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CoJ intending to reduce dependence on Eskom - Gwamanda
The newly elected Johannesburg mayor said that the city will extend its contract with the privately-owned Kelvin power station by another three years, which currently supplies the metro with 13% of its electricity.
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Higher load shedding stages an 'added confidence' grid won't collapse: Ramokgopa
The Minister of Electricity reiterated that it was 'highly improbable' that a total grid collapse was immanent despite the increasingly frequent occurrence of higher stages of load shedding.
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Ramokgopa says Karpowership projects can’t exceed five years
Karpowership SA is currently the preferred bidder for three of its projects in the risk mitigation independent power producer procurement programme, with contracts expected to run for two decades.
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Ramokgopa says first phase of energy action plan all about 'surviving winter'
Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has given another update on the implementation of the energy action plan to rid the country of load shedding.
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'Pessimism' by opposition on SA's energy crisis 'not shared by all' - Ramaphosa
The president said South Africans have a reason to be hopeful as government has measures in place to enable the end of load shedding.
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Load shedding: Power grid collapse 'highly improbable', says Ramokgopa
The Minister of Electricity warned that higher stages of load shedding were likely in winter if government interventions failed, but ‘multiple safeguards’ were shielding the country from a total gird collapse.
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Gordhan applies for leave to appeal load shedding exemption ruling
The ruling, which was handed down in the Pretoria High Court earlier this month, orders the minister to take reasonable steps to ensure that the listed facilities have sufficient power during load shedding, within 60 days.
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Difficult winter ahead but risk of national blackout extremely low - Ramaphosa
Delivering his budget vote address in the National Assembly on Wednesday afternoon, President Cyril Ramaphosa called on South Africans to pull together to save power and thereby reduce load shedding by at least one stage.
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Ramaphosa's budget vote address set to focus on electricity crisis, economy
The president will be hoping that his budget vote will go off without a hitch on Wednesday when he takes stock of the progress made over the past financial year.
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Ntshavheni assures SA that there's no likelihood of a blackout
The power utility is currently alternating between stage four and stage six power cuts, with a warning of increased severity over the winter period.
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There's been a significant drop in sabotage, corruption at Eskom, says Ramokgopa
In December last year, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that as part of the energy crisis plan, soldiers would be deployed to Eskom power plants.
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There's been an improvement in implementation of energy action plan - Ramokgopa
Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa said that now that he was able to determine energy sources from which electricity would be generated, Eskom’s energy availability factor would likely improve.
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Stage 6 power cuts return due to delay in returning generating units to service
Eskom has announced that stage six load shedding will be implemented from 4PM on Monday afternoon.
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Maimane: 'Negligent' state must be held accountable for little girl's death
This follows the death of 3-year-old Neyamiah Eaton who died on the way to the hospital after an inverter powering her backup oxygen cylinder ran out of power amid rolling power cuts.
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Ramokgopa to visit Baragwanath, address impact of power cuts on healthcare
Ramokgopa, after his visit to the hospital on Saturday morning, is expected to provide an update on how his department will address the load shedding crisis in healthcare facilities.
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City of Ekurhuleni to explore solutions to counter load shedding
During his presentation of the municipality’s 2023/23 financial year budget on Thursday, the MMC said the City of Ekurhuleni must implement ways to reduce its dependence on Eskom to keep the lights on.
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Eskom Debt Relief Bill will not resolve energy crisis - Opposition parties
The bill would alleviate Eskom’s over R400 billion debt by providing it with R254 billion in relief, but some parties argued that this would not address the power utility’s generation capacity shortages.
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SA must settle for ‘significant’ load shedding for rest of 2023, says Gordhan
However, Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan said Eskom has a target to improve the country’s energy availability factor to 70% by March 2024.
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Karpowership energy deal shouldn't be more than five years: Ramokgopa
As the country scrambles to find alternative energy options, government is seeking to go ahead with fossil fuel exploration, but the electricity minister cautioned against this being a long-term solution to load shedding.
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Ramokgopa: It will be at least 6 months before SA sees results with power cuts
Electricity Minister Kgosietsho Ramokgopa revealed this during a tour of the Kusile power station on Monday.
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Eskom doing all it can to avoid stage 8 power cuts during winter - Ramokgopa
Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has visited the Kusile power station in Mpumalanga to assess progress made in restoring three units there.
