How much more Eskom Direct customers will pay from 1 April 2024
Eskom is set to hike its electricity tariffs on 1 April 2024, and South Africans will see their monthly electricity bill increase significantly, with residential Homepower rates increasing by approximately 12.7% across the board...
Eskom load-shedding schedule for the week
Eskom plans to suspend load-shedding for most daytime hours in the coming week, the power utility said in a statement on Sunday, 10 March 2024.
Eskom explained the load-shedding breaks were made possible by the recovery of emergency generation...
Clarens has been load-shedding-free for 7 months
By collectively reducing their electricity demand during load-shedding, residents and businesses of Clarens have been completely exempt from the rotational power cuts for seven months.
Sunday newspaper Rapport has detailed how the small Free...
Life in the Vaal Triangle — One of the world's most polluted regions
Just 48km from Johannesburg, in a South African region known as the Vaal Triangle, 1.7 million people are living in a crossfire of some of the most dangerous pollution on Earth.
From the highway into Vanderbijlpark, you can...
New study launched to investigate Eskom pollution's death count
South African scientists plan to examine about 8.5 million death certificates to ascertain how many people the country’s dependence on coal for electricity is killing.
The review is the first of its kind in Africa in that it will...
National Treasury pressure stopping Eskom from using tens of billions in renewable energy funding
South Africa’s state power utility has failed to tap $2.5 billion (R47.9 billion) of cheap loans to build critical transmission infrastructure that would help end the country’s crippling energy...
Eskom implements stage 4 until further notice
Eskom increased load-shedding to stage 4 early on Thursday, 22 February 2024, due to losing six generating units overnight.
The power utility announced at 03:01 that it would ramp up from stage 2 to stage 4 at 04:00. The increased power cuts will...
Eskom rotating between stage 2 and no load-shedding until further notice
Eskom plans to implement stage 2 load-shedding during the evenings and early morning hours and suspend the rotational power cuts for most daytime hours, until further notice.
In a statement on Sunday afternoon, the power...
Corruption-accused Anoj Singh wants to work for Gupta-linked company in Dubai
Former Eskom and Transnet chief financial officer Anoj Singh has plans to head a Gupta-linked company in Dubai, City Press reports.
Singh is currently awaiting trial after being arrested alongside former Eskom and...
Rejoice! Day-time load-shedding breaks for the weekend
Eskom plans to suspend load-shedding for most day-time hours over the coming weekend.
The power utility had already lowered the power cuts from stage 3 to stage 2 at 10:00 on Friday, 16 February 2024, due to the recovery of additional...
Stage 2 continuous load-shedding until further notice
Eskom will reduce load-shedding from stage 3 to stage 2 at 10:00 on Friday, 16 February 2024.
The further reduction in the rotational power cuts was made possible by additional Eskom generating units returning to service, emergency reserve...
Ramaphosa says end of load-shedding "within reach", takes credit for rooftop solar uptake
President Cyril Ramaphosa says that the worst of load-shedding is behind South Africa and that the end of the rotational power cuts is "within reach".
Ramaphosa made these remarks in his 2024 State of the...
Stage 1 for four hours and then stage 2 until further notice
Eskom will reduce load-shedding to stage 1 for four hours on Wednesday, 7 February 2024, before implementing stage 2 until further notice.
The utility has been rotating between stage 2 day-time load-shedding and stage 3 during the...
Eskom reveals more areas that can skip load-shedding
Eskom is expanding its load-limiting project to more Gauteng areas after a successful pilot in Fourways and good reception in Riverside View.
The load-limiting mechanism forms part of the Demand Side Management initiative, which aims to...
Eskom increases load-shedding as seven units go offline for maintenance
Eskom has announced an alternating schedule of stage 2 and stage 3 power cuts after taking several generating units offline for maintenance.
“Over the past 24 hours, five generation units were taken offline for repairs,”...
Eskom announces daytime load-shedding break
Eskom has announced it will suspend load-shedding for five hours on Wednesday, 24 January 2024, due to sufficient available generation capacity.
Following the implementation of stage 1 in the morning, Eskom will cease the power cuts from 11:00 until...
Independent report on state of Eskom power stations being kept secret
An environmental pressure group and energy analysts have raised concerns over the justifications for keeping an independent report into the state of Eskom's coal-fired power stations under wraps, City Press reports...
Load-shedding suspended until further notice
Eskom has suspended load-shedding until further notice.
In a statement at around 06:30 on Sunday, the power utility announced it had stopped the power cuts due to improved available generation capacity.
South Africa experienced stage 8 load-shedding — Mantashe
Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy Gwede Mantashe said South Africa experienced stage 8 load-shedding at the beginning of 2023.
Speaking to ENCA, Mantashe said South Africa made great progress at addressing load-shedding and...