South Africa could see the end of rolling blackouts by end of next week according to Eskom chief executive officer, Andre de Ruyter.
Searcher Seismic is planning a survey looking for oil offshore South Africa, months after it called off an earlier search due to a court challenge.
Power utility Eskom says it will be moving back load shedding in the evening peak, after weeks of near-24 hour schedules.
The ruling African National Congress is considering the formation of a second state-owned power utility to challenge Eskom's monopoly in the country, says president Cyril Ramaphosa.
Mid-month data from the Central Energy Fund shows that motorists could see a petrol price reprieve for the first time in months - but the full withdrawal of the government's interventions will undermine this.
Business groups have called for an urgent intervention by president Ramaphosa on load shedding; Standard Bank warns greylisting will be worse than downgrades; New BEE changes cause upset; and Mercedes say South Africa needs to be doing more on electric...
Power utility Eskom has announced that load shedding will be kept to stage 1 and stage 2 over the coming weekend, but will still be at stage 3 on Friday.
Joanne Yawitch, commissioner of the National Planning Commission says that plans are already in place to end load shedding in South Africa, which if sped up could come sooner.
South Africa is set to tackle “mafia” groups that have compromised power utility Eskom Holding’s operations and contributed to nationwide blackouts, Public Enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan said.
Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Barbara Creecy, has published for consultation the proposed regulations pertaining to the exploration and production of onshore oil and gas requiring hydraulic fracturing.
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