Eskom is recruiting its 14th chief executive officer in a decade, but finding someone who can do the job and actually wants it will be a tall ask.
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A blame game’s getting in the way of a solution to South Africa’s 14-year electricity crisis.
Fixing South Africa’s broken utility and its rickety power system is proving a crucial test for the ANC ahead of elections in 2024.
South Africa is teetering on the brink of its most severe power cuts yet, just months after government announced emergency measures to try and end load shedding.
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.
Minister in the presidency Mondli Gungubele said government is focused on adding as much new generation capacity to the grid as possible, as quickly as possible.
Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis on Monday published a 10-point plan that he said would go a long way to resolving South Africa’s energy crisis.
National treasury is seeking to hire a legal firm to advise it on how to reorganise the R396-billion debt burden held by Eskom.
South Africa’s plan to build gas-fired power plants has become outdated with renewables becoming cheaper, Meridian Economics has found.
Government has signed power purchase agreements for 150MW of capacity from private projects by developer Scatec that were selected a year ago.