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[LISTEN] Best and worse scenarios if Eskom's tariff hike bid fails
Kieno Kammies speaks to Maarten Ackerman, chief economist at Citadel, who presents two scenarios that could emerge from the Nersa tariff application hearings.
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Ramaphosa: 'Govt dealing with Eskom problems & working to stabilise Sars, NPA'
President Cyril Ramaphosa says SA will be taking a positive message to the world which outlines government’s collaboration with business and communities.
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Key witness due to testify at state capture inquiry dies
Mark van der Riet, a scientist charged with checking Eskom’s coal quality, was suspended after blowing the whistle on alleged corruption by the Gupta family.
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Ramaphosa to meet security cluster depts, Eskom sustainability task team
The Presidency’s Khusela Diko says President Ramaphosa made a commitment in his Sona in 2018 to visit every government department.
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Cope to ‘vigorously’ oppose Eskom bid to get electricity tariff increase
Eskom CEO Phakamani Hadebe has pleaded with the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) to consider the power utility's uncertain financial situation.
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Goldman models risk of 1,000 bps Eskom blowout for SA
Investment bank Goldman Sachs said South Africa’s rand could tumble 3.5% if state-run power utility Eskom suffers a major sell-off in its bonds, but it could also jump 4.5% if the firm’s troubles improve.
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Hadebe: 'If we keep running Eskom the same way, we're in trouble'
CEO Phakamani Hadebe says even if it’s granted a 15% increase in the price of electricity, for three years, Eskom would still have an R50 billion debt hole to plug.
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Civil organisations oppose Eskom’s request for electricity price hike
The power utility’s debt levels are continuing to soar and now stand at R419 billion.
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Load shedding threatens SA agricultural industry, says Agri WC
It's among organisations that have on Monday made public presentations to Nersa on Eskom’s demand for an annual 15% electricity price hike.
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Salga rejects Eskom’s request for another electricity price hike
The association says Eskom’s demands will not only exacerbate debt owing by municipalities, but also force more paying customers to move off the grid.
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Eskom teetering on brink of debt trap, Hadebe says
Eskom CEO Phakamani Hadebe says that if the price of electricity is not increased over the next three years, the institution will struggle to improve its financial position.
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Ramaphosa's Eskom task team loses another member
Sy Gourrah resigned reportedly because her company does a lot of work with Eskom and she asked to be recused as soon as her appointment was announced.
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Eskom assessing power supply situation
Eskom will re-assess the situation when businesses and holidaymakers return and make an announcement to the public about future power interruptions.
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Loadshedding may be back by mid-January
Loadshedding may once again become a reality by mid-January despite assurances by Minister of Public Enterprises Pravin Gordhan that businesses would return in January to find a more stable environment.
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Eskom: 'Outages in parts of Gauteng could be due to cable theft, tech faults'
Some residents in the province say they have been experiencing outages since Sunday.
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Eskom: 'Job cuts only limited to executive management'
The power utility has announced it will be laying off 21 executive managers and remain with eight to reduce its wage bill.
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Eskom says coal supply improving, no holiday load shedding
The power utility says that everything is being done to the keep lights on.
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Eskom says it hasn't neglected necessary skills in retrenchment process
The power utility has announced that executive management personnel will be cut from 21 officials to nine to reduce its wage bill.
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Eskom head of nuclear energy among 9 axed execs
Eskom previously stated that it wants to substantially cut its 48,000 workforce.
