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South Africa’s first Minister of Electricity, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, was handed the herculean task of easing the pain of rolling blackouts which, at Stage 6 load shedding, are leaving households and businesses languishing with no power for up to 11 and a half hours a day.

Operation Vulindlela has made significant progress by reaching several key

Presidency and National Treasury release progress report outlining advances in economic reform through Operation Vulindlela

Large scale Renewable Energy Faces Challenges Amidst Load Shedding, However Small-Scale Localised Solar Solutions Offers Bright Hope for the Future

Demand side management campaign kicks off.

Judge reiterated new generation capacity is required to ease loadshedding and contribute towards energy security

‘What should have happened between last July and today, Gwede Mantashe’s department should have invited another bid round, bid round seven, but they should have dealt with the problems that they experienced in bid round six,’ says energy analyst Hilton Trollip.

Eskom welcomed the court judgement dismissing interdict application by G7 Renewable Energies to prevent the implementation of IGCA Rules.

G7 Renewable Energies will on Tuesday tell the High Court in Johannesburg why it believes Eskom should be interdicted from implementing its interim grid capacity allocation (IGCA) rules.

Load shedding has spawned massive investment in solar and battery systems, and that’s taken some of the strain off Eskom’s grid. But this is private and uncoordinated. What’s needed are national and municipal grid storage systems.