Countries PICS | Group of women stuck in a lift for two hours due to load shedding Cape Town – Seven women were reportedly trapped in a lift at a mall in KwaZulu-Natal for nearly two... Read more 9 Feb, 2023
Countries WATCH | ‘Bring your state power, we will bring our mass power’ – EFF plans national shutdown Cape Town – The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) is planning a national shutdown to protest the ongoing load shedding... Read more 31 Jan, 2023
Countries Bodies ‘decomposing fast’ due to load shedding and heatwaves, funeral parlours say as they urge South Africans to bury the dead within 4 days Cape Town – The South African Funeral Practitioners Association (Safpa) has reportedly pleaded with South Africans to bury their... Read more 27 Jan, 2023
Countries WATCH | Mbalula trolled for lack of planning as load shedding interrupts his address Cape Town – Africa National Congress (ANC) secretary-general, Fikile Mbalula has been trolled for poor planning after his address... Read more 27 Jan, 2023
Countries Eskom proposes permanent stage 2 and 3 load shedding for the next 2 years Cape Town – The South African power utility Eskom has announced its plans to implement permanent stage 2 or... Read more 24 Jan, 2023
Countries WATCH | ‘Put it in suspense for a while’ – Cyril Ramaphosa asks Eskom to halt the 18.65% power tariff hike Cape Town – President Cyril Ramaphosa says he has asked the South African power utility Eskom to hold the... Read more 23 Jan, 2023
Countries DA petition calling for alternative electricity supplier picks up momentum Cape Town – More than 100 000 people have signed the Democratic Alliance’s (DA) petition calling for an alternative... Read more 20 Jan, 2023
Business SA’s power utility announces load shedding changes for the week… 14 generators expected to return to service Cape Town – South Africa’s power utility has implemented stage 4 load shedding from 05:00 to 16:00 daily from... Read more 17 Jan, 2023
Business ‘Eskom is in a death spiral’ – Steenhuisen requests meeting with Ramaphosa over load shedding Cape Town – Democratic Alliance leader John Steenhuisen has written to President Cyril Ramaphosa requesting a meeting over the... Read more 13 Jan, 2023
Business ‘You didn’t think of the citizens at all’- South Africans react after Nersa gives Eskom the green light to increase tariffs by 18.6% Cape Town – Amidst higher stages of load shedding, South Africans have been informed that they will have to... Read more 13 Jan, 2023