What can rich countries do to help the developing world battle climate change? What’s happening in South Africa right now embodies that central question of fairness.
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Eskom will reduce planned power cuts this week after sufficient progress was made in replenishing emergency generation reserves.
Eskom will implement stage-4 load shedding from 10am on Saturday as the latest power supply crisis intensifies.
Eskom will escalate rotating power cuts from Friday afternoon until Monday morning, citing the usual loss of generation capacity.
Eskom said on Wednesday that it had successfully recovered R30-million that it “unlawfully” paid its pension fund for the benefit of its disgraced former CEO.
Just when we thought things were starting to stabilise, Eskom is back to remind us that all is not well with South Africa’s electricity system.
Telkom and three state-owned enterprises have called for “drastic measures” to deal with infrastructure vandalism and theft in South Africa.
South Africa is forging ahead with a plan to create a new Eskom, with energy minister Gwede Mantashe also announcing plans for a new nuclear power station.
A sharp drop in electricity demand as Covid-19 engulfed South Africa more than two years ago prevented unplanned breakdowns at Eskom from snowballing.
Eskom said it is “considering” cutting the power to the City of Tshwane, which includes Pretoria and Centurion, over non-payment by the metro.