Ramokgopa: Eskom bosses consolidating report to solve energy crisis
/ 11 March 2024

Ramokgopa: Eskom bosses consolidating report to solve energy crisis

Eskom won’t cut maintenance, despite German consortium’s recommendation, electricity minister says

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Editorial: Stage eight and the nation bickers on
/ 12 May 2023

Editorial: Stage eight and the nation bickers on

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

Eskom unbundling not a priority now – electricity minister Ramokgopa
/ 23 March 2023

Eskom unbundling not a priority now – electricity minister Ramokgopa

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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‘One day you have water, the next you don’t’ say Vrededorp residents
/ 22 March 2023

‘One day you have water, the next you don’t’ say Vrededorp residents

Vrededorp residents say they are being ‘sabotaged’ by Johannesburg authorities because they are poor

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Call me what you like, I have legislative powers, says Kgosientsho Ramokgopa
/ 10 March 2023

Call me what you like, I have legislative powers, says Kgosientsho Ramokgopa

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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Calls for Ramaphosa to step down increase amid stage six load-shedding
/ 16 January 2023

Calls for Ramaphosa to step down increase amid stage six load-shedding

Opposition parties and other organisations aim to take Eskom to court over the crippling power cuts

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Mixed reactions as hunt for Andre de Ruyter’s replacement begins
/ 14 December 2022

Mixed reactions as hunt for Andre de Ruyter’s replacement begins

Eskom’s chief executive resigned but will stay on until March while a successor is found

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Brace for stage eight power cuts
/ 8 December 2022

Brace for stage eight power cuts

Things won’t get better over the next 12 months, says spokesperson, as energy crisis deepens

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Eskom’s new board under the whip
/ 28 October 2022

Eskom’s new board under the whip

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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