load-shedding

  1. Luis

    Eskom CEO gets huge pay increases

    Eskom CEO gets huge pay increases Eskom increased its chief executive's salary by nearly R5 million in the 2025 financial year, despite the company being in serious financial distress. The state-owned company also increased the annual salaries of its staff by an average of R167,000, the...
  3. 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...
  4. Luis

    Former Eskom CEO's warning about the South African power system

    Former Eskom CEO's warning about the South African power system Former Eskom CEO Jacob Maroga has said Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, Mteto Nyati, and Dan Marokane's team at the power utility have turned around the biggest power crisis in the country's history. However, he warned that South Africa...
  5. Luis

    Concerns over declining energy availability and rising breakdowns at Eskom

    Concerns over declining energy availability and rising breakdowns at Eskom Energy sector analyst and EE Business Intelligence managing director Chris Yelland has raised the alarm about Eskom’s rapidly declining energy availability factor (EAF). EAF measures the proportion of Eskom’s...
  6. Luis

    South Africa is 10 days away from avoiding load-shedding for an entire year

    South Africa is 10 days away from avoiding load-shedding for an entire year Eskom is less than 10 days away from avoiding load-shedding for an entire year, something the power utility has not achieved since 2018. As of 7 May 2026, Eskom had not implemented national power cuts for 356 days...
  7. Luis

    Eskom does not expect winter load-shedding in South Africa

    Eskom does not expect winter load-shedding in South Africa Eskom does not expect to implement any national load-shedding during the coming winter months due to an improved energy availability factor (EAF) in its generation fleet and a substantial decline in demand. Speaking at the power...
  8. Luis

    Eskom sees 4,000MW less power demand as South Africans find alternatives

    Eskom sees 4,000MW less power demand as South Africans find alternatives In four years, average hourly electricity demand on Eskom's network dropped by 4,000MW, approximately the same amount of power it cut from the grid during stage 4 load-shedding. The latest data from the National...
  9. Hanno Labuschagne

    Eskom's empty 90% EAF promise

    Eskom's empty 90% EAF promise In 2011, Eskom said it aspired to an energy availability factor of 90%, which would put its generating capability among the top five power generating utilities in the world. However, it plummeted to 55% in 2024, and Eskom celebrated when it exceeded 60% the...
  10. Hanno Labuschagne

    Private generation registrations surged to new record in 2025

    Private generation registrations surged to new record in 2025 The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) registered a record private power generation capacity in 2025, roughly the equivalent ot that of one and a half Kusile or Medupi power stations. Former Eskom CEO André de Ruyter...
  11. Hanno Labuschagne

    Going solar 40% cheaper than three years ago

    Going solar 40% cheaper than three years ago South African households installing an off-grid solar power system in 2025 will spend nearly 40% less than those who did the same during the country's load-shedding crisis. The prices of photovoltaic (PV) panels, inverters, and batteries have...
  12. Hanno Labuschagne

    Koeberg good to go for another 20 years

    Koeberg good to go for another 20 years The National Nuclear Regulator (NNR) has granted Eskom a licence to continue operating Unit 2 of the Koeberg nuclear power station for another 20 years. In a statement on 6 November 2025, NNR chairperson Protas Phili explained that the licence was...
  13. Hanno Labuschagne

    Eskom chairman says media reporting on improvements is racist

    Eskom chairman says media reporting on improvements is racist Eskom board chair Mteto Nyati says the South African media's reporting on the power utility's turnaround has been unbalanced due to racism. Speaking to Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh during an episode of This Economy, Nyati said the media tries...
  14. Hanno Labuschagne

    Eskom's plan to end load reduction

    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...
  15. Hanno Labuschagne

    Eskom aiming for 70% EAF by March 2026 — Ramokgopa

    Eskom aiming for 70% EAF by March 2026 — Ramokgopa South Africa's electricity minister says the power utility aims to improve its energy availability factor (EAF) by 10 percentage points in less than nine months, despite rising unplanned breakdowns. Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has told the...
  16. Hanno Labuschagne

    Eskom struggling to reduce breakdowns

    Eskom struggling to reduce breakdowns Eskom reports that, as of Friday, the weekly average breakdowns at its power stations was 13,628 MW. For nine weeks in a row, average breakdowns have exceeded the power utility’s 13,000 MW “safe” threshold. While breakdowns were lower this week, the...
  17. Hanno Labuschagne

    Eskom close to stage 2 load-shedding

    Eskom close to stage 2 load-shedding Eskom’s breakdowns averaged 15,076 MW over the last week, well above its base case of 13,000 MW for the 2025 winter period. This was revealed in an Eskom system update late on Friday, 20 June 2025, in which the power utility reported its latest performance...
  18. Hanno Labuschagne

    Koeberg Unit 2 trips

    Koeberg Unit 2 trips Eskom says that Unit 2 at its Koeberg nuclear power station near Cape Town experienced an unplanned, non-technical trip while operating at full capacity on Sunday, 2 March 2025. "Koeberg Unit 2 inadvertently tripped during the execution of work on Unit 1, which is...
  19. Hanno Labuschagne

    Eskom gives rough load-shedding outlook

    Eskom gives rough load-shedding outlook Eskom expects to continue implementing stage 6 load-shedding until Monday, 24 February 2025, before reducing the power cuts to lower levels throughout the coming week. During a media briefing on Sunday, 23 February 2025, Eskom CEO Dan Marokane provided...
  20. Hanno Labuschagne

    Lack of load-shedding not helping economy yet

    Lack of load-shedding not helping economy yet It remains to be seen whether Eskom's unexpected elimination of load-shedding over the past 10 months has had a significant impact on South Africa's economic growth. Sunday newspaper Rapport spoke to several economists about why the country's...
  21. Hanno Labuschagne

    Eskom loss surges to R55 billion after NTCSA separation

    Eskom loss surges to R55 billion after NTCSA separation Eskom recorded an after-tax loss of R55 billion in its previous financial year, running from April 2023 to March 2024. The amount is over double the R26.1 billion loss Eskom reported in its 2023 financial year.
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