Load shedding
Mabuza: SA has the tools to make Eskom fully functional
Deputy President David Mabuza was back in Parliament on Thursday where he was again quizzed about the struggling power utility and the energy crisis.
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Mabuza: Load shedding a major problem, but privatising Eskom not an option
Answering questions in the National Council of Provinces on Thursday afternoon, he said the National Energy Crisis Committee set up by the president will focus on five interventions which include reducing the severity and frequency of load shedding.
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Some Gauteng residents face double whammy of load shedding, water cuts
Rand Water said water supply will be disrupted in Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni, and Tshwane for 87 hours over the weekend. At the same time, residents have been warned by Eskom to check their rosters, as stage two load shedding has been extended.
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Eskom confirms stage 2 power cuts for Wednesday and Thursday
Stage two rolling power cuts will be implemented from 4pm to midnight on Wednesday and Thursday, Eskom confirmed.
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Eskom warns that stage 2 power cuts may be implemented on Wednesday & Thursday
Eskom has warned that it may need to implement stage two power cuts again on Wednesday evening and the same on Thursday if the overall situation does not improve.
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Eskom announces Stage 2 load shedding from 4 pm until midnight
Eskom issued a warning on Monday saying the strain on the system would force it to implement loadshedding at short notice.
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Eskom warns of stage 2 load shedding at short notice for Monday evening
The utility is already dealing with a shortage of generation capacity and if there are further significant breakdowns, we could see controlled power cuts from 6pm until midnight.
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Drop in mining output shows crippling cost of load shedding for SA economy
Bruce Whitfield talks to Thanda Sithole, senior economist at FNB, about the latest mining and manufacturing stats.
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Load shedding warning
Eskom has cited a shortage of generation capacity owing to a breakdown of several power stations.
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UPDATE: Cape Town water safe to drink- precautionary 'boil notice' lifted
The City says the problem that caused discoloured water in large parts of Cape Town has been resolved.
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Tap water discoloured? Boil your water until fault is fixed - City of Cape Town
The City's issued a precautionary 'boil notice' across parts of Cape Town after power cuts caused a fault at the Faure plant.
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Solidarity hopes its energy experts are roped in swiftly to solve Eskom's woes
The trade union on Thursday sent its list of skilled power experts to Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan and Eskom CEO André de Ruyter.
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IPP’s office to issue proposal request to procure 513MW of battery storage
Independent Power Producer (IPP) office on Wednesday said it’s set to issue a request for a proposal before the end of next month to procure 513 megawatts of battery storage.
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Eskom ramps power cuts to stage 4 as shortage in generation capacity persists
The utility announced stage four rolling power cuts will be implemented from 4 pm on Thursday and will last until midnight.
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Stage 2 power cuts return as Eskom suffers generation capacity shortage
The blackouts will be implemented between 4pm and midnight on Wednesday and Thursday.
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Gungubele: Ending power cuts a long-term objective of energy crisis committee
Minister in the Presidency Mondli Gungubele said that they had identified distinct areas of intervention.
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Eskom hopes to quickly restore broken units to avoid load shedding
Power generation unit outages occurred at Medupi, Hendrina, and Camden - and at two units at the Majuba power station.
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Struggling Eskom warns power cuts may be implemented at short notice
Eskom has warned that due to the shortage of generation capacity, stage 2 power cuts may be implemented at short notice between 4pm and midnight over the next three days.
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A mix of interventions will help power grid, says govt ministers
Government said that the implementation of a series of measures to stop power cuts should prove effective in the next few months.
