vulnerable, the newspaper reported, citing ...

Supposedly, US President Joe Biden’s “Summit for Democracy” — which begins on December 9 — would show America was back as leader of the free world. Unfortunately, the Biden administration isn’t big on either thoughtfulness before the fact, or justification after. And in many parts of the world, including here in South Asia, the summit is likely to do more ...

After years of stumbles and underperformance, Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey is finally stepping aside as chief executive. The long-awaited move creates an opportunity for the social media platform to regain its footing, but there is much to be done. The company’s board announced that Twitter veteran Parag Agrawal, who has served as chief technology officer since 2017, will succeed Dorsey ...