Electricity Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says his department has made progress in reducing rolling blackouts. He gave an update on the latest on the energy crisis in the country. South Africans have been questioning how the country has moved from a critical need for power outages to a sudden absence of[…]
By Loushe Jordaan Gilbert Come next month, Eskom employees will be smiling a bit more as all non-managerial employees will see a 7% salary increase for the next three years. Chief economist of the Efficient Group Dawie Roodt, said he is shocked at this news, especially as the utility already[…]
An Eskom subcontractor employee and his two accomplices arrested for alleged copper cable theft at Medupi power station will on Monday appear before the Lephalale magistrate’s court in Limpopo. Police say a fourth suspect has evaded arrest. Police Spokesperson Malesela Ledwaba says the suspects allegedly stole copper cables estimated at[…]
Special Investigating Unit (SIU) head Adv Andy Mothibi has informed parliament’s standing committee on public accounts (Scopa) that the SIU has obtained the intelligence report commissioned by Eskom’s former CEO, Andre de Ruyter. Mothibi confirmed on Wednesday the report is now subject to the SIU’s investigation process. “I can confirm that SIU has obtained[…]
Rolling power cuts have been escalated to stage 6 in the evenings. This kicked in from 4pm on Monday until 5am on Tuesday. Daytime load-shedding will be at stage 4 between 5am and 4pm on Tuesday. This pattern will be repeated daily until further notice. Eskom said this is due[…]
Parliament’s standing committee on public accounts (Scopa) will write to former Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter to obtain the covert intelligence report he used to investigate allegations of corruption at Eskom. This after President Cyril Ramaphosa’s national security adviser Sydney Mufamadi told committee members he did not have the report.[…]
The government has identified load-shedding, unemployment, sabotage of economic infrastructure, and crime and corruption as threats to national security. Minister in the Presidency responsible for state security Khumbudzo Ntshavheni told parliament on Friday crime and corruption were threatening to reach endemic levels. This ranged from organised crime, petty crime and[…]
Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has warned that the electricity grid is on the brink of collapse as Eskom continues to implement high stages of rolling blackouts. Addressing the media at the party’s headquarters in Johannesburg on the outcomes of the party’s Central Command Team meeting, Malema has[…]
Eskom has announced that it has downgraded its rolling blackouts from Stage 6 to three with effect from five o’clock on Saturday morning to four o’clock this afternoon. The power utility says this is due to lower demand this weekend. Stage 5 rolling blackouts will be implemented until 5 am o’clock[…]
By Lee-Yandra Paulsen Eskom briefed the Portfolio Committee on Energy in Parliament, about the Technical and Regulatory Actions required to submit a safety operation of the Koeberg nuclear plant for an additional 20 years until 2044 for Unit 1 and until 2045 for Unit 2. However, the power utility[…]
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