Community activists want the City and Eskom to form a comprehensive team to electrify almost a dozen settlements
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 7 August 2025
Small businesses and residents are suffering after prolonged power cuts
News | 4 August 2025
Residents believe they are being targeted unfairly for “load reduction”
Brief | 30 July 2025
This is part of the municipality’s bid to recover R17-billion in unpaid electricity bills across its 60 wards
Brief | 25 July 2025
The power utility says it is working to fix electricity faults across the province
Brief | 24 July 2025
Residents in Ekurhuleni blocked roads with large rocks and burning tyres on Monday against recent electricity price hikes
Brief | 21 July 2025
Game park owners and environmentalists say turbines will spoil scenic landscapes, damage tourism and threaten endangered birds
By John Yeld
News | 17 July 2025
Residents of Wells Estate in Gqeberha are upset because electricity boxes that were due to be installed last year have not been delivered
Brief | 16 July 2025
On top of scheduled “load reduction” stolen cables left Meadowlands in the dark for days
Brief | 12 June 2025
Nquthu in KwaZulu-Natal shut down by protest
Brief | 10 June 2025
“The City should stop calling us illegal occupants and give us services”
Brief | 5 June 2025
Residents demand municipality fulfil its promises
Brief | 2 June 2025
The power utility says more than 800 households in Riverpark were either not buying electricity at all or had “suspiciously low” purchase rates
Brief | 30 May 2025
Residents say they have no choice but to illegally connect electricity and water
Text by Warren Mabona. Photos by Ihsaan Haffejee.
News | 24 May 2025
Protesters from Mpumalanga demand local recruitment at power stations
Brief | 22 May 2025
Residents of Social Distance informal settlement demand electricity supply
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 20 March 2025