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Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa. (GCIS)
ARTICLE

Municipalities owe Eskom R78bn, debt projected to soar to R3.1tn by 2050, says Ramokgopa

The electricity and energy minister warned that the debt prevents the power utility from investing in infrastructure

  • Mandisa Makgakga
4 min read
Fifty students from universities across the country participated in an exhibition illustrating how data science can address major challenges facing the country
DATA SCIENCE FOR IMPACT AND

Students in DSIDE programme come up with innovative solutions

An early warning system could help lower fatalities in SA mines

  • Veronica Mohapeloa
4 min read
In the newly democratic South Africa, the shamefully low level of electrification of black households was seen as an apartheid wrong that needed to be righted.
CITY POLITICS

Struggle for power in Soweto goes underground

Electricity thieves are using cunning methods to ply their trade that not even the police or Eskom can prevent.

  • Phillip De Wet
8 min read
Exposed electricity cables pose a danger at Nokuthula Special School.
ELECTRICITY THEFT

Electricity theft places special-needs school in peril

Illegal connections are sucking a special-needs school dry and endangering staff and pupils.

  • Victoria John
5 min read