South Africa is making positive moves to overcome the decade-long power crisis, says the Bureau for Economic Research (BER) - even if it's happening really slowly.
South African president Cyril Ramaphosa said the government is making progress on a plan to boost economic growth, after he was criticized by one of the nation’s former leaders for failing to deliver the plan.
The pandemic has put unprecedented strain on global supply chains – and also on the workers who’ve kept those systems running under tough conditions. It looks like many of them have had enough.
Power utility Eskom has a critical skills shortfall that is threatening to become racialised at a time when the country is struggling to produce power, the Sunday Times reports.
Power utility Eskom says that it will suspend load shedding earlier than expected, with no rolling blackouts expected this weekend.
Eskom says it is not aware of any proposal to hike its fixed connection service fees as high as R938 for some customers, as confusion and anger over the figure grows.
South Africa’s power utility Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd could run coal-fired stations for years longer than originally planned to allow more renewable power to be built as the country transitions to a greener energy mix.
Power utility Eskom says it hopes to suspend load shedding from Monday, 25 July, which would bring to an end over a month of continuous rolling blackouts.
Public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan has sent a letter to trade union Solidarity, asking for its assistance in addressing the skills shortfall at Eskom.
President Cyril Ramaphosa says he will soon announce a package of reforms to address the country's ongoing load shedding and power crisis.
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