The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) says it will oppose calls by businesses to unbundle and privatise Eskom.
With stage 6 load shedding the norm over the past week and more in South Africa, the ruling party the African National Party (ANC) has called for immediate and long-term interventions that will ensure sustainable energy security.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has taken a major step in moving South Africa away from its dependency on coal energy, which will unlock approximately R140 billion worth of investment opportunities for the country.
Top South African ruling party leaders expressed concern that the country’s worst-ever power outages are damaging its popularity and that the minister overseeing the national power utility has presented no new solutions, people familiar with the matter...
Eskom has announced that it will implement stage 5 load shedding on Wednesday and Thursday (6 and 7 July), and that rolling blackouts will continue through to the weekend.
The rand and South Africa's petrol price are in for a turbulent second half of 2022 as a combination of global and international factors hit, says Investec chief economist Annabel Bishop.
Director of fuel pricing mechanism at the Department of Energy Robert Maake says the government is working on several regulatory changes to address South Africa's high petrol price.
South Africa has failed to clean up and secure hundreds of abandoned coal mines that now pose a deadly threat to nearby communities, according to Human Rights Watch.
The ANC is looking to declare a state of emergency over Eskom; A top executive has warned that South Africa is now close to collapse, Government is facing increased pressure to lower the petrol price; and South Africa risks being…
The Department of Energy has published the fuel price adjustments for July 2022, showing a massive hike for both petrol and diesel.
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