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Eskom is in search of a new CEO, with a shortlist of five candidates compiled for the embattled utility’s leadership role. Eskom board chairperson Mpho Makwana announced the development, noting that the search for the new CEO was at an advanced stage. A meeting related to the appointment had formed part of the Eskom agenda […]

South Africa is currently facing a power crisis, with load shedding becoming a frequent and frustrating reality for citizens, and it seems things aren’t getting better any time soon. Eskom has announced that it’s moving back to stage 6 load shedding on Monday (25 April) as the power grid comes under strain. Due to generation […]

Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has presented a multi-point plan to ease load shedding to the ANC’s National Executive Committee (NEC). However, the only change is the assumption that Eskom will somehow find R30 billion for diesel this year. There’s nothing new in Ramokgopa’s plan that suggests the energy crisis will soon be a thing of […]

In a statement released by Eskom, the power utility announced that load shedding will be eased for the week ahead, thanks to a slight improvement in the available generation capacity. Stage 4 load shedding will be implemented from 16h00 this afternoon as planned and run until 05h00 on Monday, thereafter, stage 3 load shedding will […]

Electricity Minister, Kgosientso Ramokgopa has announced that the country’s power problems will persist and are unlikely to be solved by the end of the year. While briefing the media on the ANC national executive committee’s plan to end load shedding, the minister revealed that they proposed a plan to create about 12 000MW of additional […]

South Africa has been struggling with its power supply for several years now with the country’s state-owned electricity provider, Eskom, resuming with load shedding earlier this year. The frequency of blackouts has sparked concerns about the economic impact of the crisis. Eskom may not have a clear vision of how to address the problem, but […]

Soweto, Johannesburg – In recent months, South Africa has been hit with frequent power cuts due to the country’s power crisis, throwing the country into chaos. On Monday, residents in the community of White City in Soweto experienced the devastating consequences of load shedding when two young boys aged five and six were kidnapped and […]

Eskom, the state-owned electricity supplier in South Africa, has announced its load-shedding schedule for the upcoming weekend. We summarized the key points of the announcement for easy scanning below. Eskom has been struggling to meet the electricity demand in South Africa for years, leading to frequent load-shedding. As a journalist, it is important to report […]

Electricity company Eskom has stopped a private producer in the Free State Municipality from using solar energy to mitigate the load-shedding crisis. Eskom reasoned that allowing Rural Maintenance Free State – a private company distributing electricity to Mafube Local Municipality – to continue with its load shedding schedule would set a “precedent” for other Eskom […]

Electricity Minister Kgosientso Ramokgopa says that South Africa’s power grid won’t collapse despite increasing load-shedding that’s expected as winter approaches. In an interview with 702, he clarified that measures have been put in place to ensure the integrity of the grid is maintained. While load-shedding at Stage 6 is already devastating, Ramokgopa says anything beyond […]