Eskom has spent R7.7-billion over the past six months burning diesel in efforts to ease rolling blackouts.
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Eskom has blamed the “sudden tripping” of three generating units at the Kendal power station for a decision to escalate load shedding on Tuesday.
Government’s plans to end recurring power cuts could take at least a year to deliver results, a top executive at Eskom said on Monday.
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.
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.