Calib Cassim has been appointed interim CEO of Eskom.
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There’s nothing quite like seeing a soldier in full battle armour ‘escorting’ dissenting MPs from the room to cement your trust in our democracy.
The City of Cape Town has announced that it will now pay cash for power fed into the local electricity grid.
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An executive director at Agri SA said that load shedding is having a regrettable impact on the agricultural industry in the country.
The sun is rising on renewable energy. If we want it.
The ANC blames the ANC for the ANC’s woes.
It is madness that we will have to pay an increased tariff rate for just a few hours of electricity usage, a problem that the city of Cape Town is trying to budget for accordingly.
As we get deeper into 2023, we’ll be wading in ever-darker waters with stage 7 load shedding – “or higher”- forecast for the middle of the year.
Mitigating the effects of load shedding aside, a new problem has arisen; the grating noise that someone’s generator produces.
A TikTok user working at a power station in Rustenburg, North West has graciously told the country that he is responsible for switching off electricity in the area.
The particularly worrying thing about this latest bout of load shedding is that stage six may just be an appetiser for what’s to come.
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As we ready ourselves for what has been dubbed “extreme load shedding” in the coming weeks, the stats paint a very grim picture.
The latest bombshell is that Eskom admitted it has run out of cash to buy diesel, meaning things are about to get a whole lot worse.
There are some words that happen to capture the attention of a nation and depending on their popularity, the world.
Things changed in the early hours of this morning (October 18) following more breakdowns at Eskom’s power stations.
After load shedding was suspended over the weekend, interrupting our longest continuous run in history, it’s back to business as usual.
From April next year, Eskom has asked the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) to approve the electricity price being hiked by a whopping 32%.
Tomorrow marks a full month of uninterrupted load shedding. You’re welcome to celebrate by lighting a candle – it’s what Eskom would want.
The device found under the driver’s seat of Eskom CEO André de Ruyter is either a sophisticated bugging tool or something as routine as a panic button.
Inside sources, including current and former executives, say the power utility isn’t letting us in on how deep the dysfunction actually runs.
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The City of Cape Town is considering a system which rewards residents and businesses for volunteering to have their power turned off during peak consumption times..
There’s never a dull moment with Eskom. If you exclude the five to 12 hours a day you’re likely without power, of course.
We’re all tired of talking about load shedding and Eskom and stages and Koeberg and generators and so on and so forth. This statistic is worth a closer look, though.
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Zapiro has had plenty of practice when it comes to mocking Eskom and our government. This time around, he’s looking at Gwede Mantashe, our Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy.
If a new Eskom proposal materialises, South African drivers might be tempted to make the switch to electric.