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The new plan seeks to restore investor confidence through predictable, large-scale renewable energy procurement.

The new Integrated Resource Plan sees the private sector taking the lead in building South Africa’s future energy infrastructure.

Cabinet has approved the final draft integrated resource plan, which will map out the country’s future energy mix.

Eskom does not expect any load shedding this summer, according to energy minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa.

While full transmission system independence may take several years, we can accelerate progress on immediate priorities.

Despite recent grid instability, Eskom expects no load shedding this winter – with stage 2 as a worst-case scenario.

The dreaded Eskom power cuts are back again, for the third time this year, with stage-3 outages until Monday.

After a lull of a almost three weeks, load shedding has once again made an unwelcome return.

Stage-3 load shedding will begin again on Friday evening after a 10-month reprieve from Eskom’s rolling power cuts.

Energy regulator Nersa on Thursday granted state-owned power utility Eskom an average tariff increase of 12.7%.