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Electricity

'Eskom misleads us a lot, there isn’t much put aside for maintenance'

By Kabous le Roux

Refilwe Moloto interviews energy expert Adil Nchabeleng.

  • FILE: Picture: 123rf.com

    'South Africa needs a Marshall Plan to end its load shedding nightmare'

    John Maytham interviews energy analyst Chris Yelland of EE Business Intelligence.

    9 days ago
  • FILE: Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan. Picture: Eyewitness News.

    Gordhan hits back at critics on SA's energy crisis: ‘Eskom is not broken’

    Gordhan took aim at opposition speakers who accused the African National Congress (ANC) of running the power utility into the ground and presiding over a criminal looting network at the state-owned company.

    14 days ago
  • Eskom's Camden Power Station near Ermelo in Mpumalanga. Picture: eskom.co.za

    What in the megawatt? Stellies prof breaks down some of Eskom's 'energy jargon'

    Breakfast host Refilwe Moloto chats to Professor Thinus Booysen from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Stellenbosch University.

    16 days ago
  • City Power workers remove illegal power lines in River Park and London Road in Alexandra on 21 September 2021. Picture: @CityPowerJhb/Twitter

    City Power working to restore power in Eldorado Park, 12 distributors stolen

    City Power said there have been about ten power outage incidents and has had to attend to them in the area.

    19 days ago
  • Pimville resident, Kgomotso Diale, was killed at the Chicken Farm informal settlement on 18 April 2022. Credit: Supplied

    Slain Kgomotso Diale joined electricity protest to help community, says family

    Kgomotso Diale was shot and killed on Monday, allegedly by Lesotho nationals at the Chicken Farm informal settlement after community members went to ask about the recent theft of power cables.

    29 days ago
  • Some Delft residents wait for Eskom and the City of Cape Town to connect them to the grid on 11 April 2022. They moved into their new homes seven months ago with no electricity. Picture: Kaylynn Palm/Eyewitness News

    Delft residents delighted after homes connected to power grid after 7 months

    More than 100 residents in the Eindhoven area had been without power since receiving homes last year, which were prioritised for the elderly and the disabled.

    37 days ago
  • Eskom officials switched on the electricity at one of the residents’ homes in Delft on 11 April 2022. Picture: Kaylynn Palm/EWN.

    Eskom finally connects Delft residents to the grid

    On Monday, Eskom met with residents at the Zoe Church in the area where they held a switch-on ceremony.

    38 days ago
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    SCA ruling opens door for Eskom to recover debt from defunct municipalities

    In a major ruling last week, the SCA found that Eskom was legally entitled to receive payment from municipalities for the electricity it supplied them.

    66 days ago
  • A Delft resident explains that their homes still have no electricity, seven months after the first residents moved into a R33 million housing project in Eindhoven. Picture: Kaylynn Palm/Eyewitness News

    Power supplied to some Eindhoven community members - months after moving in

    Over 100 residents of the area in Delft have for months been pleading with the City of Cape Town and Eskom to connect them to the power grid.

    69 days ago
  • Image: © Aekkarak Thongjiew/123rf.com

    Eskom suspends services in Dutywa after protesting residents threaten workers

    A team of workers was threatened, and their vehicle was vandalised by protesting residents earlier this week.

    83 days ago
  • City Power technicians in Kanana Informal Settlement in Tembisa to remove illegal electricity connections on 22 February 2022. Picture: Dominic Majola/Eyewitness News.

    After illegal connections cut, Kanana residents now ready to pay for power

    City Power, police and JMPD officers took part in a blitz operation in the area on Tuesday to remove illegal connections.

    85 days ago
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    CoCT closer to own power after opening first round of procurement from IPPs

    Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has plans for the metro to become the first city in South Africa to be free of rolling power cuts.

    92 days ago
  • Tshwane officials disconnect power and water supply at building whose owners are in arrears on Wednesday, 9 February 2022. Picture: City of Tshwane/Twitter

    Tshwane to continue cutting services for owing clients despite legal threats

    The metro has been cutting off water and electricity supply to several business and government departments whose accounts have been in arrears for more than three months.

    96 days ago
  • Tshwane officials disconnect power and water supply at building whose owners are in arrears on Wednesday, 9 February 2022. Picture: City of Tshwane/Twitter

    City of Tshwane vows to continue cutting services to clients who are in arrears

    The city is owed around R17 billion in rates, power and other services.

    98 days ago
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    City of Tshwane to cut services to customers with accounts in arrears

    In a statement, the city said that its aggressive and unprecedented revenue collection campaign was aimed at clawing back some of the R17 billion sitting on its debtor's book by cutting off electricity and water.

    99 days ago
  • Image: © Aekkarak Thongjiew/123rf.com

    Eskom cuts power to parts of Dlamini after workers denied access

    The utility said the community is denying its workers access to the area to install prepaid meters.

    111 days ago
  • FILE: Authorities said the fault on the 66-kilo vault network had been located and repair work began at the weekend. Picture: 123rf.com

    Kempton Park to go another night without power

    There's been a power outage in the area since Friday due to faulty cables.

    115 days ago
  • City Power is scrambling to restore electricity to various areas in Lenasia. Picture: @CityPowerJhb/Twitter

    City Power scrambles to restore electricity in Lenasia by Monday

    City Power said the blaze may have been sparked by lightning. However, the utility is investigating to determine if there was any foul play.

    124 days ago
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