Energy Archives

Eskom audit sets hopeful precedent

27th October 2022

South Africa is hiring an independent contractor to advise on conditions it should attach to debt relief for Eskom, said Enoch Godongwana.

Eskom’s R680 billion spending spree = less electricity

24th October 2022

It is not the end. In September, President Cyril Ramaphosa said Eskom would need an additional R33 billion to complete Medupi and Kusile.

Municipalities to lose slush fund from electricity supply monopoly as High Court rules for PMB, NMB Business Chambers

25th October 202224th October 2022

The High Court’s finding will be to prevent all municipalities from using their monopoly over electricity supply as a bottomless slush fund financed by ratepayers.

‘Power to the people’ not easy – solar expert

20th October 2022

If you’re dead set on saying goodbye to Eskom, you can expect to spend around R700,000 to power a home with around 1,200kWh of monthly usage.

The BizNews tribe has spoken: the curse of Eskom

7th October 2022

Unlike most of our Community Speaks, this time there is one opinion across the board – Eskom will not be fixed by restructuring the same entity.

No loadshedding for these two towns

26th September 2022

A Sunday Times report has uncovered two towns in remote areas of the Northern Cape that have never experienced loadshedding.

South Africans will clutch at any straw to solve the energy crisis

23rd September 2022

If the private sector got involved – who knows? South Africans will clutch to any straw at this point for solutions to the energy crisis.

No light at the end of the tunnel

21st September 2022

Power utility Eskom has revealed that, in the event of grid collapse, South Africa would be left without electricity ‘for weeks’.

Expert outside help the only way out of Eskom darkness – DA leader John Steenhuisen

20th September 2022

John Steenhuisen’s solution to Eskom’s myriad problems that has plunged the country into Stage 6 loadshedding is immediate expert outside help.

What will happen if Eskom has to implement Stage 8 loadshedding?

19th September 2022

Eskom’s system operator does not have set loadshedding levels beyond stage 8, general manager Isabel Fick told journalists on Sunday morning.