Medupi Power Station
latest news & developmentsEskom at risk of stage 13 load-shedding if it doesn’t shape up, says new report
‘Prudent operation and maintenance practices’ could prevent up to six stages of load-shedding, according to the report from the VGBE
The Fiscal Cliff | Eskom: The fiscal monster the treasury can’t vanquish
Among state-owned entities, the beleaguered power utility is far and away the biggest risk to the public purse
Khaya Sithole: State caught in a precarious balancing act
State-owned entities have to match society’s expectations with harsh economic realities
Editorial: Crocodile tears from the coalface
Pumping limited resources into a project that is predominantly meant to extend dirty coal energy in South Africa is not what local communities and the climate needs.
‘We struggle for water, but power stations and coal mines don’t’
A proposed pipeline will bring water polluted with Gauteng’s sewage to the Waterberg in Limpopo to boost the coal industry during the climate crisis
Apology
On 31 July 2020, the Mail & Guardian published an article with the headline “Eskom cancels dodgy R100m tender”. The headline was false and no contract was ever cancelled between…
The story of SA’s biggest power plant, and its little town
Before Big Coal, Lephalale was a small town with little water and few jobs. Two power plants have changed it
Dan Matjila’s grand plans to save Eskom
The former PIC chief muses over PIC debt-for-equity, privatisation and selling off power stations
Mabuza contract grows by R10m
Eskom’s negotiators in a R100-million maintenance contract came back with a proposal to push up the costs
Mabuza’s ‘distant relative’ scored big
Eskom’s woes are often because of boiler problems at its power plants. R50-billion has been set aside to fix them, but some of the contracts are going to questionable entities
Free up energy before the budget
Cyril Ramaphosa wants to do the right thing – bring independent power producers on to the grid. He must act despite opposition from top ANC members
Some tips for Eskom’s new boss
Regular maintenance, zero corruption and no emergency coal procurement are the main issues
On top of everything else Eskom also loses furniture worth R5-million
Items meant for the more than R300-million defunct Kusile accommodation project goes missing but no one is facing arrest
Power stations truck up Eskom’s image
Despite the exorbitant costs of new facilities, they are not delivering on expectations
Cancel Eskom’s odious debt to the World Bank
It was never in the public interest to incur a debt of $3.75-billion to build coal-burning Medupi