The power utility is aiming to ensure there are no power cuts during the day and a maximum of level four from the late afternoons this week
Battle between Karadeniz and its partners shows what seems to be a plan to trade influence and deals to get Karpowership permits and benefit businesswoman Anna Mokgokong
Online news articles in September were dominated by references to courts – cadre deployment, contempt, Busisiwe Mkhwebane, Eskom, corruption, Makhanda high court
The effort, needed for renewable capacity to come online, will cost about R210 billion
Eskom’s Calib Cassim said the utility plans to keep capacity losses caused by breakdowns to below 14 500 megawatts
The electricity minister warned that if the country took too long to make decisions on transmission expansion, it would add to its electricity crisis
Government processes and disputed debt are delaying the power that Mozambique has offered South Africa
The Special Investigation Unit wants to ‘pursue’ those who left to avoid accountability for their actions
Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan says all critical elements for creating a more dynamic, responsive and competitive electricity industry are in place
Burning fossil fuels makes the Earth warmer, causing weather patterns to change. In areas with air pollution, this can make it even harder for people with lung diseases to breathe
Units one to three will be restored to service sooner than expected, likely meaning less load-shedding, electricity minister promises
Apart from seven cases before court, dozens more are under investigation, the minister told parliament
The Naicker family built a multi-billion-rand empire renting water tankers and yellow plant to government. Bitter family feuds and allegations of collusion threaten to bring them crashing down
The official opposition has argued that the National Energy Regulator of South Africa had not considered the effect of the tarrif rise on poor households
Andy Mothibi tells MPs the former Eskom CEO could face legal action
Improved capacity means stage four load shedding for the week ahead
Stage six is back as the ANC deals decisively with load-shedding
The improvement in confidence was helped by the change in attitude of affluent consumers, who were spooked by severe load-shedding and the Russian cargo ship debacle in the previous quarter
Breakdowns at several power stations that coincided with the ramping up of planned equipment maintenance have led to stage six rolling blackouts
A boost to manufacturing and agriculture’s rebound has seen the country’s GDP expand 0.6% quarter-on-quarter
Eskom will implement stage six load-shedding, or up to 10 hours of blackouts, from Tuesday morning until further notice
Wheeling electricity across the grid offers a solution to South Africa’s power crisis, so why is it not happening in the energy heartland?
Acting CEO Calib Cassim told the M&G there has to be planning for what happens after the debt relief ends
Acting chief executive says he still has work to do in his financial role at the utility
The corporatisation of SOEs has disempowered the South African public and benefited corporate power and private finance
Winter recedes and the demand of electricity drops, planned maintenance, accompanied by rolling blackouts, will be ramped up
Among state-owned entities, the beleaguered power utility is far and away the biggest risk to the public purse
Utility says that this will encourage defaulting municipalities to cough up
Eskom expects units from Kusile and Tutuka power stations to be back online in November
The lack of financial viability of councils is a threat to the state-owned-entity’s sustainability
The Turkish-based gas-to-power firm thinks it is ready to swoop in and save the day by quickly providing more energy to South Africa
Planned outages will be short-term pain but long-term gain, minister says