Month: April 2023

The National Treasury held a briefing on Tuesday, speaking to MPs about the Eskom Debt Relief Bill. One of the key takeaways from the briefing is that Eskom may not borrow for three years and will not receive any other financial support from the government to fix its troubled power stations. This means that from […]

As South Africa braces for the coming winter months, there is growing concern over the state of the country’s electricity supply. According to Intellidex analyst Peter Attard Montalto, load shedding is going to be worse than many people are expecting. This is sobering news for a country that has been grappling with power outages for […]

Government officials are working to address the ongoing power crisis in South Africa as the country experiences Stage 6 load shedding. The Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa met with the Eskom board to find ways to increase capacity as demand continues to grow. Ramokgopa dismissed reports that the country had been quietly moved to Stage 8, […]

South Africa’s ongoing power crisis has been revealed to have cost state-run hospitals R685 million in diesel costs, according to a written question asked by FF Plus health spokesperson and MP Philip van Staden. Health Minister Dr Joe Phaahla indicated in his response that the country’s public healthcare infrastructure has had to resort to high […]

In the early hours of Saturday morning, Koeberg Unit 2 tripped, forcing Eskom, the struggling South African power utility, to introduce a new bout of stage 6 load-shedding. Eskom plans to return the unit to full operation before Monday, but it seems this is unlikely to end the constant power outages that have plagued South […]

South Africa’s power crisis has taken a turn for the worse amidst severe load shedding returning as a result of the tripping of Unit 2 at the Koeberg Power Station. All-day stage 6 load shedding has now been enforced which extends the blackout to six hours at a time, with many areas left without electricity […]

As if load shedding in South Africa couldn’t get any worse, Eskom implemented Stage 7 rolling power cuts without announcing it publicly. The power utility shed over 7,000 MW worth of electricity from the grid, despite classifying the load shedding status only as “Stage 6 and load shedding curtailment Stage 4”. Eskom denied this on […]

Eskom, South Africa’s power utility, has released its weekend load-shedding schedule, which is expected to have little relief from the ongoing power cuts. Stage 6 load-shedding will persist, two 11-hour periods of stage 4 and stage 5, scheduled as follows: According to Eskom, the load-shedding remains a necessity due to a demand-supply gap in the […]

At the South Africa Investment Conference on Thursday, President Cyril Ramaphosa promised solutions to address the crisis of loadshedding in the short term. He acknowledged the negative impact of irregular and insufficient electricity supply on businesses, consumer confidence, and investment decisions. The government plans to improve the performance of existing coal-fired power stations which provide […]

The Western Cape provincial government has set aside R60 million to provide essential load shedding emergency kits to thousands of indigent households ahead of winter. The aim is to ease the impact of load shedding on the most vulnerable communities during colder months. Premier Winde has announced that the kits would consist of rechargeable lights, […]