Almost 18 months on, South Africa’s $8.5-billion transition showpiece looks more like a cautionary tale.
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The power utility has launched a demand-side management initiative which could save some 1.5GW of energy for the grid.
President Cyril Ramaphosa said his government is determined to tackle both the energy crisis and climate change together.
Initiatives by the private sector to save municipalities from load shedding have been dealt a blow by a judgment in favour of Eskom in the high court.
President Cyril Ramaphosa is facing increasing pressure to hand powers to his new electricity minister.
There’s a growing fear that the national electricity grid could, at some point, collapse entirely.
Eskom’s plan to circumvent pollution controls at one of biggest coal-fired plants may lead to hundreds of deaths, a new study has found.
Eskom will have received close to half a trillion rand in state support since it started imposing debilitating blackouts in 2008.
Finance minister Enoch Godongwana has ruled out additional state funding for debt-laden Eskom.
South Africa must forge its own path towards becoming a low carbon emissions economy, public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan said.