Book review | In Truth to Power, former Eskom CEO André de Ruyter writes that decisions taken in 2007 will haunt South Africa for years to come.
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Government is processing applications for projects to produce 9.8GW of renewable energy, equating to about a third of South Africa’s total current demand for electricity.
It’s going to be an exceptionally “hard” winter for South Africans, Eskom said, with record stage-8 power cuts possible.
Eskom may have to implement stage-8 load shedding this winter if its interventions are not effective.
Public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan resorted to schoolboy-level pettiness in parliament on Wednesday.
Eskom has moved to assure South Africans that there is no imminent collapse of the power grid.
South Africa will issue a request for proposals before the end of the year seeking 2.5GW in new nuclear energy generation.
South Africa is ahead of its target for cutting emissions of greenhouse gases.
The public enterprises minister undermined upper management, disrupting efforts to end the nation’s energy crisis, said former CEO André de Ruyter.
The ANC risks losing almost a quarter of its support unless it brings the country’s worst power crisis to an end ahead of elections next year, a survey of voters has found.