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Ramaphosa confident there'll be less load shedding 'within the next few months'
The president was addressing his presidential imbizo in Paarl, in the Cape Winelands district, where he conducted oversight and heard from concerned local residents.
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Energy expert points out benefits of Karpowership energy
Despite opposition to fossil fuel exploration, government is moving ahead with Karpowership as an option to feed South Africa's energy needs.
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Karpowership given green light to produce gas-to-power at 3 SA ports
The national transport department has announced it has granted Karpowership access to three ports of Ngqura, Richards Bay and Saldanha Bay for a period of 20 years.
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More jobs on the line due to load shedding - Ramokgopa
Minister of Electricity Kgosientsho Ramokgopa said 650,000 jobs were lost in the South African economy in 2022 because of the energy crisis - and the figure might rise to more than 850,000.
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SA to purchase emergency power to keep the lights on, says Mashatile
The Deputy President's, Paul Mashatile, announcement follows Eskom's warning that South Africans should brace for the toughest winter yet, as power cuts were likely to hit Stage 8.
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Ramokgopa says power ships will form part of SA's emergency energy procurement
Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa said that it was vital that as much additional energy be brought online to ease the load shedding burden.
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Struggling Eskom urges South Africans to reduce power consumption during winter
Giving an update on the electricity grid on Thursday, acting Eskom CEO Calib Cassim said the power utility had fallen short in its generation capacity targets that were supposed to be met by the end of March this year.
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Freezing winter ahead: Load shedding likely to hit Stage 8
South Africans will have to brave cold spells and extended darkness in winter, with Eskom having 3,000 megawatts less electricity than in 2022.
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Power grid is not at imminent risk of collapse, says Eskom
The ailing power utility has reiterated that it was doing everything possible to avoid a total grid failure by implementing rotational power cuts and reducing supply.
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Grid unavailability beginning to be a 'big problem', Mantashe tells MPs
Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede said thousands of megawatts in wind capacity sourced from renewable companies could not be allocated to the grid as a result.
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SA not edging closer to an electricity blackout - Eskom
Eskom's chief executive for transmission, Segomoco Scheppers, stressed that all power utilities globally had plans in place to deal with electricity blackouts.
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Eskom's Cassim says power generation will be a challenge this winter
Eskom’s acting group chief executive, Calib Cassim, emphasised that he was confident the country would not experience a complete electricity blackout.
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'We are heading to darkness': EFF's Malema warns of power grid collapse
Julius Malema said that the country's electricity woes had reached a point of complete failure.
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South Africans will be ‘first to know’ when power grid collapses, says Ramaphosa
As the country continues to face increasingly frequent high stages of load shedding, the president in Parliament on Thursday faced grilling questions from MPs about government's progress in addressing the energy crisis.
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Godongwana tables debt relief package to write off Eskom municipal debt
Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshaveni said the write-off was intended to help municipalities provide better basic services.
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Rand breaches R19/$ mark for the first time since 2020
The currency last traded over the R19 mark in 2020, when the country went into lockdown as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Ramokgopa calling off planned Parly address on energy crisis 'regrettable'
The Minister of Electricity was scheduled to address Parliament on Thursday for an update on his energy action plan after the president’s Q&A session, but cancelled on Wednesday night.
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Eskom uncertain about restoration of power in affected WC areas
The power utility said a major fibre fault in various parts of the province was creating further chaos.
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Maimane: Govt violating Constitution with review of power cuts exemption ruling
Last week, the High Court in Pretoria ordered that the government exempt schools, healthcare facilities as well as police stations from load shedding.
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Bosa launches petition against govt bid to appeal ruling on power cuts exemption
A high court ruling exempting all government hospitals, clinics, state schools and police buildings from load shedding has come under criticism with Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan indicating plans to challenge it in court.
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SIU to probe events leading to private investigation into corruption at Eskom
Eskom’s new board is expected before the standing committee, with aims to get to the bottom of André de Ruyter’s corruption allegations.
