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.
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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.
Bheki Nxumalo has been appointed to one of the toughest jobs in South Africa: group executive for generation at Eskom.
The largest trade union at Eskom wants a 15% wage increase even as the utility fails to generate adequate electricity.
Private investments in energy generation will take two to three years before they solve the load shedding problem, Nedbank CEO Mike Brown said.