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    Eskom's rushed unbundling could cause a collapse

    Eskom's rushed unbundling could cause a collapse Solidarity secretary-general Gideon du Plessis speculated that President Ramaphosa's government may be deliberately rushing Eskom's unbundling to benefit connected private renewable energy companies. The theory was part of an opinion piece that...
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    Solidarity defends Eskom salaries

    Solidarity defends Eskom salaries Solidarity secretary-general Gideon Du Plessis said most Eskom workers were earning well below the average annual cost per employee of R1.027 million. In a recent opinion piece in Rapport, Du Plessis said the average remuneration of the power utility's...
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    This SA factory will lose R750 million in deals after US tariff hike

    This SA factory will lose R750 million in deals after US tariff hike The United States' 30% export tariff on South African goods and the South African government's failure to secure more favourable terms could cost a factory in Gqeberha R750 million, Rapport reports. Jendamark Automation...
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    Steenhuisen explains how agri chairman disappeared from photo

    Steenhuisen explains how agri chairman disappeared from photo The Department of Agriculture has blamed a junior staff member for editing out the chairman of a major farming association in South Africa from a group photo. The revelation comes after Sunday newspaper Rapport obtained an apology...
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    Smart ID cards available for permanent residents and naturalised citizens from Monday

    Smart ID cards available for permanent residents and naturalised citizens from Monday Over 1.4 million naturalised citizens and permanent residents in South Africa will be able to apply for smart ID cards from Monday, 12 May 2025. That is according to recent feedback from Home Affairs minister...
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    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...
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    Rich people part of South Africa's electricity theft problem

    Rich people part of South Africa's electricity theft problem Many affluent households that can afford to pay for their power are among the estimated 2.1 million electricity thieves, costing Eskom and municipalities billions of rand in lost revenue annually. Pretoria metering company Impact...
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    Ramokgopa meets with small nuclear reactor company X-energy

    Ramokgopa meets with small nuclear reactor company X-energy Minister of Energy and Electricity Kgosientsho Ramokgopa recently met with a nuclear reactor company that has received a $300-million (R5.3 billion) funding injection from Amazon, Rapport reports. Ramokgopa's office told the...
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    Courier hijacking rise pushing up delivery fees

    Courier hijacking rise pushing up delivery fees Hijackers working in organised criminal syndicates are increasingly targeting couriers delivering online orders in South Africa, and customers are among those paying the price for this crime. Online shopping has seen explosive growth in South...
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    SA's state capture database confusion

    SA's state capture database confusion Anonymous sources have rubbished claims that investigators can't access Zondo Commission evidence due to a technical problem with a database, alleging they are being actively blocked from seeing the information. This is according to Rapport, which cited...
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    Eskom CEO lists primary goals in fixing electricity crisis

    Eskom CEO lists primary goals in fixing electricity crisis Boosting Eskom's energy availability factor (EAF), building gas power and new nuclear power capacity, and accelerating the expansion of South Africa's transmission grid. These are among the key goals Eskom CEO Dan Marokane has in mind...
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    Just two weeks of load-shedding for the rest of 2024 if Eskom keeps up good performance

    Just two weeks of load-shedding for the rest of 2024 if Eskom keeps up good performance Eskom's power station generating capacity recovery has been significant enough that South Africans might only experience two weeks of load-shedding in 2024, according to the Sunday newspaper Rapport. Amid...
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    Nersa failure could be good news for electricity users — bad news for municipalities

    Nersa failure could be good news for electricity users — bad news for municipalities South African households and businesses buying power from municipalities might avoid their regular annual electricity tariff hike in the coming months. Sunday newspaper Rapport reports that the National Energy...
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    South African train operators driving "blind"

    South African train operators driving "blind" Rampant cable theft has damaged South Africa's railway signalling systems to the extent that train operators are effectively forced to operate "blindly", necessitating frequent stops at railway transfer stations and manual phone-ins to avoid train...
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    Rustenburg residents and businesses must pay for replacing municipality's electricity equipment

    Rustenburg residents and businesses must pay for replacing municipality's electricity equipment Residents of Rustenburg in the North West have been paying for parts to repair electricity infrastructure belonging to the city themselves, Rapport reports. The issue was highlighted by civil...
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    Former Eskom procurement boss wants De Ruyter to retract "defamatory" statements in book

    Former Eskom procurement boss wants De Ruyter to retract "defamatory" statements in book A disgraced Eskom chief procurement officer (CPO) has demanded that former Eskom CEO André de Ruyter withdraw claims against him in his top-selling book Truth to Power. Afrikaans Sunday newspaper Rapport...
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    GCIS planning to spend R1 billion on own video streaming service

    GCIS planning to spend R1 billion on own video streaming service The Government Communications and Information System (GCIS) is reportedly spending R1 billion on a new video streaming service. Sunday newspaper Rapport saw an email sent the Friday before last, 6 October 2023, calling for people...
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    Gordhan denies interfering in Eskom CEO appointment

    Gordhan denies interfering in Eskom CEO appointment Public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan has hit back at accusations of interference in the process to appoint a new CEO, stating the reported reasons for his rejection of the Eskom board's proposed candidate were lies. Gordhan provided...
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    Big microgrid growth in South Africa

    Big microgrid growth in South Africa Smaller privately run electricity networks are seeing a surge in demand across South Africa's most popular provinces due to severe levels of load-shedding, Sunday newspaper Rapport reports. A microgrid is a concentrated network consisting of power...
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    Report says Eskom chose poorly — French contractor fumbles Koeberg life extension

    Report says Eskom chose poorly — French contractor fumbles Koeberg life extension Several serious and costly blunders by Eskom and French contractor Framatome are to blame for substantial delays in the critical Koeberg life extension project, according to sources who spoke to Sunday newspaper...
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