Loadshedding
South Africa plans new law to accelerate power capacity 
By: Bloomberg 17th January 2023 South Africa’s National Energy Crisis Committee, a body run by the office of President Cyril Ramaphosa, expects record power outages to ease as... →
Eskom, Treasury at odds over diesel funds as loadshedding crisis deepens 
By: News24Wire 17th January 2023 As chronic loadshedding continues indefinitely, a behind-the-scenes dispute has broken out between National Treasury and Eskom over where the money... →
Lawyers issue letter of demand to Eskom, Gordhan over loadshedding
By: News24Wire 17th January 2023 Several high-profile lawyers, leaders, and NPOs have threatened Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter and Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan with legal... →
Stage 4 and 5 loadshedding expected this week
By: News24Wire 16th January 2023 Stage 4 loadshedding will be implemented at 05:00 to 16:00 from Tuesday, followed by Stage 5 load shedding at 16:00 to 05:00 from Wednesday, Eskom... →
Eskom postpones briefing due to 'emergency' meeting with Ramaphosa
By: News24Wire 16th January 2023 Eskom has postponed outgoing CEO André de Ruyter's planned briefing on Monday evening due to an emergency meeting with President Cyril Ramaphosa.... →
Economists see a 45% chance of a South Africa recession in 2023
By: Bloomberg 16th January 2023 Africa’s most industrialised economy faces a 45% chance of slipping into recession this year as South Africa’s electricity crisis deepens. The... →
Rand dives after Ramaphosa cancels Davos trip over energy crisis
By: Reuters 16th January 2023 The rand dropped on Monday after President Cyril Ramaphosa cancelled a trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos to deal with the country's energy... →
President Ramaphosa cancels trip to World Economic Forum as loadshedding crisis deepens
By: News24Wire 16th January 2023 President Cyril Ramaphosa has cancelled his “working trip” to the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) gathering in Davos, Switzerland. Presidency... →
Mantashe claims Eskom's power crisis can be fixed in 6 to 12 months
By: News24Wire 13th January 2023 As South Africa remains in the grips of Stage 6 loadshedding - with large electricity tariff hikes also now on the cards - Mineral Resources and... →
Johannesburg High Court returns to online hearings due to loadshedding
By: News24Wire 13th January 2023 Constant outages due to loadshedding have led to the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg reverting to the online system that was adopted during the... →
Ramaphosa 'deeply regrets' loadshedding, says Presidency spokesperson
By: News24Wire 13th January 2023 President Cyril Ramaphosa "deeply regrets" the current electricity crisis and has demanded "urgency" in implementing priority areas of the National... →
