Electricity Crisis

Criminals are allegedly extorting residents when the FS municipality fails to cough up for work they submitted claims for but that was never done

Some municipalities fail to provide a reliable supply of basic services such as water and electricity

‘Prudent operation and maintenance practices’ could prevent up to six stages of load-shedding, according to the report from the VGBE

Don’t use geysers from five to nine at night, electricity minister pleads, while the cold, dark winter Eskom promised hits the country and power stations continue to break down

In a hint of what will come in his cabinet reshuffle, the president sidelined Mantashe with plan to appoint energy minister in the presidency

Other factors are inflation and interest rate hikes while load-shedding has affected key sectors

This debt should be deemed a subsidy, an external cost that the government must bear for inadequate service delivery.

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President Jacob Zuma claims that 34% of households had access to electricity in 1994. Available data suggests he is wrong. By 1994 it was about 50%.

Things remain stable, assures rating agency Standard & Poor’s – at least for the time being.

The pact between Pretoria and Portugal over the hydroelectric dam helped the apartheid state extend its empire’s tentacles, say researchers.

Moody’s Investors Service are not holding out on Eskom’s finances improving any time soon, and neither should the country.

Eskom is receiving approximately 200MW of electricity from its counterpart in Namibia, NamPower, as it struggles to keep the lights on.

After a rescue package from the national treasury last year Eskom’s financial woes are far from alleviated, and won’t be for years to come.

Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba says electricity supply will be extremely tight from April to July to complete maintenance.