Exorbitant electricity tariffs and longer stages of load-shedding have forced consumers to urgently seek off-grid alternatives
Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe again blames grid insufficiency, but the electricity minister warns the country will rue delay on expansion
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Obsessive consultation is a pronounced feature of Ramaphosa’s leadership style, however, it has done him – and the country – few favours
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The state utility’s generation division is central to the country’s energy crisis as its ageing coal fleet has caused South Africans to put up with 15 years of intermittent load-shedding.
The price of electricity could go up by 20.5% in April and an upcoming court bid could see users paying surcharges to municipalities
Eskom warns that the decision, if implemented, will cause immediate power blackouts, as well as push electricity tariffs higher
The law of demand says that the higher the price of a good is, the less people will demand it. But Eskom, sales of electricity have been dropping, yet the utility wants consumers to even pay more for its good
The power utility is being taken to court by the Minister of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries in a first-of-its-kind criminal prosecution
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/ 1 December 2010
Once again, public sector governance issues, and battles between the CEO, the board and the responsible minister have rocked South Africa.
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Increases in demand and production will put pressure on the existing limitations of the supply chain.
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