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Three wind energy projects from Bid Window 5 have finally reached a new milestone after several agreements were signed between developers, Eskom and government.

Think that load-shedding will only be a mild irritation this winter? Think again.

Eskom briefs SA as it implements load shedding every evening for the rest of the week.

As South Africans gear up for cold winter nights under load-shedding, Deputy president David Mabuza says there is no use pointing fingers over SA's energy catastrophe.

And Eskom’s ‘mid’ scenario sees 37 days of load shedding until the end of August …

Public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan last week dismissed calls to declare Eskom a state of disaster, saying government has not considered it.

Electricity utility Eskom has again highlighted the risk of load-shedding during the current winter period, during which it will rely heavily on the country’s expensive diesel-fuelled open-cycle gas turbines (OCGTs) to either avoid rotational cuts or reduce the intensity of such cuts. Transmission MD Segomoco Scheppers again confirmed that there could be as many as 104 days of load-shedding during the period from May to the end of September, with the utility having already implemented 32 d...

Eskom's management team will provide an update on the power utility's performance.

Eskom estimates that global price impacts could see it spend over R15 billion on diesel this financial year.

“There is no requirement for Eskom or government to declare such an emergency,” said Pravin Gordhan.