load-shedding

  1. Jan

    Revised load-shedding Code of Practice goes up to Stage 16 - Eskom (Nersa must still approve)

    Eskom proposes Stage 16 load-shedding schedules Eskom has confirmed that a new national standards document proposes providing load-shedding schedules up to Stage 16. The power utility told MyBroadband this is to ensure that should load-shedding beyond Stage 8 become necessary, it is done in an...
    • Jan
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    • eskom load-shedding national energy regulator of south africa (nersa) nrs 048-9 thomas conradie vally padayachee
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    • Forum: Eskom and Electricity: Load Shedding
  3. Jan

    Port Alfred exempted from load-shedding for a week thanks to ANC BRICS "request"

    Town gets whole week without load-shedding after political pressure The small seaside town of Port Alfred in the Eastern Cape, with an estimated population of between 26,000 and 30,000, has been exempted from power cuts for the entire week as it hosts a workshop on labour policy and...
  4. Jan

    No politicians are being investigated for corruption at Eskom - Hawks

    Hawks say no politicians being investigated over Eskom corruption The South African Police Service's Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation — the Hawks — has yet to begin investigating former Eskom CEO André de Ruyter's allegation that senior politicians are involved in corruption at the...
  5. Hanno Labuschagne

    Eskom suffered roughly 8 criminal incidents per day between October and December 2022

    Eskom suffered roughly 8 criminal incidents per day between October and December 2022 On a late Thursday afternoon last November, in the midst of rolling blackouts implemented by South Africa’s state-owned electricity company, a contractor at a power station in the eastern Mpumalanga province...
  6. Hanno Labuschagne

    Taxpayers will pay the price for protecting hospitals and schools from load-shedding — Outa

    Taxpayers will pay the price for protecting hospitals and schools from load-shedding — Outa If the government had to provide generators to protect state hospitals, clinics, schools, and police stations from load-shedding, it would come at a massive cost to South African taxpayers. That is...
  7. Hanno Labuschagne

    How load-shedding is impacting food safety

    How load-shedding is impacting food safety The reality is that load-shedding for extended periods of time is causing temperature fluctuations in our fridges. Particularly if the fridge is regularly opened during load-shedding or if it has old rubber sealants. Temperature fluctuations can make...
  8. Hanno Labuschagne

    [Update] Eskom announces stage 5 until further notice (Was: Stage 3 and stage 4 load-shedding for the weekend)

    Eskom announces stage 5 load-shedding until further notice Eskom has announced stage 5 rotational power cuts until further notice. The state-owned power utility said it needs to escalate the level of load-shedding after relying heavily on emergency reserves. --- Original article: Stage 3...
  9. Jan

    Retired Eskom COO Jan Oberholzer remains at Eskom in new role

    Former Eskom COO Jan Oberholzer staying at Eskom Former Eskom chief operating officer Jan Oberholzer will remain at the utility in a new role to oversee projects aimed at pulling South Africa out of a power crisis which is set to worsen as winter arrives and demand for electricity increases...
    • Jan
    • Thread
    • eskom jan oberholzer load-shedding mpho makwana pravin gordhan
    • Replies: 31
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  10. Hanno Labuschagne

    De Ruyter says R1-billion-a-month stolen from Eskom is a conservative estimate

    De Ruyter says R1-billion-a-month stolen from Eskom is a conservative estimate The former head of South Africa’s state power utility said he probably underestimated when he put the amount of money that’s being stolen from the company at R1-billion-rand-a-month. Ex-chief executive officer Andre...
  11. Hanno Labuschagne

    The government of flip-flops — Mantashe says load-shedding could stop by end of 2023

    The government of flip-flops — Mantashe says load-shedding could stop by end of 2023 Energy minister Gwede Mantashe says he believes it is still possible to bring an end to load-shedding by the end of the year. This is despite electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokhopa stating that it is...
  12. Jan

    Oberholzer supports coal plant life-extension, but casts doubt on EAF target

    Extending life of old Eskom coal power stations the "responsible" strategy Eskom’s outgoing chief operating officer, Jan Oberholzer, says he supports the idea of extending the life of some of the utility’s ageing coal-fired power plants, but believes that its current target for improving their...
  13. Jan

    Conflict of interest threatens electricity minister's Eskom diesel plan

    Eskom's big diesel problem Electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says Eskom will raise R30 billion to fund diesel sourced directly from wholesalers. However, this would mean a loss of revenue for PetroSA — a state-owned company reporting to energy minister Gwede Mantashe — and the deal...
  14. Jan

    Eskom's explanation for why it blocked Frankfort from using solar farm to cut load-shedding

    Eskom explains why town with own solar power cannot reduce load-shedding Eskom says that Free State town Frankfort cannot exempt itself from national load-shedding schedules as its privately-supplied solar power was insufficient to meet its total demand. The utility welcomed a recent court...
  15. Jan

    Frankfort private power producer loses court case to reduce load-shedding with own solar farm

    Eskom blocks town from using own solar power to avoid load-shedding The Johannesburg High Court has ruled that a small Free State municipality is not allowed to use private solar power to reduce load-shedding. The Mafube municipality has been using private power distributor Rural Maintenance...
  16. Jan

    The cost of going totally off-grid in 2023

    Goodbye Eskom — How much it costs to go off-grid Giving Eskom the boot will cost you two to three times more than having a grid-tied solar and backup system that can provide over 90% of your electricity needs. MyBroadband recently spoke to two established solar companies in South Africa —...
  17. Jan

    Connie Mulder accuses Gwede Mantashe of blocking energy transition over vested coal interests

    Gwede Mantashe has vested coal interests, says Connie Mulder Solidarity Research Institute head Connie Mulder says Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe is delaying the energy transition because of vested interests and a Marxist ideology. Mulder made the comments during a speech...
  18. Hanno Labuschagne

    Mauritius feeling Eskom's load-shedding pain

    Mauritius feeling Eskom's load-shedding pain The inability of South Africa’s main power producer Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. to meet demand is not only hurting the continent’s most-industrialised economy but affecting manufacturers on an island more than 2,000 miles away. Chronic power shortages...
  19. Jan

    Eskom announces alternating stage 5 and stage 6 power cuts until further notice - 17 April 2023

    Eskom gives stage 6 load-shedding update — here is the timetable Eskom has announced that it will implement a rotating schedule of stage 5 and stage 6 load-shedding from Tuesday morning. Stage 6 load-shedding will continue until 05:00 tomorrow. After that, the state-owned power utility will...
  20. Hanno Labuschagne

    Koeberg Unit 2 returning to service before Monday morning peak — Eskom

    Koeberg Unit 2 returning to service before Monday morning peak — Eskom Eskom says it plans to return Koeberg Unit 2 to full operation before the morning peak demand period on Monday, 17 April 2023. The unit tripped in the early hours of Saturday morning, forcing Eskom to rework its planned...
  21. Jan

    Standard Bank CEO says electricity crisis will be solved through public and private investments

    South Africa's electricity crisis will be over soon, says Standard Bank CEO Standard Bank CEO Sim Tshabalala says public and private investments would bring an end to South Africa’s energy crisis within the next few years. In Standard Bank’s annual integrated report for the year ended 31...
    • Jan
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    • eskom load-shedding nonkululeko nyembezi sim tshabalala standard bank
    • Replies: 54
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
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