If it goes ahead it will be SA’s largest contract ever, yet Pravin Gordhan failed to mention it
Capital expenditure by major state-owned companies has been projected to reach R381.9-billion over the next three years, says the national treasury.
Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba says electricity supply will be extremely tight from April to July to complete maintenance.
Reports claim Eskom is diverting electricity to Botswana while South Africans face rolling blackouts and appeals to reduce power consumption.
Power utility Eskom has again declared an emergency as four generating units developed "technical problems".
The parastatal must not be allowed to defer its commitment to reducing emissions any further, write Robyn Hugo and Sylvia Kamanja.
Eskom has urged South Africans to cut down on their electricity use as supply will be tight over the next few days.
Eskom, which produces 95% of South Africa’s electricity, will look to sell more debt as its projects to build more capacity remain on schedule.
As businesses and schools reopen on Wednesday, the power utility has warned that the national electricity grid will be under extreme pressure.
For over two decades, the Eskom eta Awards have been recognising and rewarding excellence in energy efficiency.
The Residential Award is for the application of sound energy efficiency principles in the residential sector for at least 12 months.
The utility is being accused of holding its customers and the authorities to ransom.
Power utility Eskom has been dealt another blow with the resignation of its chief executive Brian Dames, who will leave the company in March 2014.
Eskom could use another firm to work alongside Alstom if the latter does not install software for the Medpui plant’s boilers on time, say reports.
Persistent rumours that chief executive Brian Dames was leaving Eskom proved true when he said that he had, in fact, resigned from the power utility.
The time might have come for the ANC to reconsider its investment arm Chancellor House as a commercial venture, says treasurer general Zweli Mkhize.
Eskom has declared an electricity supply emergency and is urging customers to curtail power usage.
Eskom says its power system is expected to be constrained for two weeks as generators are being maintained.
Eskom has apologised for using a private security company at the Medupi power station in Limpopo to spy on environmental bodies.
Six people have died and six others have been injured when a platform in a tunnel collapsed at an Eskom construction site near Ladysmith.
South Africa can expect electricity next year from coal-fired power stations Medupi in Limpopo and Kusile in Mpumalanga.
The government has chosen 17 preferred clean bids and is studying further candidates to cut its coal reliance.
South Africa’s nuclear expansion programme depends on a number of strategies that still need to be put in place before financing can determined.
Plans for a new coal-fired power station are baffling in light of South Africa’s agreement to decrease its emissions by 34% by 2020.
Power utility still searches for its capital division head.
Eskom, which provides 95% of the power to SA, says power will remain tight during the summer period as it increases maintenance work on its fleet.
Power has been restored in Lawley and Lenasia South, while other parts of Jo’burg could be left in the dark over the weekend, says City Power.
Biomass energy could be the answer for the two-million rural households that are not connected to the electricity grid.
The National Union of Mineworkers is preparing for a strike in the gold mining and construction sectors.
Academic Anton Eberhard has come down hard on SA’s current electricity policy, particularly the country’s proposed nuclear construction ambitions.
Many Medupi workers have been sent off site after protests, but the utility was working to get operations back to normal, says Eskom.
A wildcat strike at Eskom’s Medupi plant has turned violent, with two cars stoned and unconfirmed reports that they were set alight by protesters.