Electricity

200 RDP homes waiting more than six months for Eskom supply

“Only Eskom can answer,” says Amahlathi Municipality spokesperson about Northern Node Farm in the Eastern Cape

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Brief | 18 November 2024

Long queues as Eskom meter upgrade deadline approaches

After 24 November old meters will no longer load electricity tokens

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Brief | 15 November 2024

Illegal electricity cables “a huge risk” to Cape Town hospital

City promises shack dwellers will get their own electricity

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Brief | 11 November 2024

Residents help Free State municipality restore electricity

Dozens of people from affected villages helped officials for several days to erect fallen electricity pylons

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Brief | 4 November 2024

Eskom withdraws from Cape Town informal settlement after second attack in two weeks

On Monday a security vehicle escorting the power utility’s workers into the area was hijacked.

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Brief | 23 October 2024

Johannesburg community plays cat-and-mouse with City Power

City Power removed and confiscated 60,000 kilograms of aluminium cables valued at R6-million

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Brief | 17 October 2024

The health and economic costs of emissions at Kusile power plant

Eskom has an exemption to operate without flue gas desulpharization until March

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Science | 14 October 2024

Western Cape town “held to ransom” by cable theft syndicate

Repeated extended blackouts as electricity poles are cut down and cables stolen

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News | 10 October 2024

Trash dumped at councillor’s office in electricity protest

Power has not been restored for a year to Dunoon fire victims

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Brief | 26 September 2024

Hundreds of Limpopo villagers march to Eskom to demand an end to load reduction

They blame illegal connections for their electricity troubles and want Eskom to intervene

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Brief | 17 September 2024

Live wires litter streets of Refilwe township in Tshwane

Two cows have been electrocuted

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Brief | 17 September 2024

Hundreds protest in Ballito over poor living conditions

The march was led by Abahlali baseMjondolo

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Brief | 16 September 2024

Factory forced to relocate from Free State to Gauteng because of electricity outages

NLG Gloves has been in Harrismith since 1993 and employed 71 people from surrounding communities.

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News | 13 September 2024

Loadshedding is not over in Cape Town’s deep south

Unplanned power outages plague residents and small businesses near Cape Point

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News | 13 September 2024

Eskom office closure in Mpumalanga leaves customers frustrated

Residents still turning up to report electricity supply problems months after Kwagga Mall customer hub closed

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Brief | 5 September 2024

Blackout in eastern Free State after substation vandalised

Thousands of litres of oil stolen, says municipality

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Brief | 30 August 2024