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A blackout in SA like Botswana's would collapse the power grid: Expert
This comes with the news that neighbouring Botswana suffered a countrywide blackout after midnight on Monday.
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Public enterprises dept to appeal exempting public hospitals from load shedding
Minister Pravin Gordhan was ordered to take reasonable steps to ensure there was enough electricity at public health facilities and schools, as well as police stations.
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COP28 chief says fossil fuels have a role to play to meet global energy demands
Sultan Al Jaber, who will lead COP28 talks in the UAE later this year, made a call to focus on removing the emissions from fossil fuels instead of ending their use completely.
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Not possible to commit to ‘definitive’ end date for load shedding - Ramokgopa
Minister of Electricity Kgosientsho Ramokgopa said he identified a set of ‘critical interventions’ to maximise the energy availability factor of the country’s coal generation fleet but could not definitively commit to when the country’s crippling energy crisis would end.
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Govt wants all state buildings off the grid & drawing green energy
As part of its infrastructure investment plan, moving buildings off the grid could reduce power cuts by three to four stages, and contribute towards South Africa's socio-economic growth over the next 30 years, said the Public Works Minister Sihle Zikalala.
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A ‘very tough’ six months lie ahead for South Africans, warns Eskom
Although winter outlooks remain bleak, the utility did say that for the first time in six years, it would be able to release funds for capital expenditure.
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ANC backs Electricity Minister Ramokgopa's power plan
Party president, Cyril Ramaphosa, said that this plan would be implemented in a way that did not affect the country's commitments to clean energy.
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SA must tackle energy and climate crises simultaneously, says Ramaphosa
He said while ‘real progress’ was being made to reduce load shedding, South Africa remained committed to reducing its carbon emissions by 2030 to within a target range compatible with limiting the global temperature increase to 1.5ºC.
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Eskom wage talks: Disruptions could deepen power crisis, warns Ramokgopa
Numsa and Solidarity on Friday rejected Eskom's wage offer of 3.75%, significantly lower than their 15% demand.
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Ramokgopa: 12,500 MW to be added to the grid in 18 months
The minister conceded load shedding would not be eradicated by December, but outlined part of his plan to de-escalate rolling power cuts in the next 18 months.
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Ramokgopa: Process to protect national key points from power cuts set to begin
On Saturday, Ramokgopa said the assessment of national key points where emergency solutions to load shedding would be implemented would start in the next seven days.
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CoCT sets aside R40m to help fight vandalism of energy infrastructure
The city claims that the destruction of critical energy infrastructure, on top of load shedding, makes an already bad situation worse.
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Petition for Eid power cuts relief has over 16,000 signatures, says Al Jama-ah
The party called on Eskom and President Cyril Ramaphosa to extend the same courtesy of relief that was granted to Christians during Christmas and Easter celebrations to the country’s Muslim population as well.
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Taxpayers may bear brunt of continued use of coal-powered stations - Busa
Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has decided to stall the retirement of these struggling plants in an attempt to boost power supply.
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Al Jama-ah legal team to engage with Gordhan, Eskom to keep lights on for Eid
Al Jama-ah said that its office had been inundated with calls from members of the public who had raised concerns about the impact load shedding may have on Eid celebrations.
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Ramokgopa reassures SA there won't be a total collapse of power grid
The country has been flipping between load shedding stages 5 and 6 and there have been concerns about a total collapse.
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Ramokgopa presents energy plan to Cabinet, wants old Eskom plants to be kept
Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa said that South Africa's commitments to climate change should not be at the expense of the country's economy.
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Load shedding cost Sars up to R60bn in taxes, MPs told
The South African Revenue Service (Sars) chief revenue officer, Johnstone Makhubu, said that consistent power cuts were costing billions.
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Ex-Eskom CEO De Ruyter set to appear before Scopa next Wednesday
The former Eskom CEO confirmed to Scopa on Tuesday that he would appear before the committee next week, albeit virtually.
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MJC asks Ramaphosa & Ramokgopa for relief from power cuts for Eid celebrations
The Muslim Judicial Council's Sheikh Riad Fataar said that the current stage five and six power cuts would impede Muslims from experiencing the full extent of such quality family time.
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City of Cape Town spending R1.2bn to maintain Steenbras pump station
The plant already protects Capetonians from one stage of Eskom's outages.
