Senegal, which imports the majority of its food and all of its petrol, has been hit hard by rising food and fuel prices.
Thousands march in Durban in protest against job losses caused by the electricity crisis and spiralling food, fuel and other prices.
Gold Fields said on Monday it would invest in its own emergency power generation for its South African operations at a cost of R200-million.
Eskom’s top managers will forgo much of their annual bonuses this year after a troubled few months for the state-owned power utility.
Backup electricity can be a costly exercise, writes Barrie Terblanche
AgriSA on Monday expressed concern over the tariff hike granted to Eskom, saying the increase would cost the agricultural sector about R300-million.
Consumers are in for a tough time unless government injects more cash into Eskom.
Canadian company CIC Energy has rubbished reports that it is to scrap a multibillion-dollar Southern African energy project in Botswana.
Nigerians can teach us a thing or two about power cuts. C Don Adinuba explains why it’s always midnight in Lagos.
Politicians showed mixed reactions to a 13,3% tariff hike granted to Eskom on Wednesday, with the ANC welcoming the decision.
Eskom was granted a 13,3% increase by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa on Wednesday.
A change in attitude is needed to keep building, writes Maya Fisher-French.
Deliberations over power utility Eskom’s proposed 53% tariff hike are ongoing, the National Energy Regulator of South Africa said on Friday.
The Congress of South African Trade Unions said on Wednesday it would call a strike to protest job losses linked to the electricity generation crisis.
South Africa must embrace private sector involvement in the electricity sector if it wants to solve a power crisis that threatens to derail its growing economy, a business group said on Tuesday.
Electricity authorities on Monday called for action to deal with a R25-billion maintenance backlog that could further stifle economic growth.
South Africa’s power crisis poses a threat to economic growth and the government’s efforts to reduce unemployment and poverty, Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka said on Monday.
The regulatory framework that will enforce the energy conservation programme and penalise consumers who use electricity excessively is being finalised, it was reported on Friday.
Unplanned power cuts at very short notice may be a possibility this winter, Eskom said on Wednesday.
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/ 25 December 2007
Black outs could put the entertainment industry into the red, writes Zahira Kharsany.
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/ 15 November 2007
Picture it: Johannesburg, 2010. It’s the final of the World Cup, and Bafana Bafana are playing England. Soccer City is brightly lit.