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SA’s energy outlook remains uncertain going into festive season: Chris Yelland
Despite the Minister of Electricity Kgosientsho Ramokgopa recently saying that load shedding would ease up during December, energy expert Chris Yelland said it...
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City Power plans to exclude critical govt infrastructure from load shedding
Having recently taken over the management of load shedding from Eskom, City Power said because the utility covers a smaller area than Eskom, it is possible to exempt critical buildings from power cuts.
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Additional generation capacity plan in the offing, hints Electricity Minister
Minister of Electricity Kgosientsho Ramokgopa noted a need for more reliable energy generation beyond Eskom and the generators availed by China.
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Eskom sees generation capacity improvement, power cuts reduced to stage 4
Spokesperson Daphne Mokwena said what will follow for most of Friday is another round of a reduced load shedding stage.
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With emergency reserves low, Eskom says higher power cut stages to stay in place
Households and businesses have been forced to endure longer bouts of rolling power cuts as the utility struggles to keep the lights on.
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Panyaza Lesufi’s call to write off Eskom debt is 'irreponsible' – Outa CEO
A video of Panyaza Lesufi promising to wipe out Eskom’s municipal debt is making the rounds on social media.
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Eskom to implement stage 6 power cuts during evenings until Saturday
The ailing utility says that for the next four days, stage 4 load shedding will continue to be implemented until 8PM in evening, thereafter it’s stage 6 until 5AM in morning.
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Eskom 'technically has gone to stage 8 a few times', claims energy expert
On Sunday, Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa was at pains to stress that the power utility had not implemented stage 8 load shedding and that the power cuts had only reached stage 6.
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Eskom ramps up power cuts to stage 4 until Saturday
The utility said that there had been an increase in electricity demand which could not be met due to insufficient generating capacity.
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Ramokgopa says there will be less load shedding over festive season
The minister said with some generating units expected to return to service during the week, there would be more generating capacity, allowing for lower stages of load shedding. there will be more capacity on the power grid, which would also allow some days to have load shedding suspended.
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Eskom interventions to ensure energy buffer for December, says Ramokgopa
The minister briefed the media on Friday after the hamstrung power utility ramped up load shedding from stage 4 to stage 6 in a matter of days.
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Ramokgopa apologises to SA for stage 6 power cuts
Minister of Electricity Kgosientsho Ramokgopa said that the implementation of stage 6 came as a result of Eskom depleting emergency reserves.
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DA: Govt's Energy Action Plan to stave off worst of load shedding is failing
Stage 6 rolling power cuts are in effect until 5 o'clock on Saturday morning.
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Eskom recorded R23bn loss in 22/23, Nyati says it was only way to keep lights on
The Eskom board chair said without spending this kind of money - which was largely spent on open-cycle gas turbines, the cost to the economy would be even higher.
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CT residents urged not to intimidate officials after District 13 power restored
Elsies River residents took to the streets in a protest on Tuesday night after enduring a five-day electricity blackout. City Mayco member for energy, Beverley van Reenen, confirmed that 60% of the district now had power.
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Residents blame Eskom negligence for ongoing outage in Cravenby, Uitsig
The areas, which are part of district 13 and powered by the Belhar substation have been without electricity since Friday evening last week.
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Matshela Koko lashes NPA after his corruption case struck from roll
More than a year after the first arrests and with the trial still not out of the starting blocks, the Middelburg Regional Court found the case had been unreasonably delayed and struck the matter from the roll.
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Cravenby, Elsies River, Uitsig residents go 80 hours without power
Eskom said that the blackout was related to 'unplanned faults'.
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Corruption case against Matshela Koko, 18 others struck off roll
The matter relates to billions of rands worth of contracts for work at the Kusile power station that allegedly went to companies linked to Koko’s friends and family.
