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ESKOM: Progress report on sustainable electricity supply
30th April 2019 Eskom has not implemented loadshedding for 36 consecutive days. This is line with the commitment made at the joint media briefing held by Eskom and... →
Eskom attributes load-shedding-free period to improved plant performance 
By: Terence Creamer 29th April 2019 State-owned electricity utility Eskom reported on Monday that an improvement in plant performance had enabled it to avoid load-shedding for 36... →
CSIR analysis highlights positive contribution of renewables during 2019 load-shedding periods 
By: Terence Creamer 24th April 2019 South Africa’s fleet of utility-scale variable renewable energy plants contributed to limiting the extent of load-shedding instituted by Eskom... →
Eskom’s financial woes not abating in sync with load-shedding risk
By: Terence Creamer 3rd April 2019 The cautiously optimistic prognosis provided by Eskom on the outlook for electricity supply for the coming nine months has been more than offset by... →
What is to be done?
By: Terence Creamer 29th March 2019 In the short-term, the only way for South Africa’s crisis-prone electricity utility to stave off rotational power cuts, or decrease the severity of... →
DA: Mmusi Maimane, Address by DA Leader, during his Kasi-to-Kasi Tour campaign, KZN, (28/03/2019)
28th March 2019 Our country is facing its biggest crisis since 1994. Load-shedding isn’t simply going without lights for a few hours at a time. →
City of Johannesburg intent on using licence to buy power from independent producer – Mashaba
By: News24Wire 27th March 2019 Eskom has barred the City of Johannesburg from increasing its energy capacity despite having a licence to purchase power generation from other... →
Maimane demands more transparency from Ramaphosa on Eskom
By: African News Agency 22nd March 2019 Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Mmusi Maimane on Friday accused President Cyril Ramaphosa of failing to be transparent on the full extent of... →
