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  1. Hanno Labuschagne

    National Treasury pressure stopping Eskom from using tens of billions in renewable energy funding

    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...
  3. Hanno Labuschagne

    Eskom implements stage 4 until further notice

    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...
  4. Hanno Labuschagne

    Eskom rotating between stage 2 and no load-shedding until further notice

    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...
  5. Hanno Labuschagne

    Corruption-accused Anoj Singh wants to work for Gupta-linked company in Dubai

    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...
  6. Hanno Labuschagne

    Rejoice! Day-time load-shedding breaks for the weekend

    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...
  7. Hanno Labuschagne

    Stage 2 continuous load-shedding until further notice

    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...
  8. Hanno Labuschagne

    Ramaphosa says end of load-shedding "within reach", takes credit for rooftop solar uptake

    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...
  9. Hanno Labuschagne

    Stage 1 for four hours and then stage 2 until further notice

    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...
  10. Jan

    Eskom expands load-limiting programme to more areas in Gauteng

    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...
  11. Jan

    Alternating stage 2/3 power cuts until further notice - 29 Jan 2024

    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,”...
  12. Hanno Labuschagne

    Eskom announces daytime load-shedding break

    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...
  13. Hanno Labuschagne

    Independent report on state of Eskom power stations being kept secret

    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...
  14. Hanno Labuschagne

    Load-shedding suspended until further notice

    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.
  15. Hanno Labuschagne

    South Africa experienced stage 8 load-shedding — Mantashe

    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...
  16. Hanno Labuschagne

    Eskom's second secret load-shedding suspension in a week

    Eskom's second secret load-shedding suspension in a week For the second time in a week, Eskom suspended load-shedding without notifying the public. The power utility's most-recently published schedule for the power cuts said that Eskom would continue implementing stage 2 until 05:00 on Sunday...
  17. Hanno Labuschagne

    Stage 2 and a (little) stage 1 for the weekend

    Stage 2 and a (little) stage 1 for the weekend Eskom is implementing lower levels of load-shedding over the weekend due to improvements in generating capacity. The power utility attributed the gains to the return to service of a generating unit and a reduction in partial load losses.
  18. Hanno Labuschagne

    New Eskom CEO starting on 1 March 2024

    New Eskom CEO starting on 1 March 2024 Eskom has announced that its new group CEO, Dan Marokane, will assume office on 1 March 2024. In its announcement of Marokane's appointment in early December 2023, Eskom said he would be joining the company no later than 31 March 2024.
  19. Hanno Labuschagne

    Stage 3 for the evenings

    Stage 3 for the evenings Eskom will increase load-shedding to stage 3 on Wednesday evening after losing four generating units in the last 48 hours. This is required despite the utility returning 3,200MW of capacity to service over the past two days. The need to conduct planned maintenance was...
  20. Hanno Labuschagne

    Eskom has a net-billing tariff plan — with some heavy limits

    Eskom has a net-billing tariff plan — with some heavy limits A new tariff plan with electricity net-billing introduced by Eskom in the past year provides little incentive for households to feed power back into the grid but offers potential cost savings when charging batteries outside peak...
  21. Hanno Labuschagne

    Eskom suspended load-shedding without letting South Africans know

    Eskom suspended load-shedding without letting South Africans know Eskom has revealed it briefly suspended load-shedding on Sunday night and the early morning hours of Monday without notifying the public. In a statement late on Monday afternoon, the power utility said that the efforts of its...
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