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Ex-Transnet manager details irregular processes at Anoj Singh's Saica hearing
Singh who is a former CFO at Transnet and Eskom faces 18 charges of misconduct for his dealings when he was responsible for the finances in the two state-owned companies.
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Ex-Eskom CFO Anoj Singh absent from Saica disciplinary hearing
The hearing is listening to opening arguments by Saica legal representative Advocate Hamilton Maenetja SC, who is explaining to the disciplinary committee the merits of each charge levelled against Singh.
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Former Eskom exec Anoj Singh to face Saica disciplinary committee
Singh faces disciplinary action emanating from 18 charges for being in breach of various clauses of Saica's code of conduct, including that he behaved in a manner that brought the accountancy profession into disrepute.
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Eskom says money put aside for maintenance of power plants
Eskom's Dikatso Mothae said that there was a plan to resolve poor power station maintenance.
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Unbundling Eskom an excellent idea, says AfDB head Adesina
African Development Bank president Akinwumi Adesina said that unbundling Eskom was a good strategy that would make the struggling utility profitable.
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Eskom to restore power in Dobsonville, warns of cuts over non-payment
On Monday, residents went on the rampage blocking roads with burning objects, demanding that power be restored.
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Eskom: We will continue to cut power for people who don’t pay
Residents of Dobsonville, in Soweto, blocked streets on Monday after their power supply was cut off.
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Eskom will only implement load shedding ‘if anything unexpected happens’
The electricity supplier said its system remained constrained since Thursday’s power cuts.
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Patrick Shai to lay complaint against police after being shot in Soweto protest
Actor Patrick Shai was in Soweto where residents have been protesting against Eskom, demanding their electricity be restored.
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Actor Patrick Shai hit by rubber bullets during Soweto protests
Extended power cuts sparked protests in at least two areas in Johannesburg on Monday morning.
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Actor Patrick Shai shot with rubber bullets during Soweto protest
Residents burned tyres, demanding answers from Eskom after being without power since last week.
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Low risk of load shedding for Monday, says Eskom
The power utility said it had made progress in replenishing diesel gas turbines and has improved water levels for pumped storage schemes.
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Eskom urges customers to help ease the strain on its systems
The power utility says customers need to play their part in reducing demand to avoid the implementation of load-shedding.
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The lights will stay on but blackouts may still happen, says Eskom
The power utility says though no load shedding is scheduled for Saturday, the system is still heavily constrained.
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Eskom says poor power station maintenance the reason for rolling blackouts
The power utility said the implementation of stage 2 load shedding on Thursday night assisted with the partial recovery of its emergency reserves.
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SA not quite out of the dark as Eskom discusses weekend load-shedding
On Thursday night, Eskom implemented stage 2 load shedding after it lost three additional units plunging its emergency reserves to a critically low level.
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Power cuts hit rand
The rand was weaker early on Friday after nationwide electricity blackouts overnight by ailing state utility Eskom spooked investors and reignited worries about the economy.
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Power system still vulnerable, weekend cuts a possibility, says Eskom
Eskom's Dikatso Mothae said that so far it seemed that there would be no load shedding for today but could not rule out the possibility of power cuts over the weekend.
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Mabuza: Eskom's challenges could hamper economic growth, new investment
Deputy President David Mabuza blamed years of failure to carry out the necessary maintenance on Eskom’s aging fleet of power stations.
