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Load shedding to be implemented during evening peak hours
The power utility expects to implement load shedding from 5pm to 8pm this week.
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Optimism at Eskom as new acting CEO settles in
Brian Molefe has been appointed as acting CEO while current CEO Tshediso Matona remains suspended.
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Risk of load shedding this week remains high
While water reserves have improved, there's still a high chance of load shedding this week.
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Eskom implements stage 1 load shedding for Sunday
The parastatal says its water and diesel reserves are still very low & the power is severely constrained.
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Saturday: Eskom implements stage 2 load shedding
Eskom says load shedding will resume from 8am to 10pm as its system is severely constrained.
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Stage one load shedding implemented for Friday
Eskom says there is a high possibility load shedding will spill over into the weekend.
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Tuesday: Stage two load shedding implemented
Eskom says rolling blackouts will take place across the country until 10pm this evening.
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Construction at Medupi expected to resume
Contract workers walked off site in protest over accommodation, housing allowances and bonuses.
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‘Power outages cost the economy up to R89bn every month’
MEC Lynne Brown briefed Parliament's Portfolio Committee on the happenings at the power utility.
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Cosatu considers strike over potential power price hike
Eskom says it's going to ask Nersa to reopen its multi-year price determination.
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DA questions independence of Eskom inquiry
It was last week announced utility chairperson Zola Tsotsi would head the probe.
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Solidarity: 3,400 white Eskom staffers face retrenchments
Solidarity says 3,400 white employees will lose their jobs if Eskom is serious about its ‘race targets’.
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Energy minister snubs energy crisis briefing in Parly
Tina Joemat-Pettersson has come under fire for not attending a briefing over SA’s energy disaster.
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Stage 2 load shedding for Thursday underway
The power utility says rolling blackouts are a result of maintenance on a fleet of generators.
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Risk of load shedding remains high
Eskom is still trying to bring several generators back online to keep up with electricity demand.
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Harmony Gold's Q2 production falls 10 percent
The bullion producer reported a headline loss of R496 million in the three months to 31 December, 2014.
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High probability of load shedding this week
South Africans may have to brace themselves for more power cuts this week
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Zuma: Load shedding not entirely government's fault
The president says poor leadership is not to blame for the current power crisis in the country.
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Unexpected load shedding jams up CT roads
Stage two load shedding started this morning, snarling up CT’s busiest intersections.
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Maimane: Eskom can no longer deliver
The DA Parliamentary leader led a demonstration outside Eskom's HQ in Johannesburg.
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Stage 1 load shedding commences
The power utility says two of its generators went offline this morning due to technical faults.
