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City of CT readies for court battle for right to purchase electricity from IPPs
The city is asking the Energy Ministry and the National Energy Regulator to allow it to buy power from IPPs in light of what they refer to as 'Eskom’s inability to provide a reliable and cleaner energy'.
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Zimbabwe power crisis set to continue until Zesa clears debts
Zimbabwe reportedly owed around $80 million to Eskom and Mozambique’s HCB power company.
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Zim energy minister gets the boot amid load shedding, fuel shortages
There are still long fuel queues at service stations, and this week the authorities launched a load shedding programme that has seen many suburbs going without power for up to eight hours a day.
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Eskom remains open to aid Zim with electricity supply
Zimbabweans are grappling with the worst rolling blackouts in three years, with households, businesses and industries, including mines, left without electricity for up to eight hours a day.
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Anger as Zimbabwe’s electricity situation worsens
Economic commentator Vince Musewe said these power cuts meant that production schedules for struggling companies would not be met.
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Zimbabwe starts rolling power cuts, hitting mines, industry
The power cuts will add to mounting public anger against President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government as Zimbabweans grapple with an economic crisis that has seen shortages of US dollars, fuel, food and medicines.
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Mashaba ‘negotiating’ private electricity deal for City of Joburg
Herman Mashaba says the City of Johannesburg is working to strike a deal with the Kelvin power station, which is an independent power producer.
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Output at Amplats hit by Eskom power cuts
Eskom cut power across the country in February and March as low coal supplies, a severe cash crunch, and multiple failures at its ageing fleet of power stations throttled supply.
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Power shortages could cut 2019 GDP growth - Sarb
The review dimmed hopes for the economic rebound promised by President Cyril Ramaphosa and comes less than a month before national elections.
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Moody's again warns SA of growing debt
Moody’s was the last of the big three ratings agencies to give South Africa an investment-grade rating, so markets are sensitive to any pronouncement it makes on the fiscal and economic strength of Africa’s most industrialised economy.
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Eskom thanks SA for ‘understanding’ as grid remains vulnerable
The cash-strapped utility says it’s battling capacity shortages, due to problems at its power stations.
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Eskom warns of high risk of stage 1 load shedding today
However, the power utility said in statement load shedding would only be implemented if absolutely necessary.
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Ending corruption, fixing Eskom and other things Cyril Ramaphosa promised to do
With the 2019 elections fast approaching, President Cyril Ramaphosa has hit the campaign trail, holding a public engagement in Sandton on Thursday where he answered some tough questions from South African citizens.
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Eskom confident it can cope with winter power demands
Eskom's Andrew Etzinger says that additional capacity will also be coming online ahead of winter.
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Gordhan: Winter load shedding coming but less than 1 month in total
Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan said that for the plan to succeed, there needs to be more a disciplined and rigorous approach to implementing plans at Eskom.
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Every effort will be made to stop load shedding - Mabuza
Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan and Eskom chairperson Jabu Mabuza gave an update on the current status of electricity supply at Lethabo power station in Free State.
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Why we experienced stage 4 load shedding in March
Eskom general manager for system operations Bernard Magoro explains why such significant blackouts occurred in March.
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Gordhan: Govt considering additional financial support for Eskom
The government said in February it would give Eskom a R69 billion bailout over the next three years to help it service its R420 billion debt mountain.
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Eskom unveils 'winter plan' that aims to avoid load shedding
The plan includes executing proper maintenance to reduce plant breakdowns and regular communication with all role-players.
