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  1. Hanno Labuschagne

    Nersa failure could be good news for electricity users — bad news for municipalities

    Nersa failure could be good news for electricity users — bad news for municipalities South African households and businesses buying power from municipalities might avoid their regular annual electricity tariff hike in the coming months. Sunday newspaper Rapport reports that the National Energy...
  3. Hanno Labuschagne

    Three decades of government failure on electricity provision

    Three decades of government failure on electricity provision In 1994, Apartheid ended and the African National Congress (ANC) won South Africa’s first ever democratic elections, promising “Electricity for All” as part of its Reconstruction and Development Programme. Back then, only 36% of all...
  4. Jan

    How to save money with a solar and battery system while Eskom load-shedding is suspended

    How to save money with solar while Eskom suspends load-shedding While there has been no load-shedding in over two weeks, solar power system users can still ensure their investment is providing some returns by using self-generated power to reduce their electricity bills. The first way to get...
  5. Hanno Labuschagne

    Real reason for drop in Eskom load-shedding

    Real reason for drop in Eskom load-shedding The extended relief in load-shedding in the past two weeks is not because of the improved performance of Eskom's generating fleet but due to a drop in demand for the power utility's electricity. That is according to EE Business Intelligence founder...
  6. Hanno Labuschagne

    Eskom aiming to slash particulate matter pollution by 70% in a decade

    Eskom aiming to slash particulate matter pollution by 70% in a decade South Africa’s state power utility, stung by reports about the health impacts of emissions from burning coal, said it’s spending billions of dollars to reduce them and has an ambitious target to reduce output of one of its...
  7. Jan

    Eskom says illegal connections getting worse

    Eskom’s massive illegal electricity problems Eskom has major illegal electricity problems in South Africa, with the already-embattled power utility forced to fork out billions to address issues resulting from illicit connections, sales, and cable theft. Moreover, these activities can...
  8. Hanno Labuschagne

    Eskom Direct 2024 price hikes analysed

    Eskom Direct 2024 price hikes analysed Eskom's latest tariff hikes will see many direct residential customers paying between R168 and R792 more per month on their electricity bills. The adjustments — which took effect on 1 April 2024 — will see all Eskom Direct tariffs increase by a minimum of...
  9. Hanno Labuschagne

    Eskom's early Kusile celebration could be short-lived

    Eskom's early Kusile celebration could be short-lived Eskom's celebration of improved performance at its troubled Kusile Power Plant this past week is premature, as the station still needs extensive retrofitting and repairs to offer anywhere near its full capacity, Rapport reports. During...
  10. Hanno Labuschagne

    Eskom says Greenpeace report's measurement of air pollution health impact is wrong

    Eskom says Greenpeace report's measurement of air pollution health impact is wrong Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd., South Africa’s state power company, disputed the findings of a Greenpeace report that it operates many of the world’s worst emission sites for toxic nitrogen dioxide and sulfur dioxide...
  11. Hanno Labuschagne

    Cape Town school's electricity connection cut after failing to pay R39,000 bill

    Cape Town school's electricity connection cut after failing to pay R39,000 bill A primary school in Delft, Cape Town owed Eskom about R39,000 and has been without electricity since February. The education department is trying to assist the school but this is not the first time it has been...
  12. Hanno Labuschagne

    Greenpeace study finds Eskom power stations big air pollution sinners

    Greenpeace study finds Eskom power stations big air pollution sinners South Africa is home to many of the world’s worst emission sites for toxic nitrogen dioxide and sulfur dioxide and most of those are operated by the nation’s state power utility, according to Greenpeace. Coal-fired power...
  13. Hanno Labuschagne

    Load-shedding break for the "long weekend"

    Load-shedding break for the "long weekend" Eskom will suspend load-shedding from 05:00 on Thursday, 21 March 2024, due to an expected decrease in electricity demand heading into the weekend, coupled with an increase in available generating capacity. The rotational power cuts will be dropped...
  14. Hanno Labuschagne

    Cape Town launches online portal for private solar applications

    Cape Town launches online portal for private solar applications The City of Cape Town (CoCT) has launched an online portal to simplify and speed up solar installation applications by households and businesses. CoCT mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis launched the new online Energy Services Applications...
  15. Hanno Labuschagne

    Eskom switches to stage 2 and stage 3 rotation for the week

    Eskom switches to stage 2 and stage 3 rotation for the week Eskom is bringing an end to daytime load-shedding breaks and increasing evening load-shedding by one stage. The change in schedule comes after the power utility lost three generating units and experienced delays in returning another...
  16. Hanno Labuschagne

    How much more Eskom Direct customers will pay from 1 April 2024

    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...
  17. Hanno Labuschagne

    Eskom load-shedding schedule for the week

    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...
  18. Hanno Labuschagne

    Clarens has been load-shedding-free for 7 months

    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...
  19. antowan

    Stage 13 load shedding? Government kept enormity of Eskom crisis secret for months

    Paywalled. Interesting headline... https://www.news24.com/news24/investigations/stage-13-load-shedding-government-kept-enormity-of-eskom-crisis-secret-for-months-20240302
  20. Hanno Labuschagne

    Life in the Vaal Triangle — One of the world's most polluted regions

    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...
  21. Hanno Labuschagne

    New study launched to investigate Eskom pollution's death count

    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...
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