Power Outages

Get out of the way, Eskom

Article Kevin Davie - 22 Mar 2019

There’s only one option for South Africa and that is to scrap the flailing power utility

Offline horrors hit home affairs

Article M&G Data Desk - 23 Nov 2018

One of the department’s centres was unavailable for 130 out of SA’s 248 working days in the past year

Nine and a half weeks in Vodahell

Article Shaun De Waal - 11 May 2018

'For a communications company, Vodacom is exceptionally bad at communicating'

Eskom coal silo under stress since January – Union

Article bogdan TagDiv - 4 Nov 2014

A coal storage silo that collapsed at Majuba power station in Mpumalanga had been showing signs of stress since January, says trade union Solidarity.

Eskom: Majuba coal silo collapse has ‘significant consequences’

Article bogdan TagDiv - 3 Nov 2014

South Africans are to brace themselves for more rolling blackouts while Eskom struggles to keep the lights on as a coal storage silo collapses.

Baragwanath blames power cuts on two employees

Article bogdan TagDiv - 7 Feb 2014

The Gauteng department of health has given warning letters to two employees over power outages at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto.

Eskom says power supply is tight during maintenance

Article bogdan TagDiv - 18 Nov 2013

Eskom says its power system is expected to be constrained for two weeks as generators are being maintained.

Power play casts Zim in the dark

Africa bogdan TagDiv - 11 Oct 2013

Electricity crisis has worsened as power stations break down and international investors stay away from Zimbabwe.

City Power: Shifts had to change

Article bogdan TagDiv - 9 Sep 2013

Johannesburg electricity utility City Power has said it had to change workers' shifts because they were irregular and illegal.

City Power outages ‘equal to an act of terrorism’

Article bogdan TagDiv - 6 Sep 2013

The actions of employees involved in turning off power at substations is equal to terrorism, says Gauteng safety minister Faith Mazibuko.

Parts of northern Jo’burg without power

Article Staff Reporter - 7 Apr 2011

Power to northern Johannesburg suburbs would be partly restored by Thursday evening after an explosion inside a sub-station, an official said.

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National

Tshwane water woes in court again

Sarah Smit - 21 Feb 2020

The municipality has been accused of deliberately derailing the contract to sort out toxic water crisis in Hammanskraal

National

Life in lockdown: Behind closed doors keeping out the coronavirus

Sarah Smit - 21 Feb 2020

South African students in China are staying behind closed doors due to the coronavirus outbreak

National

Apartheid criminals still at large

Ilham Rawoot - 21 Feb 2020

Corporations and banks that aided the apartheid regime have not been brought to book, so they continue to act with impunity

Press Releases

Response to the report of the independent assessors

IT Web - 17 Feb 2020

VUT welcomes the publishing of the report of the independent assessors to investigate concerns of poor governance, leadership, management, corruption and fraud at the university.

Press Releases

NWU student receives international award

IT Web - 17 Feb 2020

Carol-Mari Schulz received the Bachelor of Health Sciences in Occupational Hygiene Top Achiever Award.

Press Releases

Academic programme resumes at all campuses

IT Web - 17 Feb 2020

Lectures, practicals, seminars and tutorials will all resume today as per specific academic timetables.

Special Reports

Strategic social investments are a catalyst for social progress

Derek Davey - 17 Feb 2020

Barloworld Mbewu enables beneficiaries to move away from dependence on grant funding

Special Reports

We all have a part to play to make South Africa work

Derek Davey - 17 Feb 2020

Powering societal progress demands partnerships between all stakeholders

Special Reports

So you want to be a social entrepreneur?

Derek Davey - 17 Feb 2020

Do the research first; it will save money and time later

Special Reports

Social entrepreneurship means business

Derek Davey - 17 Feb 2020

Enterprises with a cause at their core might be exactly what our economy desperately needs

Special Reports

Looking inwards

Derek Davey - 17 Feb 2020

Businesses are finding tangible ways to give back – but only because consumers demand it