Reports claim Eskom is diverting electricity to Botswana while South Africans face rolling blackouts and appeals to reduce power consumption.
The time might have come for the ANC to reconsider its investment arm Chancellor House as a commercial venture, says treasurer general Zweli Mkhize.
South Africa can expect electricity next year from coal-fired power stations Medupi in Limpopo and Kusile in Mpumalanga.
Power utility still searches for its capital division head.
A wildcat strike at Eskom’s Medupi plant has turned violent, with two cars stoned and unconfirmed reports that they were set alight by protesters.
The utility’s board is still trying to find a suitable candidate to replace its finance director.
PODCAST: We find out how the setback at Eskom’s Medupi power station will affect the country’s power supply and economic growth.
When Eskom’s last build cycle ended in the early 1990s, the utility restructured and redeployed experienced engineering staff to operations.
Medupi has failed on so many levels, but will the minister carry out his ‘heads will roll’ threat?
The power utility didn’t have the competence and capacity for an expansion like this, say analysts.
Despite strong words from Malusi Gigaba earlier this year against the delay of its construction, the project will be set back. What went wrong?
The completion of just the first unit of the Medupi power station in Limpopo, is to be delayed, pushing the project’s deadline back into next year.
Concerns that South Africa is a hair’s breadth from experiencing rolling power cuts.
Government has been talking up performance, but state-owned enterprises are fettered by politics.
Eskom is at pains to defend its chief executive, Brian Dames, whose contract is rumoured to be up for renewal.
Public Enterprise Minister Malusi Gigaba met with Eskom’s Medupi power station construction stakeholders to "broker a resolution".
Eskom has come clean in Parliament on the costs of building the giant Medupi and Kusile power stations.
Private users are responsible for 60% of energy savings on the back of soaring power tariffs, writes Lisa Steyn.
President Jacob Zuma is looking East for inspiration, as the ANC pushes for resource nationalism rather than a crude form of nationalisation.
The builders of Medupi Power Station are being accused of breaking promises.
While Eskom nestles on a R50-billion pile of money, everyone from manufacturers to residents are reeling as rising electricity prices hit home.
South Africans must gird their loins for a tough, electricity-fraught winter.
Residents of Lephalale in Limpopo have gone to court to stop the destruction of an ancient river-bed for the building of Medupi power station.
Eskom will get additional loan guarantees amounting to R350-billion, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan confirmed.
Private companies and banks itching to enter alternative energy market, writes Lionel Faull.
The ANC was defiant this week about its involvement with Hitachi Power Africa, which secured a multibillion-rand contract with Eskom.
Limpopo residents on Tuesday filed a complaint with the World Bank about the $3,75bn loan sought by Eskom to help finance the Medudi power plant.
With its proposed Medupi power station, South Africa is an industrialised global climate player and major polluter.
Barbara Hogan answers the <em>M&G</em>’s questions about the controversy surrounding the World Bank loan for the Medupi power station.