Eskom has implemented stage two rolling blackouts with effect from 5am. Stage three will kick in at 4pm after a full day without rolling blackouts yesterday. This comes as the Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says he will take the public into his confidence on the extent of the country’s energy[…]
South Africans have reacted to reduced power cuts over the weekend, with some drawing links to the EFF’s national shutdown on Monday. Load-shedding was suspended over the weekend but returned at stage 1 on Monday. “Stage 1 load-shedding will be implemented from 5am until 4pm on Monday,” the power utility[…]
Due to some improvements in generation capacity, load-shedding will be reduced to stage 3 until further notice, Eskom says. Repairs to damaged towers from Cahora Bassa in Mozambique were completed and restored to full capacity earlier this week. On Tuesday, the electricity utility said the enforced power cuts would move between[…]
Standard and Poor’s Global Ratings downgraded its outlook on South Africa to stable from positive, citing severe rolling blackouts. The rating agency says South Africa’s constraints on infrastructure and electricity supply could affect its economic growth. S&P has kept South Africa’s currency debt rating unchanged at sub-investment grade but has[…]
Agriculture Minister Thoko Didiza says they are still in talks with Eskom to protect the agriculture sector from load shedding. She was speaking during a visit to a hops farm near George in the Western Cape. Hops harvest season has kicked off but due to load shedding, the yield is[…]
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) says despite having frequent engagements with former Eskom CEO André de Ruyter, he has never informed them that some ministers were part of the corruption in the embattled energy company. The SIU head Advocate Andy Mothibi has instructed his team that is investigating corruption at[…]
ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba has weighed in on public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan’s admission that former Eskom CEO André de Ruyter spoke to him about alleged corruption at the power utility. Gordhan this week confirmed he was the minister De Ruyter talked to about a senior official allegedly benefiting from[…]
Public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan has confirmed that he was the minister former Eskom CEO André de Ruyter talked to about another senior official allegedly benefiting from the corruption at Eskom but he dismissed these as “allusions”. During the interview with presenter Annika Larsen broadcast on eNCA last week, De Ruyter made[…]
Stage 4 load-shedding is being implemented from Sunday morning until further notice. This is an improvement from last week’s rolling blackouts at stage 6, which Eskom attributed to coal supply shortages as well as the now-frequent breakdowns at power stations. Eskom had hoped to move the country to stage 4 by[…]
Eskom has announced the appointment of Calib Cassim as the power utility’s Interim Group Chief Executive Officer with immediate effect. In a statement, Eskom says that Cassim was appointed as its Chief Financial Officer in November 2018 after serving as acting chief financial officer from July 2017. This follows the[…]
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