Smart meter installations are lagging sharply, undermining Eskom’s ability to end load reduction timeously.
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Eskom said on Wednesday it would extend scheduled blackouts into Thursday as breakdowns continued to weigh on the system.
The high court in Pretoria has handed a significant and potentially ground-breaking legal defeat to Telkom, and victory to Vodacom, over the use of the former’s ducts used to carry broadband cables.
Eskom will implement stage-2 rotational load shedding from 4pm on Tuesday, with the power cuts set to continue all day on Wednesday, the state-owned electricity utility said.
Government is assessing the planned multibillion-rand expansion of the Gautrain in terms of its new infrastructure development methodology and is in the process of engaging with stakeholders about the project.
Momentum Metropolitan Holdings said on Monday that it has become the victim of a cyberattack, with criminals able to access sensitive data on its systems.
Due to the unavailability of several generation units, the power system will be severely constrained this week, according to state-owned electricity monopoly Eskom.
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