The country’s population now exceeds 62 million people, who are mostly living in formal housing with access to utilities
Improved capacity means stage four load shedding for the week ahead
Stage six is back as the ANC deals decisively with load-shedding
Experts warn that the power crisis may persist until the end of next year
A drama-free summit reminds the opposition that Cyril is still running the show
The lack of financial viability of councils is a threat to the state-owned-entity’s sustainability
Local companies may be missing a major opportunity for employee engagement in their quest to go green, according to WE’s latest research
Warsaw and Pretoria appear to be poles apart when it comes to the war between Russia and Ukraine
The public enterprises minister says the former Eskom board chairperson, Malegapuru Makgoba, misled and misinformed parliament and the public
In all the bickering that we’ve been through over the past five years, from the long-running saga about the competence of former public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane to this week’s parliamentary hearings into André de Ruyter’s allegations of corruption at Eskom, it feels as if we aren’t making progress in dealing with the structural fault lines in our country
Gordhan said his department would challenge a ruling that gives the state 60 days to exempt hospitals, schools and police stations from power cuts
Gauteng’s musical chairs in its economic cluster is a microcosm of South Africa’s biggest problem
Kgosientsho Ramokgopa said he will only invoke the Disaster Management Act if existing solutions do not allow him to act with speed on load-shedding
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Vrededorp residents say they are being ‘sabotaged’ by Johannesburg authorities because they are poor
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The new electricity minister says that he will not interfere with the process of hiring a new Eskom chief executive but this needed to be done soon
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The government should support independent power producers to come online faster
Janet Yellen’s statements on energy come amid stage five load-shedding
The brethren in blue took to Jozi’s streets in protest over power, galvanising and uniting the coms behind their leader
The cabinet reshuffle should move the mineral resources and energy minister to another portfolio
Opposition parties and other organisations aim to take Eskom to court over the crippling power cuts
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We can’t continue this way, say ministers at discussion on energy
Eskom’s chief executive resigned but will stay on until March while a successor is found
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Things won’t get better over the next 12 months, says spokesperson, as energy crisis deepens
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Eskom’s Jan Oberholzer says South Africans should to prepare for more power cuts over the next year
SA’s three transitions will cost R8.5-trillion per year between now and 2050
Eskom’s new board faces the reality that the utility’s problems far outweigh the board’s solutions to achieve a 75% energy availability
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Five generators at five power stations had broken down overnight, according to the utility
Solar power installers are coining it, because when load shedding increases, so does the search for solar panels and solar panel purchases
Capital markets are no longer falling over themselves to fund our electricity generation, but South Africa’s leaders should have acted with urgency years ago
Why load-shedding is not only a South African problem
Solving our electricity crisis is set to become more difficult as the world now faces power shortages. We aren’t the only game in town
They said the electricity crisis and blackouts are ‘causing human suffering’, costing the South African economy billions