electricity

  1. Hanno Labuschagne

    15 of Johannesburg's own city councillors have outstanding electricity bills

    15 of Johannesburg's own city councillors have outstanding electricity bills Johannesburg's City Power has revealed that several of its own councillors and office bearers have combined outstanding electricity bills in the hundreds of thousands of rand. In a statement on 19 June 2026, the...
  3. Luis

    South Africa moving away from Eskom as private sector adds capacity

    South Africa moving away from Eskom as private sector adds capacity Former Eskom CEO André de Ruyter's prediction that South Africa's energy landscape would shift away from reliance on the power utility proved spot-on. In his book Truth to Power: My Three Years Inside Eskom, De Ruyter argued...
  4. Luis

    Preferential pricing approved for two of Eskom's biggest users

    Preferential pricing approved for two of Eskom's biggest users The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) approved a preferential pricing deal for two of Eskom's biggest power users, with tariffs that are less than a fifth of what regular households pay. Energy and financial...
  5. Luis

    Eskom's contribution to South Africa's power supply plummets

    Eskom's contribution to South Africa's power supply plummets Eskom's contribution to South Africa's electricity supply is estimated to have dropped to roughly 81% last year. About a fifth of the country's power comes from other sources, likely private generation. South Africa lost its title as...
  6. Luis

    Three municipalities hand electricity billing over to Eskom

    Three municipalities hand electricity billing over to Eskom The municipalities of Maluti-a-Phofung, Emfuleni, and Merafong have signed Distribution Agency Agreements (DAAs) under which Eskom will take over their electricity billing and maintenance. Eskom revealed the development at a joint...
  7. Luis

    Eskom appoints veteran telecom executive Junaid Munshi

    Eskom appoints veteran telecom executive Junaid Munshi Eskom has announced the appointment of Junaid Munshi as its new group executive for its distribution division, effective from 1 June 2026. He will oversee the Eskom business that serves as the direct connection to South African electricity...
  8. Luis

    Eskom paying employees 1,195% more to produce the same amount of electricity as in 1994

    Eskom paying employees 1,195% more to produce the same amount of electricity as in 1994 In 1994, Eskom paid its employees R17,892 to produce a gigawatt-hour (GWh) of electricity. By 2025, this amount had increased to R231,985. On Saturday, 16 May 2026, Eskom celebrated having delivered South...
  9. Luis

    Three municipalities in South Africa face losing all electricity

    Three municipalities in South Africa face losing all electricity Three municipalities could see their power cut off by Eskom, unless they enter into an arrangement to settle their outstanding municipal debts. This comes after Eskom initiated Promotion of Administrative Justice Act (PAJA)...
  10. Hanno Labuschagne

    Big questions about Eskom's free solar registration deadline

    Big questions about Eskom's free solar registration deadline Eskom has refused to provide an update on the extension of its free registration period for home and small-business rooftop solar power systems, which is set to end early next week. To improve the registration rate of small-scale...
  11. Hanno Labuschagne

    South African suburb without electricity for 13 years

    South African suburb without electricity for 13 years Electricity and energy minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has outlined his department's plans to bring power to the community of Zebediela Moletlane in Limpopo after more than 13 years. Responding to parliamentary questions from ANC MP Mogodu...
  12. Hanno Labuschagne

    New Microsoft solution could save data centres millions in electricity spending

    New Microsoft solution could save data centres millions in electricity spending A new innovation at Microsoft is expected to save data centres worldwide millions in electricity bills, researchers from the tech giant have said. Microsoft Research Lab developed a method to rapidly transmit...
  13. Hanno Labuschagne

    How much more Eskom spent on its largest power station vs China

    How much more Eskom spent on its largest power station vs China Eskom spent nearly seven times as much building its biggest and most advanced coal power station as China did constructing the world's largest coal-fired plant with similar technologies. Eskom's Kusile power station near...
  14. Hanno Labuschagne

    Eskom contractually obliged to burn millions on diesel while coal power stations stand idle

    Eskom contractually obliged to burn millions on diesel while coal power stations stand idle Due to contractual obligations with independent power producers (IPPs), Eskom must spend millions of rands on diesel-powered generation despite having spare coal-fired generation available. In its most...
  15. Hanno Labuschagne

    New Eskom break-up plan creates huge conflict of interest

    New Eskom break-up plan creates huge conflict of interest South Africa’s decision to modify a plan to break up its state-owned power utility into three separate entities is encountering opposition from creditors and foreign government funders. The “revised unbundling strategy” approved by...
  16. Hanno Labuschagne

    The duo that drove Eskom to drop its expensive solar power registration rule

    The duo that drove Eskom to drop its expensive solar power registration rule Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) CEO Wayne Duvenage and EE Business Intelligence managing director Chris Yelland deserve credit for pushing Eskom to ease its solar power registration rules. Eskom dropped the...
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  17. Hanno Labuschagne

    Eskom breakdowns at lowest level in nine months

    Eskom breakdowns at lowest level in nine months Eskom reports that, on Friday, its power station breakdowns were at their lowest levels recorded in nine months. “As of 1 August 2025, unplanned outages stand at 8,525MW, the lowest level in recent history, narrowly surpassing the 8,258MW...
  18. Hanno Labuschagne

    Small nuclear power project secures land at Zilkaats Estate

    Small nuclear power project secures land at Zilkaats Estate Nuclear technology company Stratek Global has secured land on which it plans to build a small modular reactor (SMR), Business Times reports. The 2,000-hectare site is located along the Gauteng and North West border and is owned by the...
  19. N

    Intelligent and not kak Geyser Timer?

    Hey everyone, Looking to install some geyser timers in my parents house (some may remember my previous post about their electricity bill being insanely high). I wanted to find out which ones are decent and preferably fit the following criteria. They currently have some CBI low voltage ones...
  20. N

    Why is my parents home using 100kw+ a day?

    Hey everyone, coming here to get some advice/tips as Im at a loss. Im trying to help my parents sort out their electricity usage as its been insanely high. My family has always had somewhat high electricity usage, we put it down to washing machines, etc. but their new place feels even worse...
  21. Hanno Labuschagne

    Blue Label betting on "buy now, pay later" electricity

    Blue Label betting on "buy now, pay later" electricity South African technology and telecoms company Blue Label is expecting double-digit sales growth for its "buy now pay later" prepaid electricity product. The company's joint CEO, Mark Levy, told the Business Times that the BluAdvance...
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