Eskom has been congratulated for alleviating load-shedding, but demand for electricity has dropped dramatically since the start of the year.
The utility is fumbling plans for South Africa to produce more energy, more cheaply, from green sources than from its proposed nuclear build.
The only thing Eskom has to do now is connect the greenpower projects to the national grid – but even this is proving to be a hard ask.
Blackout author James-Brent Styan says government’s predictions for future electricity demand and economic growth have become horribly unrealistic.
Right of reply by Eskom spokesperson Khulu Phasiwe.
The new top leadership at Eskom is experienced, but doubts remain about several controversial appointments.
The new top leadership at Eskom is experienced, but doubts remain about several controversial appointments.
South Africa’s electricity shortage endures as the Chancellor House deal to build Eskom power stations grabs headlines once more.
If a bidding company’s financial relationship has the potential to favour it in the award of a tender, it should not be bidding in the first place.
Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has said he was not aware that the plane chartered for his official visit to Japan last month belonged to the Guptas.
Koeberg power station will be shutting down for three months on Tuesday for maintenance, adding more impact to the shortage of power.
Word is that abruptly axed Eskom head Tshediso Matona has been offered a plum planning commission job.
Eskom’s 99 days of load-shedding have limited mining and manufacturing output, causing the economy to behave as if it has ‘lost a major industry’.
The utility may struggle to keep the lights on, but its debt is attractive to international investors.
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Anoj Singh is expected to perform miracles at the power utility, but his alleged role during a billion-rand Transnet deal may give pause for thought.
For too long, industries have been able to operate unchecked, a situation that costs people’s lives.
Eskom needs to borrow more at higher rates to ease its funding shortfall after Nersa rejected its request for a tariff increase of as much as 25%.
The ANC and Cosatu have welcomed the decision not to grant Eskom a tariff increase.
The energy regulator has rejected Eskom’s application to raise its electricity prices further this year.
Eskom has asked at public hearings that it be allowed to raise prices to, in part, fuel gas turbines.
But the utility has said it needs to find the "sweet spot" between keeping the lights on and taking 5 500MW off the grid for maintenance this winter.
The ANC has said retirement savings may be the answer to the state-owned power utility’s woes.
A labour market report released by the Solidarity Research Institute on Tuesday showed deteriorating levels of job security in South Africa.
After months of scrapping with Eskom at the Labour Court and the CCMA, suspended CEO Tshediso Matona has agreed to go quietly.
The Local government Association declared a dispute with Treasury to release of R1-billion to 39 municipalities whose funding is being withheld.
Unless suspended chief executive Tshediso Matona goes quietly, there will be an ugly spectacle over who’s the boss.
Mayor Parks Tau’s greatest success is an electricity plan that makes Johannesburg less dependent on Eskom.
Electricity thieves are using cunning methods to ply their trade that not even the police or Eskom can prevent.
Numsa wants full disclosure from Eskom on the so-called "war room", and it believes that the electricity crisis is due to multi-million contracts.
Numsa calls for inquiry into Eskom and says it must open its books for public scrutiny.
Technological innovation that affects consumer behaviour and a shift to renewable energy are at the heart of the upheaval facing utilities.