South Africa: What's to be done about the energy crisis?

You stagger into the kitchen in the early morning, dying for that first cup of coffee, but the kettle remains stubbornly cold. You may manage to get your car out of the electronically operated security gates, but you might as well have stayed at home because the traffic lights aren't working and there's chaos on the roads. And when you get to work, your computers/cash registers/power tools/espresso machines crash. Elements of this unhappy scenario will have been all-too-familiar to most Capetonians at various times over the past few months as Eskom's ability to produce a regular supply of electricity has imploded. But what's to be done? asks IOL.