The country is not experiencing a power supply crisis, Eskom said on Monday. “There is no crisis at Eskom. I think the way Eskom gets reported on creates the perception of a crisis,” CEO Tshediso Matona told reporters in Johannesburg. Matona said the power utility needed financial stability
Eskom CEO Tshediso Matona apologised to the nation on Monday for the recent power blackouts. “Eskom apologises to the nation for the inconvenience of the past few weeks,” Matona told journalists in Johannesburg. “The events
Power utility Eskom has once again implemented rolling blackouts until three generators are fixed, a spokesman said on Monday. “We have started with stage one of load shedding,” spokesman Andrew Etzinger said
Stage 3 power cuts would continue across the country until 10pm on Saturday, Eskom said. “We have introduced stage three load shedding. It started at 8am this morning and will go on until 10pm this evening,” spokesman
The City of Johannesburg and City Power will remotely switch off geyser control systems to certain areas at specific times to manage electricity control across the city, it said on Friday. “We also appeal to large power users and key business customers to reduce their usage of electricity by switching
Eskom will start rolling blackouts countrywide at 4pm on Thursday because of low diesel reserves, the parastatal said. “Unfortunately, it is necessary to implement stage two load shedding from 4pm to 10pm,” spokesman Andrew Etzinger
There are no scheduled power cuts for this week, Eskom said on Monday. “[The] system will be tight but no load shedding is planned at this stage,” Eskom spokesman Andrew Etzinger said in a statement. “We are starting the week in a good position as we were able to replenish our emergency
Rotational power cuts are expected to decrease by Sunday evening, Eskom said. “We are expecting to restore the load between 8pm and 10 [on Sunday],” spokesman Andrew Etzinger said. Improvements to the power grid comes as the dams that the
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High ash emissions from the Lethabo power station in the Vaal Triangle due to conveyer belt failure was not caused by a lack of maintenance, Eskom said on Thursday. “It is an operational matter rather than a lack of maintenance,” spokesman Andrew Etzinger said. “The power station is an old
