Days after the M&G revealed that Eskom bosses plan to attend the WEF summit in Davos, the broke power utility announced the trip has been scrapped.
Eskom spokesperson Khulu Phasiwe said that while the week looked clear on load shedding they still couldn’t rule out the possibility of power cuts.
Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown finds herself at odds with Energy Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson over how to resolve the Eskom crisis.
The power utility employed car analogies to explain that poor generator maintenance will be to blame for the lack of electricity in the near future.
The state-owned power utility’s bosses are off to a glitzy Swiss summit, even though electricity isn’t on the agenda.
The state-owned power utility is running on empty after forking out billions of rands to power up the grid with costly diesel.
Two of the power utility’s generators have failed, pushing up the risk of blackouts as engineers attempt to determine the cause of the breakdowns.
Will South Africa’s electricity grid collapse, plunging the country into weeks of darkness? Experts say it is possible, but unlikely.
The DA’s parliamentary leader also said that government should follow a "World Cup approach" to completing the Medupi and Kusile power stations.
Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown has hit back at DA’s demands for more transparency on Eskom and said parties needed to work together.
The latest electricity blackouts could spur renewed interest in going off the grid for our power supply and reducing our reliance on Eskom.
DA MP Natasha Michael has said Minister Lynne Brown should freeze Eskom executives’ "exorbitant" pay until performance at the parastatal improves.
Jo’burg residents have reacted to ongoing power cuts, which left them in the dark on Tuesday morning, but this time it wasn’t Eskom’s fault.
The state has announced a rescue package for struggling power supplier Eskom. But experts fear it could mean further credit rating downgrades for SA.
The power utility says load shedding may worsen this winter as it battles with electricity outages attributed to its antiquated power stations.
Eskom has declared a power emergency as a result of severe constraints on the national power grid.
The power utility has asked industry to cut energy use and declared an emergency, noting load shedding as a virtual certainty.
Ahead of winter, the power utility says it will continue with its maintenance strategy and will see a reduction in the maintenance schedule.
Eskom has released two warnings within hours: switch off non-essential appliances or face load shedding; and prepare for another rate hike.
Despite the loss of a 600 megawatt unit at Duvha power station after a boiler incident, Eskom says it will not start load-shedding.
Most South Africans have become used to electricty blackouts, but might not know how to keep their gadgets and appliances safe before it happens.
After a week of rain left coal stocks wet, Eskom says the country could experience power cuts after declaring an emergency.
Eskom has declared an electricity supply emergency and is urging customers to curtail power usage.
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Eskom had to briefly cut supply to one of BHP Billiton’s aluminium smelters on Monday night after nationwide demand outstripped supply.
The power supplier has no idea how to manipulate its customers: peak pricing is what’s needed.
It was "too risky a commitment to make" to say there would be no load shedding in the coming months, says Minister in the Presidency Collins Chabane.
With Eskom’s rolling blackouts highly likely this winter, consumers have no choice but to switch off.
A massive power failure has hit India for the second day running as three regional power grids collapsed, blacking out more than half the country.
Eskom says South Africans have to reduce their electricity use by a tenth, so it can take power stations offline for dangerously overdue maintenance.
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".
Despite criticism the department of energy appears determined to go ahead with the building of two peaking power plants at a cost of R8-billion.