Eskom will on an urgent basis in the next three months accelerate efforts to add new generation capacity to its faltering grid.
Electricity generation in South Africa may come online at a faster pace than what we previously thought after president Cyril Ramaphosa proposed wide-ranging and urgent power reforms including a temporary legislative regime that cuts red tape, says BNP...
Concerns over the quality of Eskom staff have been at an all time high with accountability standards being questioned.
The South African city of Cape Town is starting a program to buy power from commercial and industrial producers who will be allowed to send power to the grid for cash, Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis said.
Power utility Eskom has warned that it may be forced to re-introduce load shedding at short notice after five of its generating units tripped on Monday morning.
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.
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.
As interest rates increase to curb rising inflation, coupled with fuel and load shedding, among other challenges – is putting pressure on the profit margins of small businesses in South Africa, says Andiswa Bata, co-head of SME at FNB.
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