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One-year progress report says rooftop installations have doubled since start of Energy Action Plan
By: Terence Creamer 31st July 2023 Despite ongoing loadshedding, President Cyril Ramaphosa has moved to highlight some of the implementation progress under the Energy Action Plan... →
R78.9 million disbursed to black citrus growers under the Economic Transformation of Black Citrus Growers Programme
25th July 2023 In 2019 the Citrus Growers Association (CGA) launched a R307 million Economic Transformation of Black Citrus Growers (ETBCG) Programme in... →
Eskom system operator doesn’t foresee grid instability should both Koeberg units be offline simultaneously 
By: Terence Creamer 19th July 2023 Eskom’s system operator GM, Isabel Fick, does not foresee the Western Cape power grid being materially destabilised if both of Koeberg’s two... →
Jan Oberholzer to leave Eskom in shock development 
By: News24Wire 18th July 2023 In a surprise announcement, Eskom said that the utility and its former COO Jan Oberholzer would "part ways by mutual agreement". Last month, Eskom... →
Daily Podcast – July 17, 2023
By: Sane Dhlamini 17th July 2023 Making headlines: High Court sets aside chaotic ANC Ekurhuleni regional conference, Ramokgopa deeply worried about prospect of both Koeberg units... →
Ramokgopa deeply worried about prospect of both Koeberg units being unavailable due to Unit 1 outage slip
By: Terence Creamer 17th July 2023 Electricity Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has expressed deep concern that another delay to the return to service of Koeberg Unit 1 could result... →
Gauteng MEC urged to address lack of water coordination as parts of the province remain dry
17th July 2023 Today, I have written to the Gauteng MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA), Mzi Khumalo, about the lack of coordination of... →
Communication blackout: impact of power grid collapse on ICT
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 17th July 2023 Eskom, South Africa’s electricity utility, insists a grid collapse is ‘unlikely’ and that it would take an ‘unforeseen and sudden sequence of... →
