The power utility is aiming to ensure there are no power cuts during the day and a maximum of level four from the late afternoons this week
Breakdowns at several power stations that coincided with the ramping up of planned equipment maintenance have led to stage six rolling blackouts
Winter recedes and the demand of electricity drops, planned maintenance, accompanied by rolling blackouts, will be ramped up
Electricity consumption dropped by 3.2% year-on-year in June, because of plant breakdowns and unscheduled maintenance
Kgosientsho Ramokgopa on Sunday highlighted a raft of new transmission projects that will add 37 gigawatts of energy to the grid by 2033
South Africa’s roadmap for the move towards decarbonising the electricity sector must work for people and planet, tackling load-shedding and the climate crisis
The new electricity minister says that he will not interfere with the process of hiring a new Eskom chief executive but this needed to be done soon
The president tells party leaders that the new electricity minister will also be a project manager for Medupi and Kusile power stations
ANC leaders were caught off guard and left reeling when the president made the announcement, with allies calling for him to explain his actions