Loadshedding
Cape Town plans contingencies against more loadshedding as power crisis worsens
By: News24Wire 22nd February 2023 The City of Cape Town is pulling out all the stops to protect residents in the event Eskom implements Stage 8 loadshedding. Cape Town Mayor Geordin... →
Eskom quietly deepens power cuts to unprecedented level
By: Bloomberg 22nd February 2023 South Africa’s struggling State-owned utility Eskom Holdings appears to have reached an unprecedented level of power cuts, indicated late Tuesday... →
Continuous Stage 6 implemented, risk of higher stages as eight units break down
By: News24Wire 20th February 2023 Eskom has implemented continuous Stage 6 until further notice after eight generating units broke down on Sunday. "Given the high number of... →
400 MW of immediate interest in Eskom’s short-term power purchase programmes 
By: Terence Creamer 17th February 2023 The National Energy Crisis Committee (NECOM) reports that the initial market response to Eskom’s moves to purchase electricity that is immediately... →
Woman arrested for allegedly colluding with Eskom workers to steal nearly R1m from power station 
By: News24Wire 17th February 2023 A Mpumalanga woman has appeared in the Standerton Magistrate's Court in connection with a theft and money laundering case relating to the Tutuka... →
Ramaphosa defends electricity minister appointment
By: Reuters 16th February 2023 South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday defended his decision to appoint a minister to try to end crippling power cuts, rejecting... →
Minister of Electricity’s ‘undivided attention’ to be on loadshedding crisis
By: Terence Creamer 16th February 2023 President Cyril Ramaphosa has moved to defend the proposed appointment of a new Minister of Electricity in the Presidency, amid concern that the... →
Mantashe doubles down on characterisation of Electricity Minister as ‘project manager’
By: Terence Creamer 14th February 2023 Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe has doubled down on his characterisation of the proposed Minister of Electricity as that of a... →
Stage 2 and 3 loadshedding over the weekend
By: News24Wire 10th February 2023 Stage 4 loadshedding will continue from 16:00 on Friday until 05:00 on Saturday morning. It will be downgraded to Stage 3 from 05:00 on Saturday... →
NECOM secretariat sees State of Disaster yielding procurement, security benefits
By: Terence Creamer 10th February 2023 The Presidency’s Rudi Dicks, who also heads the National Energy Crisis Committee (NECOM) secretariat, believes the controversial decision to... →
Rand pays price for nation’s energy crisis
By: Bloomberg 10th February 2023 The Eskom risk premium is in full force for South Africa’s rand. The currency of Africa’s most industrialised economy is headed for a fourth weekly... →
