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Cape Town residents fuming over electricity tariff hikes
Struggling Capetonians are feeling the pinch after the City of Cape Town's 17.6% electricity tariff increase came into effect from July 1. Locals are up in arms saying they are getting no value for...
Civil society groups appeal Kusile's pollution exemption
Civil society groups have lodged their appeal against a decision granting Eskom a temporary exemption to bypass pollution controls at Kusile. The exemption allows Eskom to run Kusile without flue...
Loadshedding on the horizon for the weekend as repairs delayed accreditation
Varying stages of loadshedding will be implemented from Friday until Monday morning, Eskom said in a statement on Thursday. Stage 1 loadshedding will remain in place until 16:00 on Thursday,...
Eskom declares dispute with Lesedi Local Municipality over R125m debt
Eskom has declared a dispute with the Lesedi Local Municipality in the Sedibeng district of Gauteng after exhausting all avenues to recover what the municipality owes. The local municipality’s...
Mining project manager gets hefty fine after pleading guilty to R80m tender corruption
A former mining project manager has been ordered to pay a hefty fine, or face time in prison, after he pleaded guilty to one corruption charge in connection with an R80 million tender. According to...
Power trips at Rand Water an Eskom issue, says entity's chief as water woes continue
Water outages in Johannesburg and Tshwane are a result of loadshedding, says Teboho Joala, Rand Water's chief shared services officer and acting managing director. On Sunday, the municipalities...
Court intervenes in Vaal broken wastewater treatment works
The Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg has ruled the unabated flow of raw sewage into the Vaal River contravenes various environmental acts and must be prevented. It has given Water and Sanitation...
Power outages at Rand Water affecting water supply in Joburg, Tshwane
A set of power failures at Rand Water last month is still affecting water supply to Johannesburg and Tshwane. The water entity - which purifies and distributes bulk water to municipalities,...
Eskom starts prepaid electricity meter update 10 years after finding out they will go dark in 2024
Eskom recently announced that it will be starting a national rollout to update the 6.6-million prepaid electricity meters under its control before they become non-operational on 24 November 2024....
Loadshedding suspended (briefly) on Friday night - then it's Stage 3 at peak hours
Stage 3 loadshedding will be implemented from 16:00 on Friday until midnight. After that, it will be suspended until 16:00 on Saturday. Stage 3 loadshedding will then be implemented again over the...
African nations call on G7 to form joint working committee to stem billions of illicit outflows
African countries have called for the formation of a joint working committee with the G7, central banks and civil society to stop large sums of money being lost by the continent each year to...
Eskom head of security Karen Pillay suspended
Eskom has placed its acting head of security Karen Pillay on precautionary suspension. This is related to a R500-million emergency security contract awarded to Fidelity Services to investigate coal...
Kumba wage talks sour as union condemns offer as 'illogical and divisive'
The final round of salary negotiations between Anglo American's Kumba iron-ore and its workforce have begun to break down due to the company's "inexplicable positioning", one union has said....
Eskom's Jan Oberholzer now managing Kusile, Koeberg projects
Eskom has inked a two-year contract with its former chief operating officer Jan Oberholzer to oversee projects at Kusile and Koeberg, members of Parliament's Standing Committee on Public Accounts...
Security guard and mine worker arrested for theft of equipment worth R1.7m
North West police have arrested a Bidvest Protea Coin Security guard and an Impala Platinum employee for the theft of catalytic converters worth R1.7-million, tampering with essential...
Inflation slows to 13-month low as food prices cool down
May's annual consumer price inflation slowed to 6.3% from 6.8% in April, with food prices finally cooling. May's inflation rate, which was also slowed by an easing in fuel prices, is the lowest...
July fuel price outlook mixed for petrol, diesel
Petrol prices currently still look set for a small cut at the start of July. Diesel, however, may be hiked. Based on the current oil and rand prices, the latest data from the Central Energy Fund...
SA can add 30GW of wind energy in 10 years, but grid challenges will be our undoing - expert
A recent survey shows there are about 30GW of wind energy projects in various stages of development. While South Africa has the skills to support the rollout of this generation capacity, the lack...
Reprieve for Joburg residents as Rand Water puts lengthy outage plan on hold
Residents of Johannesburg can relax for now, knowing that their taps won't run dry this week after Rand Water postponed planned maintenance that was going to result in a two-day water outage....
Eskom threatens court action if Tshwane does not settle R1.9bn debt
The cash-strapped City of Tshwane owes Eskom R1.9-billion. Eskom said on Wednesday the metro had underpaid by R179-million on its April invoice, and the May invoice of R776-million still needed to...
Joburg council passes R80.9bn budget despite concerns over tariff increases
The Johannesburg council has approved the R80.9-billion 2023/24 budget. A total of 166 voted in favour of the budget, 68 voted against it and there were no abstentions.
Johannesburg Roads Agency CEO sacked after fake qualification probe
The contract of the CEO of the Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA), Tshepo Mahanuke, was terminated. On Wednesday, the agency said the board had resolved to dismiss Mahanuke after he failed to produce...
Embattled Denel moves to appoint key executives
Denel, the State-owned armaments manufacturer whose primary mandate is to equip South Africa's armed forces, says it is appointing an executive team to lead the organisation and bolster its efforts...
Daytime loadshedding is back this weekend
Stage 3 loadshedding will be implemented from 16:00 until midnight on Friday, as per previous notices, Eskom said in a statement. But after that, Stage 1 loadshedding will kick in from 05:00 until...
Hands off our oceans: Eco lobby hits out 'onslaught' by foreign companies on SA waters
The "onslaught" on South Africa's oceans, with foreign companies seeking to drill for oil and gas, is becoming a major concern, according to The Green Connection. The eco-justice group sounded the...
Six arrested for allegedly stealing Eskom copper cables near Coligny substation
Six suspects were arrested on Monday after Eskom copper cables were found in their vehicle on the N14 between Coligny and Ventersdorp. Police spokesperson Colonel Adéle Myburgh said 13 rolled...
Ramaphosa meets CEOs amid investor angst over SA's Russia ties and ongoing power crisis
 South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa and his cabinet met with business leaders as concern over the country’s energy crisis, logistic constraints and close ties with Russia grow.
No loadshedding during the day until further notice, with Stage 3 every evening
Loadshedding will be suspended from midnight to 16:00 every day until further notice, with Stage 3 implemented over the evening peak, due to "further improvement on the available generation...
SA narrowly avoids a recession
Despite record levels of loadshedding and aggressive rate hikes, South Africa's first-quarter Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 0.4%. This was exactly in line with economists' consensus...
Loadshedding suspended until Stage 4 kicks in on Tuesday evening
Eskom has announced that loadshedding has been suspended until 16:00 on Tuesday "due to an improvement in available generation capacity". However at 16:00, it will immediately jump to Stage 4...
Sizeable petrol, diesel price cuts announced for Wednesday
On Wednesday, the petrol price (both 93 and 95 unleaded) will be cut by 71c a litre, while diesel will be lowered by either 80c or 84c a litre depending on the sulphur content. Illuminating...
'We are not involved': Absa says it won't be funding Karpowership
Absa Group has settled on a final position not to fund the controversial Karpowership projects in South Africa, it confirmed on Friday. Speaking at the banking group's annual general meeting on...
Stage 6 to continue until Friday
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 varying stages of load shedding over the weekend.
'Impossible and vague': Gordhan moves to appeal order to curb loadshedding impact on hospitals
Minister of Public Enterprises Pravin Gordhan on Tuesday applied for leave to appeal to the order issued earlier in May that all hospitals, clinics, schools and police stations should be spared...
Tongaat's creditors approve business rescue plan for property development arm
Creditors of embattled sugar producer Tongaat Hulett on Tuesday almost unanimously voted in favour of the rescue plan for the company's property arm, which is to be wound down. With 92% of...
Eskom to post record R21.2 billion loss for the last year
Eskom made a whopping R21.2-billion loss over the past financial year, its largest ever, unaudited results disclosed by the National Treasury in Parliament showed. On Tuesday, the Treasury...
New Russia-SA concerns push rand to record low
On Tuesday morning, the rand hit a new record low against the dollar amid concerns about South Africa's relationship with Russia. The rand reached R19.8391/$ in early trading. A year ago, it was...
Cape Town eyes cheaper feed-in meters to cut cost of selling power back to the grid
Plans are afoot for the City of Cape Town to slash the cost of a specialised meter by more than half, so that customers can use it to feed power back to the municipal grid. This is according to...
Over 50 Eskom vandalism, theft-related arrests made since January – Mashatile
Deputy President Paul Mashatile has heaped praise on the joint Eskom and National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure (Natjoints) security committee formed to tackle vandalism of Eskom...
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