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There has been improvement in the replenishment of emergency reserves and return to service of a number of generating units on Friday and Saturday and this has led to reduced load-shedding to stage 4 from Sunday afternoon.

Over 6 000MW of capacity will likely be kept online for as long as possible …

Troubled John Bisseker Secondary School in East London is getting much-needed repairs after a prolonged strike, but it is in for a much bigger headache.

An Eskom senior shift supervisor and a tanker driver were recently arrested for allegedly selling heavy fuel oil destined for Matla Power Station.

Four weeks ago a 100-strong contingent of business people, mainly Border-Kei Chamber of Business members, met BCMM to strategise ways to soften the impact of load-shedding, with an agreement to reconvene in a month, as they did last week.

Hard work, determination and discipline were the pillars of success that brought smiles to thousands of Eastern Cape matriculants who smiled, cheered and even cried when they saw their results on Friday. There were mixed emotions at schools across the metro from the group who helped the province become one of the most improved with a 77.

A 40-year-old Atlantis man was allegedly involved in the latest incident of theft at the Ankerlig power station outside Cape Town.

Two security guards accused of stealing diesel worth R145,930 from an Eskom power station in East London appeared in court on Wednesday.

Eskom faced its third arrest of workers this month, following the apprehension of two security guards at an East London power station, who have been charged with the theft of diesel.

A truck driver and his supervisor were arrested for allegedly swapping out good-quality coal, and delivering sub-standard product to Eskom’s Matla power station on Monday.