Electricity Blackouts

Southern Africa completed building nearly 2 000 megawatts of generation since 2014. It will finish a further 2 763 megawatts in 2015.

Eskom on Monday would not divulge what plans it has in the event of a national blackout.

SA’s electricity infrastructure wasn’t designed to serve 11-million households, Jacob Zuma told the World Economic Forum in Switzerland.

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 power utility said they apologised for the power cuts, but blackouts would continue until three of its generators are fixed.

The Democratic Republic of Congo has halted mining expansion projects due to a power shortage that has it considering a "load-shedding" schedule.

Power utility Eskom has again declared an emergency as four generating units developed "technical problems".

As several Johannesburg areas experience power outages, reports say some of City Power’s employees are on strike over changes in their work hours.

Cable theft is so rife in the townships that ordinary people have found "clever" ways of connecting to power illegally, writes Tiisetso Makube.

Fedusa says it is worried that Ethe high risk of power outages announced by Eskom could affect households and businesses for the rest of the month.

Municipal electricity costs are coming under fire as the state gears up to review South Africa’s electricity pricing policy.

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

No TV. No internet. No air conditioning. Traffic lights off. Hospitals deprived of electricity.

Power cuts may still be a reality for South Africans, despite sharp electricity price hikes, Nersa has said.