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Load-shedding moved to Stage 4 from 14:00 
By: Creamer Media Reporter 5th November 2021 Power utility Eskom has announced that load-shedding will move to Stage 4 from 14:00 on Friday to 05:00 on Saturday. "Stage 4 load-shedding is... →
South Africa’s power grid is under pressure: the how and the why
3rd November 2021 South Africans are facing another round of power cuts despite promises from South Africa’s power utility, Eskom, that it would keep the lights on.... →
Diesel and load-shedding feature in summer outlook as Eskom's maintenance recovery takes longer than envisaged
By: Terence Creamer 25th October 2021 State-owned electricity utility Eskom says its reliability maintenance recovery (RMR) interventions have not yet succeeded in stabilising the... →
Eskom pledges to continue increased reliability maintenance programme to improve power system reliability
25th October 2021 In its state of the system briefing today, Eskom shared with the public its plan to continue with its accelerated maintenance programme during the... →
‘A promise of more’ – Fact-checking claims made in the Democratic Alliance’s 2021 election manifesto
By: Africa Check 21st October 2021 In the upcoming municipal elections South African citizens will elect representatives for district, metropolitan and local municipal councils... →
Electricity wheeling can reduce load-shedding risk if legal, technical uncertainties are addressed
By: Donna Slater 15th October 2021 Tariffs and the legal framework governing the wheeling of electricity from independent power producers (IPPs), which are taking advantage of the... →
SA: Blade Nzimande: Address by Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, at the launch of the Science Centre in Cofimvaba, Eastern Cape (06/10/2021)
8th October 2021 What is even more lifting is the fact that we celebrate the completion of this science centre in a rural community of Cofimvaba and it is named... →
De Ruyter outlines green reindustrialisation vision for South Africa
By: Terence Creamer 18th August 2021 Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter has outlined the case for leveraging South Africa’s transition to green energy to reverse the country’s “vicious cycle of... →
