The simple unbundling of South Africa’s power sector alluded to by the president could herald a new era in South Africa’s energy future.
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There’s been outrage from some quarters about reports that Eskom intends to increase the connection fee for electricity users who also generate their own power.
MTN South Africa’s network availability was hit by recent load shedding, but the company still managed to lift subscriber growth in the first half.
Karpowership said its appeal to overturn an environmental ruling has failed in another blow to South Africa’s attempts to resolve its power crisis.
The presidency said government has made significant progress in structural reforms, including the successful auctioning off of broadband spectrum.
Progress in bringing generation capacity online, coupled with low weekend demand, means Eskom will no longer implement load shedding on Sunday.
Eskom will implement load shedding at stage 2 on both Saturday and Sunday between 4pm and midnight as it continues to struggle to cope with demand.
Eskom has welcomed the sentencing of three cable thieves, who stole at least 564kg of its aluminium overhead conductor cable.
Eskom will implement stage-4 load shedding on Thursday as it struggles with increased demand due to colder weather and plant breakdowns.
Eskom will implement load shedding at stage 2 from 4pm on Wednesday and Thursday.