Ratepayers and activists sided with the protesters who were excluded from the meeting because of a last-minute switch to a much smaller venue
The National Energy Regulator of South Africa has approved one licence instead of the three needed to get the National Transmission Company of South Africa up and running
The utility has said needs more funds for the fuel to meet a court order that public schools and hospitals are exempt from load-shedding
The national energy regulator will decide whether the National Transmission Company South Africa will get a licence
The national energy regulator believes gas projects will help reduce load-shedding
Political parties and NGOs will be taking Nersa and Eskom to court for granting the utility an 18.65% tariff hike
Opposition parties, union will be heading to the Pretoria high court court on February 28
This is less than the 32% that the utility had requested for 2022-23, but Eskom will get a further 12.74% in April next year
The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse has questioned why Nersa has not immediately provided its reasons for issuing the controversial generation licences
Initially, when Eskom made its tariff application, it was estimated it would cause 150 000 job losses while hastening the demise of the gold sector