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Eskom not planning to turn your lights off during lockdown
However, the utility is warning it may review the situation with any shift in performance.
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Eskom says coal stocks healthy ahead of lockdown
Eskom said all its activities were considered 'essential services' under labour law and that it would apply for an exemption from the 21-day lockdown for critical staff.
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2 Eskom employees arrested for illegal connections
Eskom said the suspects were accused of using its transformer and other material to commit the crime in the north of Johannesburg.
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Eskom board probes corruption claims against COO Jan Oberholzer
It’s understood Corruption Watch and Saftu received information from an Eskom employee that he was allegedly prejudiced after speaking out against Oberholzer.
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Eskom owed R29bn by municipalities - De Ruyter
Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter was speaking in Johannesburg following a bilateral meeting with Gauteng Cooperative Governance MEC Lebogang Maile and mayors from 11 provincial municipalities. They were discussing challenges faced by the councils, including non-payment of debts.
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Gauteng Cogta Dept commits to pay Emfuleni Municipality’s Eskom debt
Last week, the sheriff of the court seized property worth hundreds of millions of rand over the council’s failure to settle its bill.
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Eskom taps into emergency supplies to keep you plugged in
The utility said it had been tapping into emergency generation reserves to supplement supply and any shift in performance could make the grid vulnerable.
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Maile appeals to Eskom to stop being 'dramatic' over Emfuleni Municipality debt
Last week, the Sheriff of the Court seized property worth hundreds of millions of rand for non-payment to the power utility.
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Load shedding brought down to Stage 1 from noon
Eskom says due to a drop in electricity demand going into the weekend and the restoration of its Koeberg unit in cape town the scale of power cuts has minimized.
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Drop in demand to see power cuts move to stage 2 on Saturday
However, Eskom warned that the system was still constrained, vulnerable and unpredictable.
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Eskom to move from stage 4 to stage 3 power cuts
Eskom has confirmed that it will move from stage4 to stage 3 load shedding from 2pm on Friday.
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Severe thunderstorms to persist in Gauteng today
The South African Weather Service’s forecaster Celeste Fourie said more thunderstorms could be expected in the province later in the afternoon.
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Eskom: Koeberg plant back online, but load shedding continues
The unit tripped earlier this week which resulted in the latest bout of severe load shedding.
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Stage 4 load shedding to continue through to Friday - Eskom
Eskom moved from stage one to implementing stage four for the second day in a row, saying that emergency generating reserves were constrained.
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DA ready to take fight to halt Eskom rescue plan all the way to ConCourt
Labour federation Cosatu started the debate when it proposed that the Government Employees Pension Fund, through the Public Investment Corporation, take over R250 billion of Eskom's debt obligations.
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DA wants SA freed from Eskom monopoly as power cuts hit stage 4
The party held a briefing in Parliament on Wednesday in response to the latest round of rolling power cuts.
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Rand retreats as coronavirus worries weigh
News that state power firm Eskom would cut up to 4,000 megawatts of electricity from the national grid has also rekindled bearish bets on the local unit.
