In an eleventh hour decision – Numsa has applied for a strike certificate in order to down tools at the country’s energy supplier, Eskom.
The union rejected a wage hike offer but its main demand is for certain workers to be declared non-essential and to have the right to strike.
South Africa’s current energy landscape can be summed up in two words: fractious and paralysed.
The power utility’s staff want a wage rise and would like the courts to clarify their essential worker status, which prevents them from striking.
A study finds the cost for building as well as the cost of electricity generated by the proposed new-nuclear build much higher than for other sources.
Readers write in about Eskom, and the openness of a mosque.
Analysts punch holes in the utility’s claim that we have it to thank for keeping the lights on.
Former Eskom managing director Dawid Malherbe was found guilty on Friday, with at least R10-million recouped by the asset forfeiture unit thus far.
The hidden costs of nuclear power and disingenuous claims made by the industry regulator cloud clarity about SA’s energy needs.
It still has staunch believers but sceptics question the project’s feasibility, writes Lynley Donnelly.
As the global coal industry contracts – with Peabody Energy the latest to go under – experts say local producers won’t feel the shock waves just yet.
Eskom is finalising terms with the New Development Bank over a major loan to boost the power grid and aid SA’s independent renewable power producers.
A sting operation involving a private investigator posing as a farmer has uncovered a scam in which staffers sell transformers on the black market.
Eskom has come under fire about the alleged influence of the Guptas on various lucrative contracts, and two board members have resigned this week.
Readers write in about Zuma, and Eskom’s nuclear plans.
Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown admitting receiving a call from the Guptas on the morning that she was sworn in as minister.
As allegations of ‘state capture’ continue, it was revealed on Tuesday that an Eskom board member also serves a Gupta-owned company’s board.
The voices of people such as former SANDF chief Siphiwe Nyanda, whose ANC credentials cannot be questioned, are vital.
Former chairperson Zola Tsotsi says he was kicked out of the power utility after being told he wasn’t "playing the game".
Promising no load-shedding this winter, Eskom says it is ahead of schedule in building new units and won’t rule out dabbling in nuclear.
The utility’s biggest consumers will use less electricity, so in theory there will be more for ordinary citizens and no load-shedding.
South Africa’s energy regulator has given Eskom the go-ahead to hike electricity prices by 9.4% for 2016-17.
The power utility is seeking relief after its higher electricity tariffs led to lower sales.
Energy efficiency programmes have saved more than R1.5-billion in the past five years, dramatically cutting South Africa’s power bill.
There is no sense in trying to impose socialist solutions that barely worked even in the advanced industrial countries
The party has realised it cannot continue to bail out Eskom and the state’s wage bill is too high.
Eskom’s "irrational and unlawful" nuclear tender process means it will have to reconsider the issue yet again
Eskom’s "irrational and unlawful" nuclear tender process means it will have to reconsider the issue yet again
Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown insists that despite the concern of a constrained energy supply, Eskom privatisation is not an option.
Readers write in about white privilege, and Eskom.
South Africa has plans to build new power stations despite many calling for no nuclear energy in the country.
The government is pushing for legislation to overhaul South Africa’s foundering state enterprises.