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City of CT readies for court battle for right to purchase electricity from IPPs
The city is asking the Energy Ministry and the National Energy Regulator to allow it to buy power from IPPs in light of what they refer to as 'Eskom’s inability to provide a reliable and cleaner energy'.
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Eskom raises R5.2bln through loan drawdowns
The struggling utility, which supplies more than 90% of the electricity in the country, said liquidity position stood at R7.7 billion on 30 April 2019.
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Zimbabwe power crisis set to continue until Zesa clears debts
Zimbabwe reportedly owed around $80 million to Eskom and Mozambique’s HCB power company.
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SA’s fortunes in Eskom’s hands - Ramaphosa
President Cyril Ramphosa said government would announce further plans in the State of the Nation Address about how it plans to deal with cash-strapped parastatal Eskom.
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Eskom remains open to aid Zim with electricity supply
Zimbabweans are grappling with the worst rolling blackouts in three years, with households, businesses and industries, including mines, left without electricity for up to eight hours a day.
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Eskom: Zimbabwe hasn’t approached SA for assistance with power crisis
It has been reported that Zimbabwe would make arrangements to increase power imports from Mozambique and South Africa to help stave off load shedding.
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SA govt says Chinese loan to Eskom not in jeopardy
The South African government and Eskom are working to ensure the transfer of funds from CDB to Eskom, the public enterprises ministry said in a statement.
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Ramaphosa: Unions will be part of solution for Eskom going forward
The tripartite alliance has presented a united front going to elections, but the elephant in the room is Eskom.
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Mashaba ‘negotiating’ private electricity deal for City of Joburg
Herman Mashaba says the City of Johannesburg is working to strike a deal with the Kelvin power station, which is an independent power producer.
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Eskom promises to restore power to parts of NW after heavy rains
The power utility said the affected areas included Coligny, Lichtenburg, Ventersdorp, Bloemhof, Mimosa and surrounds.
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Output at Amplats hit by Eskom power cuts
Eskom cut power across the country in February and March as low coal supplies, a severe cash crunch, and multiple failures at its ageing fleet of power stations throttled supply.
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Molefe's options limited in bid to keep R30m Eskom pension
Former Eskom chief executive Brian Molefe has only the Constitutional Court to turn to in a bid to keep his R30 million rand pension pay out but his chances of success are slim.
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Molefe just can’t win: Another court orders him to pay back the Eskom money
This is the third failed challenge of the order that set aside his pension agreement and ordered that he pay back the R11 million already doled out to him.
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Gordhan: Eskom will continue to need short-term bailouts until it's stabilised
Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan said that more extensive future plans for the utility will only become clearer in May.
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Gordhan: Eskom not about to collapse
At the weekend, it emerged that the government rushed to make R5 billion available to the cash-strapped utility much earlier than expected.
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Energy expert Ted Blom: Time running out for Eskom
Energy expert Ted Blom says that no bailouts will assist Eskom if the operational structure of the company doesn't change.
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Eskom 'unaware' of Maria Ramos heading planned unbundling
In an attempt to stabilise Eskom, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced in 2018 that the power utility would be split into three parts.
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Public Enterprises Dept: Eskom not on the verge of financial ruin
This despite the power utility having to turn to government to secure a R17.6 billion lifeline after the China Development Bank loan failed to come through.
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Maria Ramos tipped to take over Eskom unbundling process – report
The ‘Sunday Times’ reports that Ramos is favoured to be appointed the chief reorganisation officer to lead the process of unbundling Eskom into three components.
