Author: Staff Reporter

Eskom management is increasingly blaming staff in public for load shedding, but fails to provide the basics for them to keep the lights on, according to trade union Solidarity.

Eskom’s power supply crisis is intensifying. The state-owned power utility has announced stage-4 load shedding from 1pm on Monday until 5am on Friday.

Two Eskom employees and a supplier to the embattled state-owned electricity utility have been arrested and charged with theft, fraud and corruption.

Eskom will implement stage-4 load shedding from 2pm on Friday until 5am on Saturday, with the power cuts to continue all weekend.

Just a day after South Africa went to the polls in local government elections, Eskom has again said it will implement rolling power cuts.

There is a strong possibility that Eskom will again implement load shedding as soon as Tuesday.

The iStore, the retail arm of South African Apple distributor Core Group, has unveiled pricing for the new MacBook Pro models with Apple silicon.

EOH Holdings has reported a full-year loss of R280-million, an improvement from the R1.7-billion loss in the 2020 financial year.

Takealot Group, South Africa’s largest online retailer, has announced plans to build a giant new distribution centre in Cape Town.

Public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan has tried to assure South Africans that the elections on 1 November will not be disrupted by a lack of power.