Suspending a plan to retire 11.3GW of Eskom’s coal-fired plant could lead to more than 15 000 deaths.
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If you have one of the 6.8 million prepaid electricity meters that need to be recoded, you have nothing to fear, according to Eskom.
The World Bank is in talks about a potential $1-billion loan to help South Africa reform its energy sector.
Sars has led a search-and-seize operation aimed at breaking the back of a “sophisticated” criminal syndicate of coal smugglers.
Electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa said South Africa has “turned a corner” in terms of electricity generation.
Eskom chairman Mpho Makwana will step down at the end of the month and will be replaced in the role by Mteto Nyati.
South Africa’s near-fourfold increase in rooftop solar in the past year has reduced revenue at Eskom.
Virtual wheeling, being trialled by Vodacom and Eskom, could be one of the answers to the ongoing energy crisis.
South Africa will name a new Eskom CEO by the end of the year, public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan said.
Eskom has run a successful pilot of virtual wheeling. But what is it, and how could it change South Africa’s energy industry?