South Africans have taken to social media to share their reaction to Eskom CEO André de Ruyter leaving Eskom “with immediate effect”. The power utility announced the decision after a “special board meeting” on Wednesday evening. De Ruyter…
Outgoing ANC spokesperson Pule Mabe has cleared the air on the ANC’s stance on a national shutdown as load-shedding continues‚ saying the ruling party never called for a shutdown. This comes after it was reported on Wednesday the ANC was…
With the country plunged into stage 6 load-shedding and electricity tariff hikes on the cards, mineral resources and energy minister Gwede Mantashe claims Eskom can be fixed within the next six to 12 months. Speaking on eNCA, Mantashe…
Eskom has announced that load-shedding will be increased to stage 6 from midday on Wednesday. The power utility said this is due to a high number of breakdowns since midnight‚ as well as the requirement to strictly preserve the remaining…
The matric class of 2022 will have to power through load-shedding to ensure they are well prepared for their final exams. The class of 2022 is set to write their first exam, English Paper 1, on October 31. Speaking to the media on…
EFF deputy president Floyd Shivambu says President Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to cut short his overseas visit and return to the country is nothing but a “gimmick”. The president cut his international trip short on Monday after Queen…
Stage 2 load-shedding will be implemented from 4pm to midnight on Tuesday, says Eskom. There was also a high probability of load-shedding on Wednesday and Thursday, due to a shortage of generation capacity. The power utility said…
Stage 4 load-shedding will be implemented from 4pm to midnight on Thursday. Eskom says load-shedding will then be reduced to stage 3 from 5am to midnight on Friday. “It is anticipated stages 1 and 2 will be required for Saturday, with…
Eskom spent just under R7bn on diesel to run its emergency generation plants in the last financial year and about R3.5bn on independent power producers (IPPs) and generators. And for the past 21 days of April, the new financial year,…
Stage 2 rotational power cuts will be in place from 5pm on Monday afternoon, says embattled power utility Eskom. Initially, Eskom said the power cuts would kick in from 9pm on Monday, but this was changed just 20 minutes later.…
Eskom on Wednesday announced that there would be loadshedding from 5pm until 11pm on Friday. The national power utility blamed the electrical generation capacity shortage of poor performance at the Kusile, Duvha and Tutukka power stations…
Falling water pressure and vandalism have been reported during load-shedding, as Eskom on Sunday advised that stage 2 power cuts would continue on Monday. The power utility said it would reduce load-shedding to stage one from 11pm on…
Komani is scheduled to be in the dark today between 5pm and 7:30pm as Eskom implements stage 2 load-shedding. This morning the power utility published a statement warning that rolling blackouts would be implemented which were likely to…
Citing generation unit breakdowns, Eskom has announced that stage 2 load-shedding is being implemented on Thursday, from 8am until 10pm. “This load-shedding has been caused by an increase in plant breakdowns during the night and early…
Eskom is due to implement three days of stage one load-shedding in July when the country enters the height of the winter season, which was also the period when the expected peak of Covid-19 infections will be reached. Eskom CEO Andre de…
