Tag: Eskom
No loadshedding is expected during the COVID-19 lockdown as demand has dropped
Eskom does not expect to implement loadshedding during the COVID-19 national lockdown. Demand for electricity has dropped by more than 6 000MW on Thursday afternoon,...
Eskom reaches new heights of arrogance and contempt for the public
“Eskom’s application for a 17% electricity tariff increase to compensate it for the millions of rands it lost by imposing the recent power cuts...
Jellyfish cause extended load shedding
In a statement released by Eskom yesterday , they announced that load shedding will continue until tonight . In the statement they claim that...
Stage 4 load shedding extended until further notice
We’re in for a dark few days as Eskom has announced Stage 4 load shedding will continue until further notice as a result of...
Small gold star for Eskom and (another) demerit point for Prasa
Last Friday’s switch-off by Eskom of electricity to the Western Cape’s Metrorail system during the evening rush hour immediately caused a great deal of...
Western Cape to become first load shedding free province
The Western Cape may soon become South Africa’s first power independent province with nearly all of the 30 municipalities ready to provide their residents...
Government allocates R230 billion to restructuring electricity sector
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni on Wednesday assured South Africa that the Government will do “whatever it takes” to ensure stable electricity supply. As I...
Risk of loadshedding low
The system is constrained this morning after taking out some generation units for both planned and unplanned maintenance but the risk of loadshedding remains...
Stage 2 loadshedding to continue until 06:00 on Friday
The system remains severely constrained and unpredictable, and as such loadshedding stage 2 will unfortunately have to continue from 08:00 this morning until 06:00...
Ramaphosa claims sabotage behind load shedding
After cutting his visit to Egypt short, President Cyril Ramaphosa attended a media brief regarding Eskom and exposed sabotage as a contributing factor to...
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