Ron Derby, Sarah Smit and Khaya Koko in conversation about Eskom’s ‘sabotaged’ Tukuka power station and why Lekwa local municipality faces rolling blackouts and crumbling infrastructure
Former Eskom chief executive says Zondo Commission was ‘very sympathetic’ towards Glencore’s relationship with Ramaphosa
Contemporary African intellectuals, historians, self-styled Pan-Africanists, patriots and good old liberal political commentators such as myself carry divergent opinions of why South Africa shuns — or does not commemorate — Africa Day. I have, ever since my country shrugged off Rhodesian colonialism in 1980, bought the story hook, line and sinker that May is truly […]
A forensic report details how Tutuka power station is being crippled by current and former employees
There is a lot bearing down on South African consumers and, without growth, the economy stands to decline
The Covid-19 state of disaster response proved how quickly a government can act when it needs to
Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan says the saboteurs are ‘obviously’ people working at facility
Since Eskom’s a no-go, perhaps our Minister of Monuments’ R22-m flag will be powered on arrogance and self-belief alone
The treasury’s relaxation of procurement rules will allow the state utility to attend to its ageing power stations far quicke
Disagreements over a basic income grant, labour law reform and how to save the economy mean consensus is still far off. But trade-offs – and political shifts – will eventually have to be made for there to be any hope of real change
Rolling blackouts are to last from 5pm until 10pm on Monday
The state utility’s generation division is central to the country’s energy crisis as its ageing coal fleet has caused South Africans to put up with 15 years of intermittent load-shedding.
The power utility’s board and management need reinforcements to ready it for the future, the public enterprises minister said
Under siege national power utility cites lower demand as reason for decision
Besieged power utility cites deficit between demand and available capacity
Recommendations by the Zondo commission include investigation and possible criminal prosecution for Brian Molefe, Matshela Koko and Anoj Singh
The former president’s dismissal of Nhlahla Nene as finance minister for spurious reasons showed the veracity of the Gupta family’s claim that he would do anything for them
The commission’s urgent application to the high court was unopposed and it now has until 15 June to deliver the final chapter of its findings on state capture
The document, drafted ahead of the governing party’s policy conference later this year, poses the need for broader public-private collaboration
Part four of the report will be handed to the president soon but, in court papers, Zondo said he needed six more weeks to deliver the last instalment
For years we’ve watched eThekwini’s ability to serve its people being eroded by those entrusted to do so. They helped sink the city
No load-shedding for flood-hit eThekwini metro, because the area is not consuming its daily average of 1 600MW of power
Eskom chief executive Andre de Ruyter said the forecast for winter blackouts was not dire, but with half of Koeberg remaining offline, nothing was certain
The state-owned utility’s R392-billion debt has hampered its ability to maintain some of its coal-fired power stations, resulting in 14 years of load-shedding
Bernard Moraka and Victor Tshabalala defrauded Eskom to the tune of almost R35-million over 32 months through 53 bogus transactions
Coal orders from Europe have increased in light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but dysfunctional local infrastructure remains a challenge
‘Post state capture we’ve put in several controls on the procurement and contract management side,’ says power utility procurement executive
The landmark case marks the first against environmental authorisation for gas power plant in South Africa
Urgent action is required to address the constraints to South Africa’s power system and to reduce the usage of the diesel-fired turbines
The Minister has asked Ramaphosa if the Presidential Climate Commission can oversee the consultation process
Eskom is in a fix because it has little control over the procurement of alternative sources of energy capacity
Fuel prices have soared in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, putting South Africa’s power supply at risk