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The load shedding crisis in South Africa has taken another turn, as Jan Oberholzer, the former Eskom Chief Operations Officer (COO), has decided to stay on and oversee new projects at the embattled power company. According to reports from EE Business Intelligence, Oberholzer will not resume his former role as COO but will be tasked […]

In a press conference held yesterday, the Minister of Minerals and Energy, Gwede Mantashe, denied any conflict of interest with Minister of Electricity, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa. The press conference comes in the wake of rumors circulating about an alleged rift between the two over their respective departments’ responsibilities with regards to the current energy crisis in […]

Energy experts are raising concern about Eskom’s coal fleet Energy Availability Factor (EAF) hovering at around 50%. This means that only half of the available power is being generated by the giant utility firm, and this could lead to higher stages of load shedding this winter. Lungile Mashele, an energy economist, has explained that the […]

Load shedding, the process through which the power utility Eskom deliberately switches off electricity supply to prevent the grid from collapsing, has been increased to stage 6 this week. Eskom had previously announced that stage 3 load shedding would continue until 5:00 am on Tuesday, however due to “delayed return to service” of several generating […]

Former Eskom CEO André de Ruyter recently spoke out about the root cause of load-shedding in South Africa, contradicting statements made by Electricity Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa. During a hearing with Parliament’s Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa), De Ruyter disagreed with Ramokgopa’s claim that corruption at the power utility is not responsible for load-shedding. […]

Solar panels in Frankfort have been switched off after the High Court dismissed a case against Eskom with costs. Rural Free State (RFS), an independent power producer, will now have to throttle its electricity generation and is forced to dump half of the electricity it could supply to the town. RFS and its parent company […]

Eskom has released its load-shedding schedule for Sunday 30th April to Wednesday 3rd May. Stage 3 load-shedding was observed throughout Sunday evening but was reduced to Stage 1 on Monday morning. Load-shedding schedules will then fluctuate between Stage 2, 3, and 4 until Wednesday 3rd May. Eskom will provide further guidance regarding the load-shedding schedules […]

Premier Alan Winde has just announced over R16 million in savings through energy resilience interventions at the Western Cape Government’s (WCG) Karl Bremer Hospital precinct. The Premier visited the Bellville Health Park, where a R17 million solar photovoltaic (PV) installation project was recently completed in March 2023. This project, which saw 1,400 solar panels installed […]

During the Freedom Day celebrations, President Cyril Ramaphosa promised that his administration’s new power generation will enable the country to get out of load shedding. Businesses and households across the country have been affected by the energy crisis, and the government is making significant efforts to address it. Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa recently announced that […]

Eskom has announced that due to power generation capacity constraints, Stage 4 load-shedding will be implemented from 16:00 today until 05:00 on Thursday, 27 April 2023, with varying stages of load-shedding to follow. The power utility currently has 5,065MW of generation capacity offline for planned maintenance, with a further 16,283MW unavailable due to breakdowns. While […]