The power utility said it would go to court to declare ownership of land not registered to it, but has not done so
The cash-strapped power utility is disposing of its land for low prices without the involvement of the treasury, sources say
Experts warn that if Eskom and government does not come to grips with the tariff problem, continued social unrest is inevitable
The head of state is in for a heated weekend — De Ruyter permitting — when the ANC holds it national policy conference
The energy minister says André de Ruyter is a chief executive and the power utility needs someone who will focus on what is broken
President Cyril Ramaphosa said the government will shorthly announce actions ‘to achieve much faster progress in tackling load-shedding’
The completion of maintenance to a unit at the nuclear plant will add 920 megawatts to the grid
The minister’s address on Thursday night was disrupted by a group of hecklers that he accused of being ‘paid servants’ of those who want to see corruption continue
Shutting down Eskom’s coal plants and shifting to cleaner technologies will bring ‘cleaner air’ to the polluted Mpumalanga Highveld, says the utility’s environmental manager
After more than 10 years of meddling and the countless executive game of musical chairs, please leave political actors out of Eskom problem-solving. This is a problem to be solved by Andre de Ruyter and the unions and the ‘rogue’ employees working outside the established channels
The utility’s employees went on an unprotected strike but years of poor decisions wrecked the energy producer
The province at the polluting heart of energy production has good wind and solar resources and can use the grid as coal-fired power stations are decommissioned
The power utility is owed huge amounts of money by municipalities — and then there’s sabotage to contend with
The power utility’s board and management need reinforcements to ready it for the future, the public enterprises minister said
Besieged power utility cites deficit between demand and available capacity
No load-shedding for flood-hit eThekwini metro, because the area is not consuming its daily average of 1 600MW of power
Eskom chief executive Andre de Ruyter said the forecast for winter blackouts was not dire, but with half of Koeberg remaining offline, nothing was certain
The finance minister says Eskom’s debt problem may require some ‘fiscal intervention’, but only if certain conditions have been met by the parastatal led by André de Ruyter
Some 4 435MW of power is out on planned maintenance, and another 8 093MW has been lost because of breakdowns to units at various power stations
The breakdown of two generating units overnight has necessitated that stage 2 load shedding be implemented from 11am on Wednesday until 5am on Monday.
The price of electricity could go up by 20.5% in April and an upcoming court bid could see users paying surcharges to municipalities
The Zondo report delves into South Africa’s procurement web, as it tries to figure out why state-owned entities were able to be captured
Eskom’s unbundling is underway, with the transmission unit of the utility set to be operational in 2022 as a wholly owned subsidiary
Those haggling over the keys to Durban city hall can’t smell the shit in the harbour
Eskom’s chief executive, Andre de Ruyter, said a number of units were returning to service
The power utility’s external auditors said record-keeping was so inadequate that it would have to be resolved before management could devise a realistic plan to curb waste and fraud
Power utility plans to move to stage three rolling blackouts from Wednesday
Saftu and NUM leaders warn that load-shedding will cause devastating job losses and scupper economic recovery
The Tembisa 10 may be a figment of somebody’s imagination, but Eskom’s Misery Twins are not
Stage four load-shedding rolled out to ensure the polls on Monday 1 November are energy secure
The Ekurhuleni mayor’s family home and the Katlehong section in which it is situated are spared the debilitating five-hour blackouts from powerless Eskom
Paddy Harper can choose not to swim in Durban’s dirty sea but he has little choice about swimming with the political sharks