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Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says six power stations including Thuthuka, Kendal, Kusile and Majuba need urgent attention ahead of winter.

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In a court affidavit, former Eskom CEO André de Ruyter explains the policies that led to South Africa's loadshedding crisis.

The National Energy Crisis Committee (NECOM) reports that the initial market response to Eskom’s moves to purchase electricity that is immediately available from entities that generate their own power has been positive, with some 400 MW of interest in both its Standard Offer Programme and its Emergency Generator Programme. Rudi Dicks of the NECOM secretariat reported on Friday that there was still an expectation that the two programmes could secure up to 1 000 MW of additional electri...

The presidency today released an update on interventions President Cyril Ramaphosa promised six months ago to undertake to deal with the crisis.

The presidency today released an update on interventions President Cyril Ramaphosa promised six months ago to undertake to deal with the crisis.

“It can never be feasible to keep the lights on at all cost because there is a limit to the cost you will be able to bare," says independent economic and energy analyst Tshepo Kgadima.

As part of the broad measures to address South Africa’s power outage crisis, public energy utility Eskom has announced the launch of three initiatives to procure much-needed power for the national grid. Initially, the programmes will focus on generators capable of supplying more than one Megawatt to the grid. Over time the threshold will be […]

Eskom has launched three separate power purchase programmes to secure an additional 1,000 megawatts of electricity generation.

Eskom has launched three separate power purchase programmes to secure an additional 1,000 megawatts of electricity generation.