Eskom has announced its load shedding outlook for the weekend, citing that power cuts will be suspended on Saturday and Sunday from 5am until 4pm. Thereafter, stage 2 load shedding will be implemented from 4pm until 5am on both days. Eskom has attributed this to anticipated lower demand and an[…]
Electricity Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says Eskom will prioritise electricity to areas which were heavily affected over the weekend. The prioritisation stems from several areas around the Western and Eastern Cape that experienced major floods and storms which claimed lives of numerous citizens and leaving thousand displaced caused by gale[…]
Eskom says loadshedding will be suspended for the long weekend. Eskom’s Daphne Mokwena said the suspension over the long weekend was due to sustained improved performance of generation availability. “During the long weekend, we will address minor defects on generating units by performing planned maintenance. Eskom will closely monitor the[…]
Eskom says it will continue to implement Stage 5 load shedding (rolling blackouts) between 4pm and Stage 4 from 5am until further notice. The power utility says this is due to a planned increase in generation planned maintenance from an average of 3000 MW in June to an average of 6000 MW in September,[…]
By Daanyaal Matthews In a monumental agreement, the Republic of South Africa and China have signed an agreement that would see the eastern state provide over R500 million worth of investment towards the betterment of the energy sector. However, while this has been welcomed, it has additionally been questioned by[…]
The Democratic Alliance (DA) in the North West has lodged an urgent court application against Eskom to compel it to address the power supply disruptions in Lichtenburg. The area has been without electricity for weeks. The second transformer was damaged and later vandalised, after a pylon fell on it. Eskom[…]
Install cameras, move home and hire a private security service. These are some of the measures former Eskom forensics middle manager Dorothy Mmushi claims she had to take after allegedly receiving a death threat as Eskom “failed” to offer her protection. Mmushi publicly accused Eskom of being an enabler of[…]
Electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has been in the spotlight recently for suggesting the decision to shut down the Komati power station in Mpumalanga was influenced by financial gain and pressure to transition from coal-fired stations to renewable energy. Speaking at a Standard Bank conference this week, Ramakgopa described the station[…]
Eskom has announced stages 4 and 6 load-shedding from Wednesday morning due to the “loss of additional generating units overnight”. The embattled power utility made the announcement in a brief statement just before 7am, when stage 4 power cuts were expected to start. “Due to the loss of additional generating[…]
Eskom has ramped up load-shedding to stages 3 and 4 to preserve its emergency reserves. The power utility said reduced generation capacity and high sustained demand for electricity (about 33,000MW) has required the extensive use of open-cycle gas turbines (OCGTs) and pump-storage generation over the past 36 hours. On Monday,[…]
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