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While Eskom has announced that they have successfully delivered 300 days without loadshedding the eThekwini municipality announced planned power outages which will interrupt electricity supply in the Mpumalanga township, over three weekends. The municipality stated that the Eskom power outage to affect Mpumalanga Substation over multiple weekends. The public is advised of a planned power […]
Non-profit organisations GroundWork Trust and Earthlife Africa are taking government to court over alleged leeway provided to Eskom regarding its air pollution commitments. If successful, it could lead to the return of load-shedding in South Africa. According to GroundWork Trust director Bobby Peek, South Africa could save $41.7 billion (R790 billion) by complying with the […]
City Power said the increase would exacerbate poverty, unemployment, and social unrest in communities already struggling to cope with this year’s 12.75% increase. Johannesburg City Power has submitted an objection to the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA), warning against Eskom’s proposed electricity tariff increases over the next three years. The utility said the […]
Long queues were still seen outside the Eskom Marburg offices even after the prepaid meter upgrade deadline passed. Eskom prepaid meter customers had until last Sunday to upgrade their meters or pay up to R12 000 for a replacement. However, the power utility said that active meter owners who had not bought electricity in recent […]
Tens of thousands of prepaid electricity users scrambled to meet the 24 November deadline for Eskom’s Token Identification (TID) Rollover project, with one death reported in Orlando, Soweto. Three days before the deadline, hundreds of people queued at Eskom offices in Soweto seeking help to upgrade their prepaid meters, stay on the grid and avoid […]
Eskom is threatening to cut off electricity to Midrand, Joburg CBD, Mnandi, Cresta and other areas as its R4.9-billion debt row with City of Johannesburg explodes. Johannesburg is also leading the charge with Gauteng metros against Eskom’s tariff hike proposal of 36.15% in 2025. Eskom’s unprecedented threat to cut power supply to South Africa’s […]
A fire broke out at Kriel Power Station’s s Unit 6 on Sunday evening. The station is located in Mpumalanga, a coal-fired power plant. Kriel has six 500MW units for a total installed capacity of 3,000MW with a turbine maximum continuous rating of 36.90%, according to Eskom. Videos on the social media site, X (formerly […]
Eskom has announced that it will implement stage 6 load-shedding from 12:00 (noon) on Wednesday “until further notice.” The state-owned power utility said this is due to a high number of breakdowns since midnight, and the need to strictly preserve the remaining emergency generation reserves. “Eskom will publish a full statement in due course,” it […]
The Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) has had an urgent meeting with Eskom board members to find money to buy diesel supplies in an attempt to avoid higher levels of load shedding. Minister of Public Enterprises Pravin Gordhan met with the Eskom chair Mpho Kakwana on Sunday evening (20 November) to discuss immediate issues facing […]
Power utility Eskom says that stage 2 load shedding will be implemented from 09h00 on Tuesday (8 November) and run until further notice. This follows further breakdowns at its power stations, along with delays in returning other units back to service. The group had initially planned to only implement load shedding during the evening peak […]
