Distinguished Professor of Sustainable Development, Stellenbosch University
Professor Mark Swilling is Co-Director of the Stellenbosch Centre for Complex Systems in Transition and Academic Director of the Sustainability Institute. He coordinates the Masters and PhD programme in Sustainable Development in the School of Public Leadership. He has a Phd that focuses on urban social movements in South Africa, specifically urban political protest and service delivery. He has published extensively on how to make cities sustainable (green cities), South Africa's green economy and renewable energy policies, Sustainable Development Goals, sustainable structural transformation in Africa, African urbanization, global economic crisis, sustainability-oriented innovations, and extensively on transitions to sustainable/low carbon development at the global, African, South African and city level. He also specializes in informal settlements, specifically solutions and strategies for incremental upgrading.
How failing power utility is fuelling South Africa's economic crisis
Nov 04, 2019 11:43 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
South Africas state power utility Eskom is the biggest challenge facing the country. Mess up Eskom, and you mess up the country. And it looks as though key players are doing just that. The past two weeks will be...
Ramaphosa is missing an economic policy. What needs to be in it
Dec 16, 2018 13:15 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics Economy
As the entrails of the era under South Africas former president Jacob Zuma continue to be exposed each day before a commission set up to investigate corruption, so the country witnesses the consolidation of the political...
Ramaphosa must fuse fixing broken institutions and economic policy
Feb 20, 2018 07:16 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
The state of the nation speech delivered by South Africas new president Cyril Ramaphosa was designed to project an image of hope and change. The new head of state emphasised the fight against corruption, improved...
There’s an extra $1 billion on the table for NT schools. This could change lives if spent well