Loadshedding
Mantashe outlines procurement schedules, including for nuclear, as he confirms IRP delay 
By: Terence Creamer 16th May 2023 Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe has pulled back from his statement that the release of the revised Integrated Resource Plan,... →
Climate commission recommends grid PPPs to speed up just energy transition
By: Terence Creamer 15th May 2023 The Presidential Climate Commission (PCC) is recommending that alternative investment models, including public-private partnerships (PPPs), be... →
Fuel industry does not foresee loadshedding-induced diesel shortages this winter
By: Terence Creamer 15th May 2023 The South African Petroleum Industry Association (Sapia) is not anticipating a domestic diesel supply crunch this winter as a result of a spike in... →
Powerships likely to feature in five-year Eskom emergency procurement
By: Terence Creamer 12th May 2023 The prospect of South Africa procuring electricity from powerships docked either in South Africa or in a neighbouring country has increased, with... →
Mashatile to meet CEOs amid investment strike
By: Bloomberg 12th May 2023 Deputy President Paul Mashatile is set to meet captains of industry amid an energy crisis that’s stifling economic growth and souring investor... →
Ramaphosa denies JETP ‘incoherence’ or being forced to transition from coal
By: Terence Creamer 11th May 2023 President Cyril Ramaphosa has denied that there is any incoherence in his Cabinet regarding the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) with... →
Cabinet assures SA of govt effort to ‘prevent attempts to collapse national grid’
By: Thabi Shomolekae 11th May 2023 Cabinet stressed on Thursday that government is working closely with embattled State-owned enterprise Eskom to fast-track the repair of power... →
Ramaphosa asked to shed light on electricity crisis in parliamentary Q&A
By: News24Wire 11th May 2023 With the country still hampered by loadshedding, and with no end in sight, it is perhaps no surprise the focus of President Cyril Ramaphosa's... →
Lack of action by law enforcement agencies prompted private Eskom investigation – Makgoba
By: Terence Creamer 10th May 2023 Former Eskom interim chairperson Professor Malegapuru Makgoba believes there would have been no reason for former CEO André de Ruyter to pursue a... →
Ramokgopa: Running diesel plants may be costly, but loadshedding is far worse
By: News24Wire 10th May 2023 Eskom will likely exceed its diesel budget this financial year, but the cost of load shedding to the economy would be far worse, said Electricity... →
Eskom Head in China as South Africa grapples with acute outages
By: Bloomberg 10th May 2023 Eskom’s acting chief executive officer travelled to China, as the South African State-owned utility implements record power cuts that are hobbling... →
