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Cape Town’s electricity wheeling pilot gets the greenlight
7th June 2023 Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has announced that 15 commercial electricity suppliers will start wheeling electricity through Cape Town’s grid... →
South Africa’s power crisis will continue until 2025 - and blackouts will take 5 years to phase out
7th June 2023 South Africa is in the middle of a severe electricity crisis, with enforced power cuts that have worsened every year. Electricity is sometimes... →
South Africa’s power blackouts: solutions lie in solar farms and battery storage at scale, and an end to state monopoly
2nd June 2023 Rolling blackouts are costing South Africa dearly. The electricity crisis is a barrier to growth, destroys investor confidence and handicaps almost... →
'Impossible and vague': Gordhan moves to appeal order to curb loadshedding impact on hospitals
By: News24Wire 31st May 2023 Minister of Public Enterprises Pravin Gordhan on Tuesday applied for leave to appeal to the order issued earlier in May that all hospitals,... →
Ramokgopa in conversation with Karpowership on five- to ten-year contracts 
By: Terence Creamer 30th May 2023 South Africa’s Electricity Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa is having discussions with Karpowership about the potential for introducing the... →
76 hospitals already exempt from loadshedding, says Gordhan 
By: Darren Parker 30th May 2023 The Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) has already initiated efforts, in collaboration with the Department of Health and State-owned utility... →
Gauteng municipalities financially strained due to load-shedding, putting service delivery at risk
30th May 2023 Gauteng residents will have to contend with unfilled potholes and no removal of illegally dumped refuse due to the financial impact of... →
Cholera outbreak: Water and Sanitation Department probes manhole spilling sewage into Vaal River
By: News24Wire 29th May 2023 The Department of Water and Sanitation is investigating the sewage-spilling manhole in the Vaal River. It has also issued a directive to the... →
