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Eskom suspends load-shedding for the long weekend

Zuko Komisa Photo by Yan Krukau: Eskom suspends load-shedding for the long weekend. Eskom stated that load shedding will be discontinued starting at 5:00 on Saturday, and outages won't start up again until Tuesday (September 26), due to the persistent improvement in generating availability and the anticipated decrease in demand over the holiday weekend. Stage 2 load shedding will continue to take place on Friday from 16:00 to 05:00. Stage […]

today22/09/2023

Minister of Electricity update

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880 SANDF members deployed to protect Eskom power stations

880 SANDF members deployed to protect Eskom power stations. The deployment of 880 members of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) to guard several Eskom power plants across the nation has been approved by President Cyril Ramaphosa. Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, the National Assembly speaker, and Amos Masondo, the NCOP chair, have both received written notifications from the president. Also Read: Soccer commentator Baba Mthethwa reportedly gets married again The expenditure […]

today08/05/2023

Eskom has announced a staggering loss of R23.9 billion for the financial year ended March 2023

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Nersa approves 18.65% Eskom tariff increase

By Zuko Komisa Nersa approves 18.65% Eskom tariff increase. An increase in power rates of 18.65% has been approved by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa), and will take effect on April 1 of this year. Eskom requested a 32% rate rise over the April 2023–April 2024 period. Eskom was driven to conduct Stage 6 load shedding continuously this week as a result of increased diesel prices. In […]

today13/01/2023

Eskom loadshedding

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Stage 3 load shedding is to be implemented on Monday and Tuesday

By Zuko Komisa Eskom has announced that Stage 3 load shedding will be enforced on Monday from 16:00 until 5:00 on Tuesday morning, The power utility also mentioned that after that, Stage 2 will be used until 16:00 on Tuesday, after which Stage 3 will once more be in effect until 5:00 on Wednesday. Then Stage 2 will once more be put into effect until further notice. Also Read: WATCH: […]

today14/11/2022

Loadshedding Alert

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Loadshedding Alert! Eskom may implement Stage 2 for 3 days

By: Natasha Archary Eskom has issued a loadshedding alert, informing South Africans that Stage 2 may come into effect on Tuesday, 02 August. According to the power utility Stage 2 will need to be implemented over the next three days to account for the shortage of generation capacity. News of further rolling blackouts comes after Eskom's Energy Crisis Committee met on Monday, 01 August to discuss it's $24 billion debt […]

today02/08/2022

sabotage and theft

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Eskom in tatters as sabotage and theft take centre stage

By: Natasha Archary Eskom is in tatters as claims of sabotage and theft take centre stage at the power utility amidst another week of loadshedding. Over the weekend, Eskom pushed the country into Stages 3 and 4 loadshedding, notifying the public that Stage 2 will continue throughout the week. Since then, Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan has spoken about issues of theft and sabotage putting further strain on the grid. […]

today23/05/2022

Eskom loadshedding

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Eskom says the power system is “very constrained”

Kaya 959 Reporter Eskom has asked South Africans to cut back on their energy consumption because the electricity system is severely stretched as a result of the delay in getting units back into service and the loss of several generation units on Monday. The power utility warned that any future losses of generation capacity would result in load shedding on very short notice. Following several outages over the weekend, as […]

today25/04/2022

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Eskom has offered to write off R5,3-billion off the electricity debt of Soweto residents

Kaya News Reporter  Eskom has offered to slash more than R5-billion off the debt of Soweto residents. This will leave them with a debt of R7.5-billion. Soweto is among the top 20 non-paying municipalities that owe 23% of Eskom's arrears. “The reduction in Soweto debt is mainly due to the write-off of prescribed debt of R5.3bn and write-back of non-compliant in duplum (double the amount) interest of R3.3bn,” Eskom states in […]

today06/09/2021

Medupi explosion

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Medupi explosion sets Eskom back R2 billion

By: Kaya News Reporter While Eskom investigates the cause of the explosion at the Medupi power station which occurred on Sunday, the damage is estimated to set Eskom back between R1.5 to R2 billion and repairs could take a further 2-years. Preliminary investigations showed staff who were on-site at the time of the incident had deviated from procedure and 2 operators and 4 managers have since been suspended. According to […]

today12/08/2021

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