Countries Gauteng hit by outages as Eskom substations shutdown Cape Town – Parts of Gauteng experienced power outages due to a major shutdown at seven Eskom substations on... Read more 8 Aug, 2023
Countries Eskom exec allegedly paid hitman R400k for subordinate’s assassination – report Cape Town – The fight against fraud and corruption at Eskom reportedly took a dark turn after a hitman... Read more 7 Aug, 2023
Business ‘If I had my way, we’d go and restart it’ – Minister raises concern over closure of Komati Cape Town – Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, has attracted attention for suggesting that the decision to close the Komati power... Read more 27 Jul, 2023
Business Eskom and SA’s energy crisis: De Ruyter book strikes a chord but falls flat on economic fixes Abdi Ismail Samatar, University of Pretoria The former chief executive of South Africa’s power utility, Eskom, has written a... Read more 27 Jul, 2023
Business Eskom assumes control of load shedding in Ekurhuleni Cape Town – Eskom says it has taken control of load shedding in the City of Ekurhuleni (CoE) as... Read more 26 Jul, 2023
Business Ramokgopa urges Eskom reliability improvements to end load shedding Cape Town – Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has emphasised the need for Eskom to improve the reliability of its... Read more 24 Jul, 2023
Countries Eskom announces stage 5 as cold weather approaches Cape Town — Eskom announced that they will implement stage 5 load shedding due to a higher demand of... Read more 21 Jul, 2023
Business Eskom employee in court over theft of R1m worth of fuel oil Another Eskom employee has been arrested, this time for theft of R1 million worth of heavy fuel oil bound... Read more 21 Jul, 2023
Business Eskom unlikely to experience total grid collapse or blackout – experts Cape Town – Experts and industry leaders have said that Eskom is unlikely to experience a complete grid collapse... Read more 20 Jul, 2023
Business Eskom sabotage: Police investigate over 2 100 cases Cape Town – Police are investigating over 1 500 cases of sabotage at Eskom, Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa said... Read more 17 Jul, 2023