Author: Agency Staff

Eskom will implement stage one load shedding (1GW cut) for the 10th day in a row, but only from 5pm to 10pm on Tuesday as it tries to minimise the power cuts during the day. The power utility informed users

There’s a feeling of cautious optimism surrounding the future of South Africa’s electricity and energy sector after last week’s series of critical announcements, according to energy expert Chris Yelland

Media houses and other parties are asking the Western Cape high court to find that a clause in parliament’s broadcasting policy is unconstitutional and invalid because it does not allow the public to view all activities on the floor. Steven Budlender, for the applicants

Public enterprises minister Lynne Brown has seconded Transnet CEO Brian Molefe and appointed him as the acting Eskom CEO with immediate effect after Tshediso Matona was suspended in March. Molefe has been in his role at Transnet

Dinner by candlelight conversations often get heated when a guest boasts that they are exempt from load shedding. Possible reasons for this included living near President Jacob Zuma or other powerful leaders. But this week, the City of Cape Town shed light on this heavy

South Africans could soon experience their first-ever stage four load shedding after Eskom confirmed that the stage allocation would be altered. The current stages of load shedding are stage one, when 1GW is cut from the grid; stage two, when 2GW is cut from the grid

Independent power producers praised the energy department’s announcement on Thursday that it would be opening the door to a host of new possibilities for the private sector to contribute to the production

Wits University researchers have developed a way to accelerate light that could eventually lead to much faster Internet speeds and benefits for medical technology. Prof Andrew Forbes and his team of the

Pro-government newspaper The New Age received an advertising injection of more than R2m from the department of higher education, which joins a host of other departments in directing advertising