It will take 20 to 30 months before power utility Eskom has caught up with maintenance and is back on the right track, energy department director-general Wolsey Barnard said on Tuesday. “It’s going to take time, it’s going to take in the vicinity
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South Africa’s energy woes are a “challenge” but not a crisis and government knows how to address them, President Jacob Zuma said on Friday. “I think we have a challenge, not a crisis,” Zuma told
There is a low risk of load shedding being implemented over the weekend due to generators performing at their optimum, Eskom said on Friday. “Our projection shows that we will not have to
Stabilising Eskom’s finances is a priority and the power utility will be given R23bn to do so, President Jacob Zuma announced on Thursday. “The government will honour its commitment to give
Eskom is implementing stage two rolling power cuts from 6pm to 10pm on Wednesday, it said on Twitter. Earlier, the utility implemented stage one of rolling power cuts from 2pm to 10pm
There is an app for everything these days and, given that power cuts have become part of everyday life for South Africans, a quick search on your favourite app store will return a growing number of load-shedding applications to help you through these dark days
Government on Tuesday dismissed a hoax statement saying it had been warned by Eskom the main power grid could crash, plunging the country into darkness for over two weeks, the department of communications said. “The message regarding Eskom is not
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Stage one power cuts will be implemented on Monday afternoon, electricity provider Eskom said. The company posted on its Twitter feed at 2.30pm: “Stage 1 load shedding to be implemented from 4pm to 10pm due to shortage of capacity
Stage two of rolling power cuts have ended on Sunday, with the power system to be under “severe pressure” over the coming week, Eskom said. “Eskom stopped stage two load shedding at 10.10pm on 8 February 2015,” the parastatal