The South African Municipal Workers Union said it would not march but would ask for a meeting with the president when he visited the city
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They criticised the Gauteng premier’s water and electricity solutions as misguided
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The ‘challenges’ being experienced in the metro were no different to those in other municipalities, the minister said
The city confirmed that repairs to Lilian Ngoyi Street, formerly Bree, will now be completed in May 2025 instead of December this year
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The disconnect-reconnect cycle in townships is a reminder that giving people legal, affordable access to power goes beyond technical solutions
The electricity and energy minister announced a collaborative effort to bring down high municipal electricity tariffs and alleviate financial pressure on consumers
The electricity and energy minister warned that the debt prevents the power utility from investing in infrastructure
City Power says it cut power as a ‘last resort’ to save the grid from collapse – and recoup debts
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The state claims that employees colluded in widespread fraud involving a substation project
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Some residents in Soweto and Brixton have asked the City of Johannesburg to leave their areas on the network for health reasons
A security firm on a R57.2 million City Power contract has been implicated in a “reign of terror” in Eldorado Park
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The entity announced a record loss of R23.9 billion for the financial year ending March 2023
Consumers are urged to report any suspicious behaviour
Some businesses have closed while others have had to let employees go because they cannot afford to pay them
City Power and Eskom identify hardest-hit areas by the floods which have caused widespread and escalating damage to power infrastructure
A combination of failures by the municipal, provincial and national government left a hospital in the south of Johannesburg without water and electricity for parts of November
The utility buys R11-bn of electricity from Eskom which it needs to sell to make revenue and reinvest but instead it loses R2-bn a year due to illegal connections
South Africa must deal with the economic sabotage that is keeping the country in the dark
“These companies are given most of the subcontracting and the person responsible is Percy Mphahlele”
Fear of being attacked restricts the movement of most women in everyday life
Jo’burg residents have reacted to ongoing power cuts, which left them in the dark on Tuesday morning, but this time it wasn’t Eskom’s fault.
City Power says it will increase tariffs by about 7% from July, following Nersa’s approval of its tariff hike application.
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City Power’s smart meter tender review findings are still a matter of doubt, writes Lionel Faull.
The public protector has to verify the findings of a probe City Power claims "cleared" it of corruption in the awarding of a R1.25-billion tender.
Johannesburg electricity utility City Power has said it had to change workers’ shifts because they were irregular and illegal.
City Power said on Saturday that electricity had been restored and power shortages experienced now were not related to the strike.
The actions of employees involved in turning off power at substations is equal to terrorism, says Gauteng safety minister Faith Mazibuko.
Sabotage is being blamed for the widespread blackouts in Johannesburg, said City Power.
As several Johannesburg areas experience power outages, reports say some of City Power’s employees are on strike over changes in their work hours.
Utility has bought hundreds of Edison meters in spite of a forensic investigation into the contract. Lionel Faull reports.