Eskom escalated load shedding to stage 4 overnight, just hours after President Cyril Ramaphosa promised the worst of the power cuts were over.
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About two decades of power cuts, exacerbated by an adherence to hidebound ideology, have deindustrialised what was once a promising economy.
Eskom is rolling out its load limiting project, aimed at optimising electricity consumption, to more suburbs in Johannesburg.
Mozambique plans to end half a century of hydropower supply to Eskom, raising risks for South Africa’s economy.
The financial stability of municipalities hinges in large part on the revenue they generate from selling electricity.
A government monopoly in the generation, transmission, distribution and sale of electricity is highly inefficient.
The Eskom changes will make more than 3GW of transmission capacity available in the Western Cape and Eastern Cape.
Telkom said close collaboration with the police, aimed at nailing cable thieves, is achieving solid results.
The health of South Africa’s electricity system is improving, electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has claimed.
South Africa’s energy insecurity presents the biggest risk to the ANC’s election prospects, justice minister Ronald Lamola said.