City Power planning to turn off your geyser
Johannesburg City Power will remotely switch off geysers to alleviate strain on the power grid, a spokesman said on Monday
Eskom’s broken generators mean more load shedding
Power utility Eskom has once again implemented “load shedding” until three generators are fixed, a spokesman said on Monday
Eskom: Regulator not buying the excuses
(The Eskom crisis - Author: Antoinette Slabbert - 16 March 2014)
Throwing money at Eskom is no solution to the country’s power problems. Eskom should stop doing maintenance “at all costs”, improve the quality of maintenance and adhere to coal...
Eskom issues blackout warning
South Africans could have their power cut if more pressure is put on Eskom’s grid this week, the power utility said on Wednesday
We have a crisis on our hands: Eskom CEO
Eskom and South Africa must brace themselves for tough measures in order to make the power supply sustainable, Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown said on Tuesday
Eskom’s load shedding predictions for the week
The power system is expected to be very tight over the evening peaks of the next few days, Eskom said on Monday
Eskom load shedding begins
Eskom has started with the first stage of load shedding and warned that it will continue until 20:00 on Friday (21 November 2014).
Load-shedding warning: unforeseen technical problems at power stations
Eskom has warned that power system is severely constrained due to unforeseen technical problems at power stations, and that there are any further problems, it may need to implement load-shedding.
Unfortunately this is becoming an important consideration for people working from home. To a lesser extent, also for those of us who get shafted by load shedding from 18h00 onwards.
(In my area/block, it's 4x a week (Tue, Thu, Sat & Sun) from 18h00 to 22h00.)
I am considering getting an...
Eskom outlines power cut plans
There will not be power cuts as a result of the Majuba power station crisis anywhere in the country on Monday, Eskom said