Eskom targets five key priorities to ease load shedding
Eskom board member, Mteto Nyati, says the power utility and its board is working intently on five key priorities to improve the performance of...
Free-to-use electricity smart meter software pilots in South Africa
Streamlining processes across the board between municipalities and end-users, Access
Energy is a freely licensed software solution that reads smart meters, stores the meter data...
Inospace calls on the government to offer financial relief to small businesses affected by...
President Rampahosa must focus on small and medium-sized businesses when he addresses the country in the coming week about steps government is taking to...
Trend piece: Field Services – keep the lights on with end-to-end maintenance and monitoring
Asset management is an ongoing concern for global industry, particularly in a time when most organisations are working towards establishing operations and profits to...
Western Cape on emergency funding to mitigate impact of loadshedding on local municipalities
R88.8 million in emergency funding to mitigate impact of loadshedding in local municipalities
At the first provincial Cabinet meeting of the year, held on Wednesday,...
President Ramaphosa calls for cooperation in energy crisis
President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on all South Africans to pay for the electricity they use, as the country works towards overcoming the energy...
Call for immediate steps to avoid a food security crisis unfolding due to load...
The Cape Chamber of Commerce and Industry calls for immediate steps to avoid a food security crisis unfolding due to load shedding.
Reports from the...
Here’s how SMEs impacted by load shedding can mitigate risks
As of 2007, South Africa's electricity sector is facing several challenges - and in reality, that is putting it lightly. The country has a...
Cape Town’s power procurement aims for four-stages of load-shedding protection
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis briefed the City Council on progress with the three-phase procurement for load-shedding protection. Two major tenders have already been...
Financing energy project development in Africa
RAISING capital for energy projects and building sustainable pipelines is complex in a market that is challenged by demand for fossil fuels, while simultaneously...
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