Eskom
City Power explains why it won't load shed Joburg despite Eskom's directive
On Saturday, Eskom announced the return of power cuts following unforeseen breakdowns from its ageing and unreliable infrastructure.
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City of Johannesburg slams Eskom, rejects latest scheduled loadshedding
While Eskom has committed to rolling blackouts until Monday, the City of Johannesburg has hit back at the power utility saying it rejects the latest scheduled loadshedding.
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Stage 2 power cuts to hit SA from 9pm on Saturday to 5am on Monday
The power utility said this was due to a shortage of generation capacity caused by breakdowns, numerous trips at various power stations, as well as delays in returning units to service.
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Energy-stricken SA weighs need to reduce emissions and keep lights on
Like many developing countries, South Africa is struggling to meet growing energy needs yet avoid deepening Earth's carbon crisis, one of the many dilemmas besetting the UN climate talks, which resume in Glasgow on 31 October.
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Moerane: Areas that owe Eskom billions won’t be the utility’s problem in a year
A memorandum of understanding was signed by the city and Eskom on Wednesday night, which they have been working on for over a year now.
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CoJ signs MOU with Eskom to start process of supplying power to certain areas
Eskom and the city signed the memorandum on Wednesday night after a year of trying to agree on the terms.
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Eskom investigating reasons behind recurring boiler tube leaks
Eskom said that an investigation was under way to determine why the utility was overburdened by boiler tube leaks, which contributed to power outages.
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Eskom suspends power cuts, warns power grid still under pressure
The utility suspended its rolling power cuts on Thursday morning after six days of frustrating power cuts that limited production and caused traffic backlogs.
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Eskom: Load shedding will be suspended from 5 am on Thursday
The country has seen power cuts over the past six day due to problems with generating capacity.
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Energy expert: Load shedding might be around for 5 years, De Ruyter to blame
The power utility on Monday implemented stage two load shedding as it struggles to recover from a number of breakdowns.
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Extension of power cuts to replenish emergency reserves, says Eskom
The utility said that it would continue with its power cuts to address additional risks to its generation fleet.
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ANC backtracks on statements made about power agreement with Eskom
The ANC in Johannesburg has withdrawn its statement that a power purchase agreement had been signed between the metro and Eskom.
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South Africa braces for stage 2 load shedding amid breakdowns
Eskom extended its rolling blackouts until Thursday next week as the power utility grapples with more breakdowns.
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Eskom denies signing power purchase agreement with City of Joburg
In a statement on Friday, the ANC said newly elected City of Joburg Mayor Mpho Moerane had signed an agreement with Eskom paving the way for City Power to take over electricity supply in some areas.
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Eskom monitoring generation reserves as it hopes to avoid daytime power cuts
South Africans will be saddled with stage two power cuts again from 9pm until 5am on Saturday morning.
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Load shedding to hit you on Thursday & Friday night
It said stage 2 load shedding would start on 9 pm on Thursday and end on 5 am on Friday, then start again on Friday at 9 pm and end at 5 am on Saturday.
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Eskom warns power grid under pressure due to generating unit breakdowns
The utility's spokesperson Sikonathi Mantshantsha said that they were not planning to implement power cuts but he warned that if they lost any more capacity they might be forced to.
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Mayor Moerane: Plans to take over electricity supply in Soweto at final stages
Joburg Mayor Mpho Moerane is confident that a memorandum of understanding will be signed with Eskom before the end of the week.
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Eskom warns that dispute with Nersa over tariff hikes could cost taxpayers
In June, the utility applied for an undisclosed tariff hike but now four months later the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has rejected it.
