Loadshedding
Looks like South African mining’s going to have great year, says Menar at Mining Indaba
By: Martin Creamer 10th February 2026 In general, if you look at the commodities produced in South Africa, we’re doing very well, and it looks like 2026 is going to be a great year.... →
Better regulatory, operating mining milieu urgently needed, Indaba hears
By: Martin Creamer 9th February 2026 South Africa’s mining sector is showing the benefits of higher prices for certain commodities and record chrome and manganese exports. However, the... →
Strong multi-year commodity period on way, Minerals Council president says at Indaba 
By: Martin Creamer 9th February 2026 A strong sustained positive commodity cycle is on the way, and South Africa should go all out to take full advantage of it for the benefit of South... →
Loadshedding fell 82% in first half amid demand drop, steady Eskom output
By: Darren Parker 26th September 2025 South Africa experienced a sharp reduction in loadshedding during the first half of this year, with the Council for Scientific and Industrial... →
South Africa urged to firm up developmental vision for universal electricity access
By: Terence Creamer 4th August 2025 A leading advocate for the provision of free basic electricity (FBE) to poor South African households has welcomed moves by government to pursue... →
Eskom insists delayed return of Koeberg Unit 1 won’t increase loadshedding risk
By: Terence Creamer 15th July 2025 Eskom has announced a delay to the return of Koeberg Unit 1 from another extended maintenance outage, but insists that the risk of loadshedding... →
OECD urges South Africa to consider municipal electricity distribution concessions
By: Terence Creamer 5th June 2025 A new Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) report recommends allowing South African municipalities to enter into concession... →
Ramokgopa reaffirms Nedlac deliberations on IRP to be ‘last step’ before Cabinet approval
By: Terence Creamer 14th May 2025 Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokogopa has reaffirmed that deliberations at the National Economic Development and Labour Council... →
Outage slippages blamed for sixth bout of loadshedding of 2025
By: Terence Creamer 14th May 2025 Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has fingered cumulative outage slippages of 3 100 MW as the reason behind South Africa’s... →
Eskom to implement Stage 2 loadshedding during the evening peak until Thursday
By: Creamer Media Reporter 13th May 2025 Power utility Eskom has announced that it will implement Stage 2 loadshedding during the evening peak from 16:00 until 22:00 from today until... →
Concern lingers over both content of updated IRP and lack of consultation 
By: Terence Creamer 8th May 2025 Serious questions continue to be raised about both the content of the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) for electricity currently being discussed at... →
