Simon Sizwe Mayson

Partnering for action: enabling effective State implementation | Energy & Climate | Programme Lead | PhD: enabling wellbeing economies

[Waseefa @Cfa89]

Cops called me, my car and a few others were keyed by a Zionist in Sea Point. If anyone has any information please let me know. Opposite Twin Towers flats. Between 12:30 - 12:50 12 November 2023

[Simon Sizwe Mayson @ssmayson]

Item 1: "World Bank is in talks about a potential $1bn loan to South Africa to reform its energy sector"
- https://t.co/27lpN7zlrc

Item 2: "Is it time to put the World Bank and IMF on trial? Consider 25 charges of wrongdoing to South Africa":
- https://t.co/E020kZOi7S

Discuss.

[Simon Sizwe Mayson @ssmayson]

More fuel to add to the #justenergytransition fire. Debunking the claims of coal lobbyists, and highlighting the risks of what could arise with utility-scale #renewableenergy projects?

https://t.co/6jogcFpzZh

[Simon Sizwe Mayson @ssmayson]

Collaborative grant opportunity from SA-UK PACT. Get in touch with me if you'd like to put in a joint proposal with the @wcedp

https://t.co/Gp2HBiPVXS

#justtransition #justenergytransition #partneringforimpact

[Simon Sizwe Mayson @ssmayson]

Ramaphosa: “We are certain that by 2024 the energy crisis will be over as we are ramping up more and more generation of energy" (https://t.co/jPRdHtCxUB)

Yet #Eskom's 52 week outlook is entirely contradictory (below).

Can anyone make sense of this for me?
#Loadshedding

[EWN Reporter @ewnreporter]

[WATCH] President Cyril Ramaphosa has made a bold claim that the country’s energy crisis will be resolved by the end of this year.

“We are certain that by 2024 the energy crisis will be over as we are ramping up more and more generation of energy,” he said. TCG

[Simon Sizwe Mayson @ssmayson]

Ramaphosa on expansion of transmission for renewables in W & E Cape: "The private sector can partner with the state in developing those transmission lines" - will transmission also be privatised? #unbundling #eskom #justtransition https://t.co/AyOYmm5jRR

[Veve @LudidiVelani]

Aren't these taxi drivers? Aren't these acts of violence?

#TaxiStrike

[Simon Sizwe Mayson @ssmayson]

I'm confused - why are law enforcement officials, bus drivers (including replacement buses to help workers get home), ambulance staff and lift clubs with ordinary civilians being targeted in the #TaxiStrike? Someone help me understand, please.

[Scrolla Africa @ScrollaAfrica]

Law enforcement officer was shot in Nyanga and escorted to Heideveld Hospital in Cape Town. Sadly, the officer passed on. He was shot through bullet-proof vest. #TaxiViolence #Taxistrike #Capetown #Nyanga

[Simon Sizwe Mayson @ssmayson]

@ScrollaAfrica I'm confused - why are law enforcement officials, bus drivers (including replacement buses), ambulance staff and lift clubs trying to get to work being targeted in the #TaxiStrike? Someone help me understand, please.

[Simon Sizwe Mayson @ssmayson]

@UrbanLo I feel the same way but I'm wondering what could be done given taxi violence? Golden Arrow/replacement buses are burnt. MyCitis are burnt. National/PRASA refuses to handover responsibility for trains. Ideas?

[Simon Sizwe Mayson @ssmayson]

@urbanjodi This is a great idea! @RanyakaT @WCEDP what about brainstorming at the next Towns Action Network Gathering with SA small town changemakers? https://t.co/pgG20feQgw @urbanjodi perhaps you could join and get the conversation started?

[John Gibbons 🇵🇸 @think_or_swim]

Not to be alarmist but…this is what’s called a six-sigma event, now unfolding in Antarctica.

Otherwise known as a once-in-7.5-million-year event.

Hang onto your hats.

HT @EliotJacobson

[The Climate Justice Coalition @CJCoalition]

Day 3: Today the @CJCoalition and partners protest at Vuysile Square, Nelson Mandela Bay, demanding that @GovernmentZA fix @Eskom_SA and ensure it leads the way to a #RenewableEnergy future. South Africa's energy transition must be socially owned. #PeoplesPower

[Simon Sizwe Mayson @ssmayson]

>> Excerpt from a speech by Ivan Pillay . In case you don't have time to plough through the 10 000 word thesis I'll be posting 'think-to-do' sections here over the next days. Full text available here: https://t.co/kVJkztEEv0

[Simon Sizwe Mayson @ssmayson]

I don’t believe there is much to be gained in current ideological and political debate. Most politicians do not operate with the rigour of evidence and science. There is enough in the Constitution to address all our ideological and political concerns.

[Simon Sizwe Mayson @ssmayson]

Given that all around us the state is falling apart, our time would be better spent in stabilising institutions, improving their productivity and in the process finding synergies across a fragmented government.

[Matt Huber @Matthuber78]

I'm honestly tired of this debate, but one of the major Marxist journals has now fully embraced degrowth. I read JB Foster's introduction and wanted to tease out points of agreement and disagreement. 🧵1/x

[Simon Sizwe Mayson @ssmayson]

@WCEDP #PeoplesPower

[Simon Sizwe Mayson @ssmayson]

I'm in Gqeberha at a 70-person strong #ClimateJusticeCoalition workshop Advancing Social Ownership for a #JustEnergyTransition, streaming now on https://t.co/JdVg6u8mF9. The findings from the workshop will be presented to the #PresidentialClimateCommission @ClimateZA

[Simon Sizwe Mayson @ssmayson]

Collaborative session on practical exploration of models of community ownership of renewable energy. Lessons for @WCEDP is that complex partnering is essential!

Feasibility study available online: https://t.co/teexmR6R5n