The pace and scope of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) continues to shape a new era, characterized by computing breakthroughs and pervasive digitalization, that has impacted organizational processes such as business continuity management (BCM). Coupled with a competitive and turbulent...

Africa's leading producer of electricity, Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd, is also a vertically integrated monopoly, owned by the South African state. This national champion was shaken in 2008, when it was obliged to introduce 'load shedding', or rolling blackouts, and again in late 2014. Since then,...

The South African government offers various support mechanisms to support Eskom, the state-owned electric utility, and the independent power producers in providing low-cost electricity, including credit and payment guarantees. Guarantees constitute contingent liabilities to the government and...