Startling revelations following investigations by the US Securities and Exchange Commission have lifted the veil of secrecy in the relationship between ANC funding front Chancellor House and Hitachi Power Africa. The case has also raised questions about possible manipulation of major contracts
The Democratic Alliance on Monday said reports that power plant contractor Hitachi chose an out of court settlement to quash a corruption case against them justified their suspicions that the
Natural gas must play a major role in South Africa’s future energy mix, according to a new report from Econometrix. “Gas is necessary for South Africa to meet its target growth rates and
The department of public enterprises on Friday announced the appointment of Brian Molefe as permanent CEO of Eskom. Cabinet this week approved the appointments of Molefe as chief executive and Ben Ngubane as chairman of Eskom’s board, the department said. “Dr Ngubane has
Eskom’s prepaid vending systems were experiencing technical problems on Thursday, the utility said. “Eskom prepaid customers may have been experiencing a slow, intermittent, or offline service when buying prepaid electricity,” Eskom said in a statement
Eskom has kept the country’s lights on for five weeks, following a gruelling period of load shedding during winter. However, the power utility cautioned on Sunday that the power system will be tight in the coming days owing to maintenance work. It will undertake planned maintenance
The Democratic Alliance said on Tuesday that energy minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson is “purposefully misleading the public” as to the cost of the nuclear deal. South Africa has signed five
Eskom acting CEO Brian Molefe said on Friday it is a sign of Eskom’s state of stability that there has been no load shedding for 26 days, despite 900MW of Koeberg unit 2 going down for maintenance. Unveiling the power utility’s maintenance plan for the next
Deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa said on Wednesday that his attempts to improve the efficiency of South Africa’s state-owned entities are not an attempt to get more votes in the 2016 local government
Eskom went into its 23rd day without load shedding on Monday, after the official opening of unit 6 of the Medupi power station. Medupi unit 6 was opened officially by President Jacob Zuma on Sunday, after being synchronised onto the national grid and a period of testing
