Parastatal has to burn money to kill energy-guzzling furnaces as it faces a tight spot in power supply.
The ANC wants to ensure the state power utility’s future needs are met, but it has also acknowledged
the need to move to other energy sources.
Eskom has paid an international ferrochrome producer to shut two of its furnaces in SA in to help the utility cope with its tight electricity supply.
Carbon tax which will reward and punish businesses accordingly will be introduced next year.
The Young Communist League says the Free State government needs to act on the commitments promised by premier Ace Magashule in the Sopa address.
The Chamber of Mines advocates public-private partnerships instead of more state involvement.
President Zuma has given the Special Investigating Unit the go ahead to investigate Eskom for evidence of corruption, fraud and maladministration.
Supply constraints, double-digit price hikes and power outages are taking their toll on the economy, experts say. And brace for more load-shedding.
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/ 1 February 2012
Eskom has been ordered to raise its wage increase to the National Union of Mineworkers by at least 1%.
Eskom says South Africans have to reduce their electricity use by a tenth, so it can take power stations offline for dangerously overdue maintenance.
Energy amendment Bills centralise rather than devolve powers, industry insiders say.
Bids will bring 3 750 megawatts of alternative energy on to the grid within the next three years at a total cost of R120-billion.
Anti-fracking lobby group gets celebrity to be the face of its campaign.
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/ 12 January 2012
Eskom says the performance of the country’s power system has improved since Monday, with the parastatal saying it would continue to be on alert.
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/ 11 January 2012
Fedusa says it is worried that Ethe high risk of power outages announced by Eskom could affect households and businesses for the rest of the month.
Eskom has warned of a very high risk of rolling blackouts around SA, but says it has been doing everything it can to avert the "load-shedding".
Energy Minister Dipuo Peters says South Africa may delay electricity tariff hikes in a move likely to hurt power utility Eskom’s funding drive.
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/ 2 December 2011
Municipal electricity costs are coming under fire as the state gears up to review South Africa’s electricity pricing policy.
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/ 23 November 2011
Eskom has grown its net profit to R12.8-billion in the six months to end of September, chief financial officer Paul O’Flaherty says.
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/ 14 November 2011
Power utility Eskom has signed a R1.9-billion loan from the World Bank that will finance the building of SA’s largest solar and wind power projects.
As SA prepares to sign a green energy accord, solar water heater-makers in the Western Cape are shutting their doors after decades in the business.
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/ 7 November 2011
Three Greenpeace activists have been arrested at the Kusile power station’s construction site in Mpumalanga after scaling a crane.
The builders of Medupi Power Station are being accused of breaking promises.
Inflation figures came in higher than expected as businesses — and consumers — face a potential spate of government-controlled price increases.
South Africa stands to gain much from the tax in terms of both monetary and environmental benefits, but business warns of job losses.
While Eskom nestles on a R50-billion pile of money, everyone from manufacturers to residents are reeling as rising electricity prices hit home.
Government says it has not made a decision yet on the number of nuclear power stations to be built or which vendors would be used for such projects.
The age of green power has finally arrived in South Africa and unlikely candidate Eskom is paving the way for the alternative energy industry.
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/ 19 September 2011
A court ruling in favour of Eskom in a wage dispute shows it is aligned with the interests of big capital, the World Federation of Trade Unions says.
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/ 19 September 2011
The Labour Court has turned down an urgent application by NUM to stop Eskom from implementing a 7% unilateral wage increase.
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/ 18 September 2011
The Labour Court in Johannesburg is expected to rule on Monday on an urgent application brought against Eskom by the National Union of Mineworkers.
About 1 500 people marched to the offices Eskom and BHP Billiton in Jo’burg to protest against the way they affected the environment.