Saftu and NUM leaders warn that load-shedding will cause devastating job losses and scupper economic recovery
The state power utility, saddled with a creaking generation infrastructure, has been forced to increase rolling blackouts to avoid overwhelming the national grid
Economists predict the finance minister will speak about the basic income grant, the effect of the July riots on the fiscus, and bailouts
Eskom said it would scale back to stage 2 outages from early Saturday for the rest of the weekend but was no longer able to compensate by burning open-cycle gas turbines
Eskom has announced that stage two load-shedding will be implemented from 4pm on Tuesday afternoon until 5am on Wednesday morning.
The IEC came out guns blazing on Tuesday, despite thousands of voters who had registered in September being turned away because of technical glitches
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
South Africa’s biggest polluters but they say they’re turning the ship around, but concerns remain over the use of gas as a fossil fuel in their proposals
The Tembisa 10 may be a figment of somebody’s imagination, but Eskom’s Misery Twins are not
Stage four load-shedding rolled out to ensure the polls on Monday 1 November are energy secure
Stage-four outages will continue until Friday after the loss of two units during the night, and three in total at Medupi, Kusile and Matla power plants tripping
Bernard Moraka and Victor Tshabalala, the director of a coal transport company, defrauded the power utility by claiming payments for work not done
The president lives in ward 90, which includes the wealthy suburb of Hyde Park
The Ekurhuleni mayor’s family home and the Katlehong section in which it is situated are spared the debilitating five-hour blackouts from powerless Eskom
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
After almost three weeks, labour and employers have reached a deal — setting the steel industry back on its path to recovery
Paddy Harper can choose not to swim in Durban’s dirty sea but he has little choice about swimming with the political sharks
South Africans listened to the weird testimony of people who denied they looted the country’s coffers — except Zuma, who refused to respond
Eskom alone spews more sulphur dioxide into the air than the entire combined power sector emissions of any country except for India
A rebuttal to Colin Coleman’s remarks at the National Investment Dialogue suggests South Africa certainly has a debt problem
Fleetwood Grobler, the petrochemical giant’s chief executive, says the company is transitioning from coal to gas and eventually to hydrogen.
Like unfinished flyovers in Cape Town, global climate finance and domestic demand often don’t meet up
Families in areas of Mpumalanga have to choose between work and health, but new WHO air quality guidelines say the time to act is now
The finance minister says the government must build a conducive environment for investment into South Africa
Climate envoys from the UK, US, and the EU are in South Africa to discuss a possible coal retirement plan
At the ANC’s manifesto launch, Cyril Ramaphosa promised to reduce unemployment, increase social security, and stamp out corruption in the party
The bank’s chief risk officer says banks can’t stand on the sidelines of the climate crisis debate
The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse has questioned why Nersa has not immediately provided its reasons for issuing the controversial generation licences
The Minerals Council which represents about 90% of the industry, said the country’s hydrogen opportunities were a game changer
Eskom price hike is ‘unsustainable’
‘Cost-reflective tariffs’ and resolving municipal debt are needed to turn Eskom around
Environmental groups have warned that a green light from the national energy regulator for a new nuclear power plant will be challenged in court