People who live close to coal-fired power plants continue to fall ill from breathing in dirty air
The power utility needs to put in place mechanisms to get access to funds for the shift to renewable energy
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Winter recedes and the demand of electricity drops, planned maintenance, accompanied by rolling blackouts, will be ramped up
Eskom will be forced to implement higher stages of load-shedding, Ramokgopa says
A CSIR report has put the power utility under scrutiny for under-reporting
load-shedding stages and the megawatts cut. And there is concern that blackouts will intensify in winter
‘Significant intervention’ is needed or the power crisis will deteriorate further, council says
An energy action plan is slowly taking shape, with significant milestones reached recently, including obtaining a licence for Eskom’s new transmission company
The government should support independent power producers to come online faster
The cabinet reshuffle should move the mineral resources and energy minister to another portfolio
One of the main factors contributing to a sudden increase in load-shedding is not sustaining maintenance for the old fleet
Earlier this week, the ailing utility’s chief operating officer assured the public it would try to avoid load-shedding as voters head to the polls on Monday
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Chief operating officer Jan Oberholzer said the ailing state power utility’s staff would be on standby as South Africans cast their votes on 1 November