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Energy expert expresses confidence in Ramaphosa’s Eskom task team
The president has given the eight-member team until the end of next month to submit an initial report on how to turn around the utility.
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Presidency gives Eskom task team January deadline for initial report
The task team, which includes former Eskom CEO Brian Dames, has been given several tasks to concentrate on including tariffs and the business model.
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Eskom in talks with financial institutions to acquire loans for projects
This comes after the utility signed a R1.5 billion loan agreement with the French Development Agency on Thursday to support its plans to build more transmission lines along the West Coast.
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Load shedding: SA not out of the woods yet, cautions Eskom
The power utility says it is doing everything possible to restore units that are currently offline due to maintenance.
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Eskom has no plans to increase renewable energy capacity, says Gordhan
Minister Pravin Gordhan says no determinations in terms of Section 34 of the Electricity Regulation Act has been made for Eskom to be able to build new renewable plants.
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Eskom's load shedding a diversion, claims former exec Matshela Koko
He's tweeted that load shedding is a diversion, saying there's no need for it and something is horribly wrong to justify intentional outages when there is adequate generating capacity.
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Eskom urges Limpopo, EC, FS customers to come clean on irregular electricity use
The utility says complying customers will get a 50% discount on the once-off remedial fee.
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Eskom warns SA to be ready for power cuts if unexpected breakdowns happen
Eskom says it will have to review a decision to halt load shedding for a month if there are any more unexpected breakdowns at its power stations this festive season.
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Eskom acknowledges 'some' responsibility for poor work at Kusile, Medupi
The parastatal says around 10 reputable international companies were contracted to conduct crucial work on the two power stations over a period of time but continued to deliver substandard work.
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Load shedding, water restrictions to have impact at polls, says analyst
Political analyst Sithembile Mbete says although these issues come down to municipal and provincial governance, many won't see it that way.
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Concerns raised over increased crime activity during load shedding
National police say officers do have the capacity to ensure citizens and their belongings are safe despite being easy targets during load shedding.
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More load shedding planned for today
Eskom has been implementing load shedding for a over a week as it struggles to deal with much needed malignance to the power grid.
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Load shedding continues Friday with Eskom to implement stage 1 power cuts
The power utility says that the lower level is due to a 'small improvement in generation capacity.'
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Businesses urged to become less reliant on Eskom power grid
Eskom has warned South Africans to expect load-shedding for the next twelve months as it continues with much-needed maintenance.
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High probability of stage 2 load shedding for Thursday, warns Eskom
Technicians worked throughout the night to bring more units back online as a result of a breakdown.
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Eskom: High probability of load shedding for rest of the week
Stage two load shedding is in place, which is likely to last until about 10 pm on Tuesday.
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Eskom to implement stage 2 power cuts for Tuesday
The power utility says that unless more power units become available, there will be electricity cuts for most of the day.
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Business Unity SA: 'Load shedding will negatively affect industry'
Eskom again implemented stage two load shedding on Monday morning, which is likely to last until about 10pm.
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CT residents set for more load shedding as maintenance looms at Steenbras
The Steenbras pump storage scheme has been used to lessen the impact of load shedding, but the facility is scheduled for its own maintenance between January and April.
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Eskom warns citizens to prepare for load shedding this week
The power utility implemented stage two load shedding over the weekend.
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Eskom implements stage 2 load shedding
Eskom will implement stage 2 from 4pm to 10pm today, as a result of generating units not returning to service as planned and due to an additional loss of a generating unit.
