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Interminable power cuts have driven a record seed funding round for South African start-up Hohm Energy.

South Africa’s power sector will require increased private sector investment, Eskom chairman Mteto Nyati said.

A deal between Teraco and Eskom paves the way for the construction of the 120MW Free State solar farm.

A presidential commission said the energy ministry has an inadequate plan to tackle the country’s power supply crisis.

Eskom remains in deep financial trouble, a new report tabled in parliament by national treasury has shown.

Governments around the world are pausing to reconsider the approval of construction permits for new data centres.

South Africa has produced its inaugural official gauge of the carbon intensity of its electricity production.

Cape Town will pay residential households for excess power that they generate from their solar installations.

Eskom has returned five generating units to service, offering South Africa a break from severe power cuts.

Government is wrong to claim it is reducing load shedding; any wins so far are due to private investment, experts have said.