The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) have rejected Eskom's latest proposal of a 7% wage increase, and now plan to embark on further protest action against the power utility.
Financial services group FNB says it will give customers R2 per litre back in eBucks from 1 July, to help contend with rising fuel prices.
Eskom has again taken centre stage at a time when South Africa can ill afford blackouts at increasing regularity, and for longer periods of the day - while strike action is also unwelcome amid growing global economic concerns and rising…
Oil took a breather after a three-day rally as concerns over a demand-sapping recession filtered back into the market, overshadowing signs that global stockpiles and supply continue to tighten.
The City of Johannesburg says it recently held its first Energy Indaba to attract investment in alternative energy solutions and to start the process of bringing on board independent power producers (IPPs) to help offset rolling blackouts, which reache...
Eskom has announced that stage 6 load shedding will be implemented from 16h00 until 22h00 on Tuesday evening (28 June).
The City of Cape Town says it has been building energy reserves in an effort to help reduce the impact of higher stages of Eskom’s load shedding.
Eskom chief executive Andre de Ruyter says the power utility could be forced to introduce stage 6 load shedding on Tuesday evening (28 June) due to a significant deterioration of its operations overnight.
Johannesburg power utility City Power warns that stage 4 load shedding is placing too much strain on its resources, leading to prolonged breakdowns and outages.
Eskom boss says South Africa's hopes of ending load shedding fall on the private sector; Unions want Gordhan on the Eskom wage issue; South Africa's former lottery boss has R25 million home seized; and Shoprite faces a headache after it…