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
Power cuts are expected until Friday while the utility relies on emergency reserves
Load-shedding will be in place from 5pm on Monday to 5am on Wednesday
The finance minister says Eskom’s debt problem may require some ‘fiscal intervention’, but only if certain conditions have been met by the parastatal led by André de Ruyter
The finance minister made a smallish exception for Denel in terms of funding but warned that the government wants to push ahead with plans to consolidate SOEs that no longer served a function
Earthlife Africa and groundWork say the ‘legal quagmire’ Eskom finds itself in ‘is almost entirely self-inflicted’
President concedes that South Africa is on a long and difficult journey ‘to renew the promise of our democracy’, but cites strengthening the NPA’s capacity as one example of progress
For households in mining towns a greener economy must provide more secure jobs that pay enough to ensure household wellbeing and upward mobility
But Greenpeace Africa says the president must let go of ‘gas fantasies’
Opposition parties say the need for private-sector involvement in state affairs is proof of a ‘failing dummy cabinet’
Ramaphosa says fundamental changes are underway in South Africa’s beleaguered energy sector
Privatisation stands to deepen inequalities. But some experts say collaboration between business and government can work in everyone’s interest
The social costs of fossil fuel combustion are about R550-billion a year, according to a new report