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Janet Yellen, US Treasury secretary, left, and Enoch Godongwana, South Africa’s finance minister, during a meeting at the National Treasury in Pretoria. Photographer: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images
ELECTRICITY

US Treasury Secretary lauds South Africa’s just energy transition

Janet Yellen’s statements on energy come amid stage five load-shedding

  • Anathi Madubela
2 min read
The latest E coli readings for several Durban beaches, published by water treatment specialist company Talbot, reflects a vast improvement in the beach water (Peter Titmuss/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
CITY OF CAPE TOWN

City of Cape Town warns of further sewage spills due to lengthy power cuts

The city council issued warnings in the wake of recent spills due to load-shedding, which forced the temporary closure of beaches in Muizenberg and Fish Hoek

  • Eunice Masson
2 min read
In a country where electricity is essential for daily life, it is fast becoming a privilege rather than a right in South Africa. (David Harrison)
ANDRE DE RUYTER

Load-shedding set to continue for the rest of the week

No load-shedding for flood-hit eThekwini metro, because the area is not consuming its daily average of 1 600MW of power

  • Eunice Masson
3 min read
Eskom told the Mail & Guardian it had only received a R9 billion World Bank loan to decommission its coal-fired Komati power station. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
ELECTRICITY

Load-shedding on the cards as Eskom prioritises maintenance

Eskom chief operating officer Jan Oberholzer says the utility will continue with planned maintenance, even at the risk of load-shedding

  • Anathi Madubela
2 min read