Lockdown: Calm restored in Hillbrow, police maintain strong presence
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South Africa will embrace private power generation, Ramaphosa says
Many power-hungry companies such as mines want to build their own renewable energy plants to reduce their reliance on Eskom.
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Eskom warns system under pressure after heavy rain in Mpumalanga
Eskom says the heavy rainfall in Mpumalanga this week caused disruptions to its coal supply overnight.
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Clean energy to be the main source of generating electricity, says Mantashe
He said while coal generation would continue for the foreseeable future, clean energy would gradually increase in the period to 2030.
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In the dark: Electricity a 'luxury' in poor Madagascar
Only 15% of the country's 26 million inhabitants have access to electricity.
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S. Africans come together to buy electricity for single SA mom
Her tweet was shared more than 6,000 times and resulted in many generous donations from other South Africans.
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EXPLAINER: Why restructuring Eskom won’t end the blackouts
South Africa isn't having an honest debate about proposals to fix its power utility Eskom, and the role that renewables might play.
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Eskom working with Mozambican technicians to restore power
Eskom says the two lines went offline because of tropical Cyclone Idai which battered parts of Mozambique and reportedly claiming more than 100 lives.
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Power restored to some parts of Centurion
The Brakfontein Substation was struck by lightning on Friday causing parts of area to go without power.
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'The ANC has killed the lights’: DA unveils billboard over load shedding
The display, with the headline ‘The ANC has Killed the Lights,’ suggests that Eskom and the ANC have failed the country.
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How close is South Africa to a national blackout?
National blackouts have been experienced in many countries and cities across the globe - including India, Italy, New York and Kenya.
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Radebe won't release names of new IPP owners
Energy Minister Jeff Radebe says the department had a confidentiality undertaking where divulging specific information requires the consent of the companies.
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City Power vows to restore electricity in north eastern parts of JHB
City Power says technicians are working on fixing the failure after implementing a load rotation yesterday to ease the heavy electricity.
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City Power: Randburg remains without power indefinitely
Officials say a generator has been dispatched to the area to charge a newly bought battery but it is not clear how long that will take.
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Parts of Alexandra without electricity today
City Power says the cause of the outage is not yet known but its technicians are on the ground trying to restore power as soon as is possible.
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City of CT sends stern warning to defaulting residents
The municipality's current billings are over R2.4 billion a month and it has been able to maintain a collection rate of just over 95 percent.
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[FACT CHECK] Is 80% of Africa’s population without electricity?
Africa Check takes a closer look at the claim that the vast majority of Africa’s population been left in the dark.
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[OPINION] Eskom is hoping for a tariff hike. It may not get it
South Africa's power utility Eskom wants regulatory reporting requirements waived. The country's regulator faces possible court action if it agrees.
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Zenzele informal settlement residents stage protest over electricity crisis
Community members began protesting over service delivery in the Randfontein informal settlement on Thursday.
