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Telkom has warned that its services in some areas are now being affected by the problems at Eskom. “Telkom services are being impacted by Eskom’s nationwide load-shedding schedule. Depending on the duration of load shedding

There will not be power cuts as a result of the Majuba power station crisis anywhere in the country on Monday, Eskom said. “There will be no load shedding today [Monday]. We managed to restore coal supplies to two of the six units

Load shedding occurred on Sunday to ensure South Africa’s power grid did not suffer a blackout, Eskom said. This followed the collapse of a coal silo, silo number 20, at the Majuba power station early Saturday afternoon, thereby severely

Eskom began rolling blackouts countrywide on Sunday due to a loss of capacity at its Majuba power station in Mpumalanga, it said. A crack in a coal storage silo on Saturday afternoon caused the loss of 1,8GW, it said in a statement

Power utility Eskom on Wednesday called on consumers to switch off geysers, pool pumps and all non-essential appliances from 6pm to 8pm to prevent the need for power cuts. “The power system is severely constrained today and will

Eskom interim CEO Collin Matjila has stirred controversy at the power utility over a R43m contract to sponsor The New Age’s (TNA) breakfast briefings, the Mail & Guardian reported on Friday. The new contract commits the cash-strapped power utility to sponsor around one TNA breakfast briefing

Government may be considering selling its stake in minority Vodacom as it seeks funding to rescue electricity supply utility Eskom, according to a report published on Wednesday. The report on Bloomberg, a wires agency, quotes unnamed sources as saying that government has approached financial

Consumers will be hit with a 12,7% electricity tariff hike next year, the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) announced on Friday. Nersa approved Eskom’s plans to recoup losses after it had under-recovered money during the multi-year-price-determination

o agreement has been entered into with Russia for the construction of nuclear power plants, the energy department said on Wednesday. The document recently signed between South Africa and Russia was an inter-governmental agreement – one of six sought from Russia and five other countries

The resignations of Steve Lennon and Erica Johnson from Eskom have dealt a blow to the troubled state utility’s already overburdened executive committee. The announcement that they’re leaving comes just before the new CEO takes his place. In a notice circulated to staff on Tuesday, Eskom acting CEO