Loadshedding
No loadshedding during the day until further notice, with Stage 3 every evening 
By: News24Wire 6th June 2023 Loadshedding will be suspended from midnight to 16:00 every day until further notice, with Stage 3 implemented over the evening peak, due to... →
Private sector technical teams to begin work at four troubled coal stations 
By: Terence Creamer 5th June 2023 Private sector support teams, assembled with the support of the R100-million Resource Mobilization Fund (RMF), will be deployed soon across four... →
Ramokgopa describes five-year emergency powership term as ‘non-negotiable’
By: Terence Creamer 2nd June 2023 Electricity Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has reiterated his position that any procurement of electricity from powerships should be limited to... →
Kaunda's R65bn eThekwini budget gets the nod, Stage 7 loadshedding a reality for industrial nodes
By: News24Wire 1st June 2023 It was a delicate balancing act: On the one side was its aim to turn things around in the embattled eThekwini metro and avoid being put under... →
Stage 6 to continue until Friday
By: News24Wire 1st June 2023 Stage 6 load shedding will be implemented from 16:00 on Thursday until 05:00 on Friday, Eskom said in a statement. This will be followed by... →
Climate commission calls for revised IRP to upscale renewables allocation to 60 GW by 2030
By: Terence Creamer 1st June 2023 The Presidential Climate Commission (PCC) is recommending that the next edition of the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), which is currently under... →
Ramokgopa says 2GW of powership capacity to be procured for five years
By: Terence Creamer 1st June 2023 Electricity Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa confirmed with lawmakers this week that government intends pushing ahead with the procurement of... →
10 GW distributed generation pipeline to help close shortfall in time – Ramaphosa
By: Terence Creamer 31st May 2023 While warning of a difficult winter for electricity security, President Cyril Ramaphosa has again moved to highlight the success of a recent market... →
'Impossible and vague': Gordhan moves to appeal order to curb loadshedding impact on hospitals
By: News24Wire 31st May 2023 Minister of Public Enterprises Pravin Gordhan on Tuesday applied for leave to appeal to the order issued earlier in May that all hospitals,... →
Ramokgopa in conversation with Karpowership on five- to ten-year contracts
By: Terence Creamer 30th May 2023 South Africa’s Electricity Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa is having discussions with Karpowership about the potential for introducing the... →
South Africa plans for payments continuity if power grid buckles
By: Bloomberg 30th May 2023 South Africa’s central bank is working on a contingency plan to ensure the country’s payments system remains in operation in the event the nation’s... →
