Load reduction ends in these two provinces in South Africa
Eskom has reached a milestone, freeing over half a million of its customers across the country from load reduction.
The state power utility has embarked on a phased programme to completely eradicate load reduction, and it announced the...
Eskom's plan to end load reduction
The South African government and Eskom won't declare the end of load-shedding until it has eradicated load reduction in the country, and the power utility has announced an intensified effort to end load reduction.
In a statement published on Friday, 24...
Joburg getting load reduction, load limiting, and geyser switch-offs despite no load-shedding
Johannesburg's City Power will start implementing load reduction in areas with "concerning" electricity usage levels that could overload equipment.
The power utility has also threatened to switch off...
City of Tshwane announces load reduction on top of load-shedding following pylons collapsing
The City of Tshwane (CoT) will start implementing load rotation/reduction to provide areas that have been left without electricity for multiple days with some intermittent power.
The collapse of seven...
Eskom office's power cut for failing to pay R500,000 electricity bill
The City of uMhlathuze municipality in KwaZulu-Natal cut off electricity to Eskom's Empangeni office last Thursday over an outstanding bill of more than R500,000.
The municipality governs Richards Bay and several surrounding...
Pretoria rips into Eskom for "triple punishment" — including threats to cut off capital's power
The City of Tshwane has fired back at Eskom after the state-owned power utility threatened to cut off the South African capital's power supply over non-payment.
In an interview with Talk 702...
Eskom's load-shedding disaster — From bad to worse
2021 was South Africa's worst year of load-shedding by far — with the rotational power cuts being implemented around 13% of the time.
That was revealed in the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research's (CSIR) annual statistics on power...
Eskom implemented 22-hour power cuts in Parys
Eskom has lost an appeal in the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) against a ruling in favour of two community associations that it must immediately restore full maximum electricity supply to residents.
The Vaal River Development Association...
Eskom accused of lying about load-shedding
Eskom has denied using load reduction to hide the amount of load-shedding it is implementing in South Africa.
Following similar allegations in October 2020 and June 2021, energy analyst Ted Blom has again claimed the power utility is being devious in...