The parastatal’s short-term view has led to profits in the beginning, but has come back to haunt it.
With Eskom’s rolling blackouts highly likely this winter, consumers have no choice but to switch off.
National Union of Metal Workers SA has proposed one centralised negotiation for wage disputes at Eskom’s Medupi, Kusile and Ingula projects.
BHP Billiton says it expects Eskom to honour deals that let the mining giant buy electricity for its smelters at over half the cost of production.
The regulator has rejected the utility’s request to carry on paying big users to cut consumption.
More South Africans have enjoyed candlelight dinners during Earth Hour as Eskom has reported reduced energy usage during this time frame.
Government has been talking up performance, but state-owned enterprises are fettered by politics.
Eskom will not cut off power to the Matlosana municipality in North West, a spokesperson has said.
Striking workers at the Medupi power station in Limpopo are expected to return work, says the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa.
Eskom is at pains to defend its chief executive, Brian Dames, whose contract is rumoured to be up for renewal.
South Africa should brace itself this year as the rise in petrol prices and electricity tariffs will swallow any money gained from tax breaks.
The petrol price hike, announced by the energy department, is bad news for the agriculture sector, says an agricultural union.
The National Energy Regulator of South Africa has announced that it rejected Eskom’s proposed 16% annual tariff hike for electricity.
A decision on Eskom’s proposed new electricity prices will be announced on Thursday, the National Energy Regulator of South Africa has said.
A 5% reduction would equate to 6 000 gigawatt hours a year and would cost less than new power plants.
Eskom’s energy margin has been extremely tight after 900MW was lost from the grid after a fault at Koeberg.
Eskom’s energy margin extremely tight as 900MW has been lost from the grid after a fault at Koeberg.
Public Enterprise Minister Malusi Gigaba met with Eskom’s Medupi power station construction stakeholders to "broker a resolution".
Power utility Eskom spied on the activities of green organisations in the country, claims Earthlife Africa and Greenpeace.
The ANC has put its weight behind the call for the power utility to lower its proposed tariff increases
South Africans will have no choice but to accept Eskom’s five-year tariff hike, says trade union Solidarity.
While government and the business sector have vowed to remove obstacles to economic growth, Eskom’s push for a price increase could cripple progress.
The state has determined that coal will be declared a strategic mineral, boosting Eskom’s efforts to secure a steady supply to run its power stations.
The public enterprises department is alleged to have leaned heavily on state-owned enterprises to enter into financial agreements with the "New Age".
Eskom’s sudden withdrawal of an objection to Glencore’s merger with Xstrata, since coming to an agreement with the company, has puzzled observers.
Everyone’s talking about the "New Age" business breakfasts and if it’s alright for parastatals to fund it. What’s the real problem with this deal?
Eskom has withdrawn its intervention in the multi-billion dollar merger between resource companies Glencore and Xstrata.
Eskom faced heavy fire from business and civil society on the first day of public hearings on its application for electricity tariff increases.
Economic models show it is better and fairer for tariffs – not taxes – to pay for electricity, the National Energy Regulator of SA has heard.
Eskom has said its downgrading by credit ratings agency Fitch highlights the need for the parastatal to be financially sustainable.
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa said it will protest against Eskom’s proposed 16% electricity increase.
The utility’s dependence on local coal has triggered fears about the effects of the Xtrata-Glencore deal, writes Lisa Steyn.