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Eskom should not be granted another tariff increase at the expense of consumers who can barely meet their monthly expenses already, Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane said on Monday

The risk of a total power blackout in South Africa at any point in future is “out of the question”, acting Eskom CEO Brian Molefe said on Wednesday. “The prospect of a blackout is virtually non-existent,” he told reporters in Johannesburg during a briefing on

Eskom’s proposed 25% electricity price hike, if approved, will further cripple the already bleeding South African economy, the Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (Seifsa) said on Tuesday. “The metals and engineering

The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) should reject Eskom’s electricity tariff increase because it is “unreasonable, unfair and fundamentally dishonest”, according to energy expert Chris Yelland. Eskom has until 4pm

In the fog of confusion caused by the chaos at Eskom, we lose sight of where the ANC government has done really well in the area of power generation, said investment director Rob Spanjaard. He

Brian Molefe wants this week to end. The second official week of winter has not been kind to the acting Eskom CEO, who has had to deal with bomb scares, gunshots, load shedding and unkind weather gods. “It has been

A lack of money and skills and the high cost of coal and diesel continue to plague Eskom, a civil society conference on the country’s electricity crisis heard on Wednesday. “Finances need to be improved to enable Eskom to carry on with

Unit 1 of the Koeberg nuclear power station outside Cape Town was returned back to service on Tuesday morning after a statutory three-month refuelling and maintenance programme. Unit 1, which

Another senior executive has decided to part ways with Eskom after he was suspended ahead of a deep-dive inquiry to look into issues plaguing the power utility. Eskom and its suspended group executive for group capital, Dan Marokane, have mutually

It would be a major strategic error to privatise Eskom in any way, the South African Community Party said on Sunday. In a statement, after the conclusion of the party’s three-day central committee