One resident said that if he could speak to the government, he would ‘plead’ for a safe house
The country’s population now exceeds 62 million people, who are mostly living in formal housing with access to utilities
Eskom said prior to the minister’s briefing that the return of unit three was part of the reason for the weekend load-shedding suspension
The eThekwini Municipality says projects are underway to build proper water infrastructure
Policy has laid the groundwork but our future depends on practical challenges being overcome
The growing black market is causing havoc for those investing in alternative energy sources
Electricity consumption dropped by 3.2% year-on-year in June, because of plant breakdowns and unscheduled maintenance
The energy regulator approved the issuing of a licence to the transmission division of the power utility and gave the green light for additional new generation capacity
Insights from the annual extractive industries workshop: Sub-Saharan Africa must embrace the just energy transition and other sustainable means of progress
Barbara Creecy gives the Turkish company another opportunity to proceed with its application to provide power to South Africa from Richards Bay
Electricity production has been decreasing for over 12 months as Eskom struggles to supply power
Consumers are urged to report any suspicious behaviour
Few benefits will flow to the people on whose land the Polihali Dam is being built
The minister of mineral resources and energy, Gwede Mantashe, assured the mining community that he is still working towards reducing load-shedding
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Power was restored on Monday night to about 50 000 residents after days without electricity
In all the bickering that we’ve been through over the past five years, from the long-running saga about the competence of former public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane to this week’s parliamentary hearings into André de Ruyter’s allegations of corruption at Eskom, it feels as if we aren’t making progress in dealing with the structural fault lines in our country
The electricity that was generated in March this year decreased more than 5% compared to March 2022
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 energy crisis has to be resolved. But crises also typically create opportunities for unproductive rent-seeking
The public enterprises minister said climate change had to be addressed but the shift to clean energy had to consider South Africa’s economic reality
Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has argued that renewable energy will not have enough baseload to power the country and avoid a total blackout
Ramokgopa’s intention of keeping ageing, expensive coal-fired power stations going flies in the face of policy
The report shows the production of food and beverages was the biggest contributor to the decrease in factory output
Beleaguered utility fined R950 million for delays in planned maintenance at Koeberg, which will leave the country without a major power source for months
There are positives and negatives to the AI revolution, but African states first need reliable power and connectivity to reap the benefits
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Eskom will receive most of the funding, while the rest will go to the trade, industry and competition department and for developing the electric vehicle industry
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If his ‘exit interview’ was to be explosive, the former Eskom chief executive should come out with the names of those ministers who are corrupt
Sources on the board of Eskom believe that chief financial officer Calib Cassim will take over as the next CEO
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
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Terrifying example of how the poor functioning of state-owned enterprises – particularly Eskom and Transnet – have negatively impacted the mining sector
Eskom loses half of its power-generating capacity, opening risks for longer cuts which will entail more than half the day with no electricity
But widespread, destructive flooding does qualify as a disaster
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