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Eskom cancels dodgy R100m tender linked to Mabuza’s niece

Business Sabelo Skiti - 31 Jul 2020

An internal investigation revealed ‘irregularities’ in the process of awarding the contract

The story of SA’s biggest power plant, and its little town

Article Tristen Taylor & Nathalie Bertrams - 29 Apr 2020

Before Big Coal, Lephalale was a small town with little water and few jobs. Two power plants have changed it

Dan Matjila’s grand plans to save Eskom

Article Thando Maeko - 26 Feb 2020

The former PIC chief muses over PIC debt-for-equity, privatisation and selling off power stations

Mabuza contract grows by R10m

Article Sabelo Skiti & Thanduxolo Jika - 24 Jan 2020

Eskom’s negotiators in a R100-million maintenance contract came back with a proposal to push up the costs

Free up energy before the budget

Business Kevin Davie - 17 Jan 2020

Cyril Ramaphosa wants to do the right thing – bring independent power producers on to the grid. He must act despite opposition from top ANC members

Mabuza’s ‘distant relative’ scored big

Article Thanduxolo Jika & Sabelo Skiti - 17 Jan 2020

Eskom’s woes are often because of boiler problems at its power plants. R50-billion has been set aside to fix them, but some of the contracts are going to questionable entities

Some tips for Eskom’s new boss

Article Vuslat Bayoglu - 10 Jan 2020

Regular maintenance, zero corruption and no emergency coal procurement are the main issues

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On top of everything else Eskom also loses furniture worth R5-million

Article Thanduxolo Jika - 4 Nov 2019

Items meant for the more than R300-million defunct Kusile accommodation project goes missing but no one is facing arrest

Power stations truck up Eskom’s image

Article Kevin Davie - 25 Oct 2019

Despite the exorbitant costs of new facilities, they are not delivering on expectations

Cancel Eskom’s odious debt to the World Bank

Article Jonathan Cannard - 19 Aug 2019

It was never in the public interest to incur a debt of $3.75-billion to build coal-burning Medupi

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Eskom’s Medupi and Kusile to cost R36bn to complete, will not be halted — Mabuza

Article Sibongile Khumalo - 4 Apr 2019

Construction on the issue-ridden Medupi and Kusile power stations, which began in 2007 and 2008, will go ahead

Load-shedding a concern for 2019 poll

Article Natasha Marrian - 20 Mar 2019

A power outage during the counting process could place the process at risk and at worst, compromise the credibility of the election

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Eskom cannot rule out more rolling blackouts in coming months

Article Lynley Donnelly - 19 Mar 2019

The power utility is facing a myriad of problems, warning it cannot rule out the continued possibility of load-shedding for the coming 6-12 months

Importing power is not the answer

Article Staff Reporter - 1 Mar 2019

What South Africa needs is affordable, reliable and clean energy

Gordhan promises action to keep the lights on

Article Lester Kiewit - 12 Feb 2019

During the Sona debate, the public enterprises minister outlined the steps being taken to halt load-shedding

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