There is a perception that load shedding would be far worse were it not for the disruption wrought by the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown. It’s a myth. By Hilton Tarrant.
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Eskom has attached a bank account belonging to the Matjhabeng municipality in the Free State, which includes the town of Welkom, in response to R3.4-billion in outstanding debt for the provision of bulk electricity.
Eskom has read the riot act to “apathetic” managers at its power stations, calling for an “urgent culture change” in the organisation, as the state-owned monopoly plunges the country into severe load shedding.
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Eskom has suspended the managers of three of its biggest generating plants as the company suffers crippling electricity outages, people familiar with the situation said.
Eskom’s gross debt increased to R488-billion as of March 2020, from R440-billion a year earlier, the firm said in a presentation to parliament on Wednesday.
State-owned enterprises have requested billions of rand in funding from the government to help them weather the impact of the coronavirus crisis, a finance ministry presentation to parliament showed.
Winter may be officially over, but that’s not going to stop Eskom from implementing rotational electricity blackouts this Spring Day.
What if I told you that our energy crisis could be alleviated with one simple change? Sounds ridiculous, doesn’t it? But I can tell you that it is that simple. By Daniel Goldstuck.
With South Africa’s biggest state utility in crisis, one of parliament’s most important financial oversight committees called an urgent online meeting with the company.