The president has increased his already bloated cabinet, promising once again to reduce it in time
The new minister will be expected to coordinate all departments responsible for the energy response, and will also be responsible for turnaround plans and overseeing new generation capacity
The president announced that Paul Mashatile will become deputy president and Kgosientsho Ramokgopa as the new Electricity Minister
The president will finally announce changes to his cabinet
Neither the utility nor its former CEO have replied to a letter of demand issued by the ruling party. They were given until Wednesday to do so
ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula has confirmed that Ebrahim Patel becoming a member of parliament will make way for a non-MP to become a cabinet minister
Only the government — not Eskom or municipalities — can address load-shedding by building more capacity and ensuring sufficient supply, the parties said
Syndicates, sabotage, theft and inaction by those in the know has helped bring the state-owned power producer to its knees, hurting the country in the process
DD the Cat, like André de Donker, has finally got his Don’t Come Monday – which both of them had been waiting for
The president can now turn to the high court to overturn the report that found he should face an impeachment inquiry
The announcement comes just hours after deputy president David Mabuza resigns from parliament
He tendered his resignation as deputy president and member of parliament to National Assembly speaker Mapisa-Nqakula on Tuesday
The ANC’s national working committee was unilateral in committing to use all its resources to hire the best legal minds to challenge De Ruyter
EFF leader Julius Malema has called for South Africans to join the party during its national shutdown aimed at unseating President Cyril Ramaphosa
Government departments will be compelled to introduce power saving measures and to move to alternative energy sources
The president has asked Eastern Cape ANC chair Oscar Mabuyane to add Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana to the province’s parliamentary list
The maligned former Eskom CEO challenged the notion that it was foolish to shut ageing power stations and focus on procuring more renewable capacity
The meeting will take place on Monday night on the energy state of disaster as as anticipation builds over a cabinet reshuffle
In these difficult times, a summit aims to help with the urgent need for our leaders to act responsibly to instil caring, compassionate and conscious values
Our uncle in the load-shedding business sits on his couch and faces zero accountability
As a country, our struggling economy is hitched to both the prospects of the East and the West. Being frozen out by any of them, would be punishing for all
Sources on the board of Eskom believe that chief financial officer Calib Cassim will take over as the next CEO
The biggest highlight of the budget was the support to aid individuals and businesses to source alternative energy sources
Various financing companies are offering consumers the option to pay a monthly fee for solar energy and they will own the equipment after a certain period of time
The social development department has been allocated R35.7 billion to fund the extended social relief of distress grant
The majority of the relief comes in the form of incentives given to businesses and households investing in alternative energy
Power utility says the high court challenge to the increase is flawed in law, and could mean more load-shedding, or worse, a credit default
The ally of former president Thabo Mbeki could wield the axe over president Cyril Ramaphosa, who is yet to hear what the commission recommended about the Phala Phala scandal
Political rhetoric can’t plaster over the city’s divides and rewrite its haunted past
The utility’s R400 billion debt has fed into the country’s 15-year energy crisis and low growth potential, which has been identified as a key credit weakness
An internal report implicates Maimane as the mastermind in a plan to rid the party of its white leaders, thereby alienating white voters
An energy expert calls on the government to support small businesses and households move to renewable energy