State battles with efficiency drive
- 15 Mar 2013 00:00 - Lynley Donnelly
- Government has been talking up performance, but state-owned enterprises are fettered by politics.
Medupi risks impacting Dames's fate
- 08 Mar 2013 00:00 - Analysis Lynley Donnelly
- Eskom is at pains to defend its chief executive, Brian Dames, whose contract is rumoured to be up for renewal.
Gigaba intervenes in Eskom Medupi power station strike
- 20 Feb 2013 19:54 - Sapa
- Public Enterprise Minister Malusi Gigaba met with Eskom's Medupi power station construction stakeholders to "broker a resolution".
Eskom grilled on power price
- 24 Aug 2012 01:00 - Lynley Donnelly
- Eskom has come clean in Parliament on the costs of building the giant Medupi and Kusile power stations.
Eskom scores as consumers switch off
- 20 Jul 2012 10:22 - Lisa Steyn
- Private users are responsible for 60% of energy savings on the back of soaring power tariffs, writes Lisa Steyn.
State of the Nation: Zuma adopts Chinese model
- 03 Feb 2012 00:00 - Staff Reporter
- President Jacob Zuma is looking East for inspiration, as the ANC pushes for resource nationalism rather than a crude form of nationalisation.
Eskom: The power(less) connection
- 14 Oct 2011 00:00 - Lynley Donnelly
- While Eskom nestles on a R50-billion pile of money, everyone from manufacturers to residents are reeling as rising electricity prices hit home.
Court asked to halt river 'vandalism'
- 04 Feb 2011 09:32 - Fiona Macleod
- Residents of Lephalale in Limpopo have gone to court to stop the destruction of an ancient river-bed for the building of Medupi power station.
ANC rejects criticism over Hitachi stake
- 16 Apr 2010 12:00 - Matuma Letsoalo
- The ANC was defiant this week about its involvement with Hitachi Power Africa, which secured a multibillion-rand contract with Eskom.
Residents complain to World Bank about Eskom loan
- 07 Apr 2010 06:52 - Staff Reporter
- Limpopo residents on Tuesday filed a complaint with the World Bank about the $3,75bn loan sought by Eskom to help finance the Medudi power plant.
