Loadshedding
DTIC to act as one-stop shop for streamlining of energy project applications
By: Terence Creamer 3rd March 2023 The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC) has been designated as the “single department” referred to in the recently published State... →
Implats unable to stem inflation tide as well as hoped, says CEO
By: Martin Creamer 3rd March 2023 Platinum group metals mining and marketing company Implats was unable to stem the high global inflation tide in the six months to December 31.... →
Stage 4 and 5 loadshedding to continue until Friday, Stage 3 on Saturday
By: News24Wire 2nd March 2023 Eskom has announced that Stage 4 loadshedding will continue to be implemented until 16:00 on Thursday. Thereafter, Stage 5 loadshedding will be... →
Retrieved 1999 Eskom time capsule contained warning of likely generation shortfall by 2007
By: Terence Creamer 2nd March 2023 In his letter to the employees of Eskom of 2023, buried in a time capsule in 1999 near to the ‘rock man’ energy statue at the entrance of Megawatt... →
De Ruyter warned WCape's Winde to be independent of Eskom soon, 'there's big trouble ahead'
By: Bloomberg 2nd March 2023 South Africa’s only opposition-led province plans to facilitate the construction of almost 6 GW of power generation capacity to counter nationwide... →
Harmony CEO hails strong performance of South African mines despite loadshedding
By: Martin Creamer 1st March 2023 The South African operations of Harmony Gold did very, very well in the six months to the end of December last year load curtailment... →
Back to Stage 5 after a brief reprieve
By: News24Wire 28th February 2023 Stage 3 loadshedding will be implemented until 16:00 on Tuesday, after which Stage 4 will be rolled out until 16:00 on Wednesday. Stage 5... →
Presidency says Ramaphosa’s ‘legal duty to supply power’ statement was misinterpreted
By: Thabi Shomolekae 28th February 2023 The Presidency has hit back against recent media headlines which quoted President Cyril Ramaphosa as saying he did not have a legal duty to provide... →
State of disaster regulations open way for emergency procurement, environmental exemptions
By: Terence Creamer 28th February 2023 More than two weeks after President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that the electricity crisis had been declared a National State of Disaster, the... →
Eskom confirms load shedding schedule for next few days
By: News24Wire 26th February 2023 Stage 4 loadshedding will continue until 16:00 on Monday afternoon, Eskom confirmed. It will be followed by Stage 5 from 16:00 to 05:00 on Tuesday... →
Eskom denies tipping into Stage 8 loadshedding, but confirms revised framework could go up to Stage 16
By: Terence Creamer 24th February 2023 Embattled State-owned utility Eskom has denied having implemented either Stage 7 or Stage 8 loadshedding during what it acknowledged to have been a... →