Poor municipal infrastructure causes power cuts: energy minister
Energy Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson has blamed municipal infrastructure for some of the power cuts in the country.
Expect power cuts tonight (12 June 2014): Eskom
There was a distinct possibility of deliberate countrywide power cuts throughout the country on Thursday evening, Eskom said.
Eskom issues load-shedding warning
Eskom says that its power system is “severely constrained” and is calling on consumers to reduce power demand by at least 10% to avoid possible load-shedding.
No energy crisis, but a serious Eskom management crisis
Eskom has been downplaying and minimising the possibility of load shedding since the blackouts of 2008
Eskom declares power supply emergency
Eskom has declared an electricity supply emergency, and is urging customers to severely curtail usage from Tuesday onwards.
Eskom warns electricity users to switch off during peak times
Eskom has repeated its urgent call on electricity users to help it “beat the peak” this winter by switching off non-essential appliances between 5pm and 9pm each day.
Eskom has been buying coal from 19 South African coal mines which do not have water licences, for at least two years, it was reported on Monday.
Under the National Water Act it is illegal for a mine to start up and operate without a water licence, Beeld reported.
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OK, so you thought this kind of thing only happens in Africa! But they are in the middle of a mega storm.....
http://www.examiner.com/videojournalist-in-fort-worth/fort-worth-rolling-blackouts
haha... doesn't that sound like Eskom? Smile in the midst of your power blackout! :p
I know that Eskom keeps saying there will be no load shedding during the world cup but that is an outright lie.
Last week, either Monday or Tuesday there was an outage in Kempton Park, Germiston, Springs and Edenvale. It was exactly 3 hours long.
Last night again the same areas but with...
Link news24
As per title, unit 2 @ Koeberg shut down for repair. This plus maintenance @ other (coal) units might result in load shedding.
Baagh : Also on mybroadband news page Link :o