Electricity

Mayor temporarily suspends new electricity surcharge after violent Thembisa protest

Residents in Ekurhuleni blocked roads with large rocks and burning tyres on Monday against recent electricity price hikes

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Brief | 21 July 2025

Eastern Cape game reserves challenge wind farm approval in court

Game park owners and environmentalists say turbines will spoil scenic landscapes, damage tourism and threaten endangered birds

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News | 17 July 2025

Protesters throw human waste outside clinic and torch vehicles

Residents of Wells Estate in Gqeberha are upset because electricity boxes that were due to be installed last year have not been delivered

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Brief | 16 July 2025

Three-day protest in Soweto over power outages

On top of scheduled “load reduction” stolen cables left Meadowlands in the dark for days

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Brief | 12 June 2025

“Where is our water?” protesters ask mayor

Nquthu in KwaZulu-Natal shut down by protest

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Brief | 10 June 2025

RDP occupiers protest at Ekhurhuleni mayor’s office for services

“The City should stop calling us illegal occupants and give us services”

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Brief | 5 June 2025

2,000 households in Katlehong without electricity and clean toilets

Residents demand municipality fulfil its promises

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Brief | 2 June 2025

Cash-strapped City Power in tense standoff with protesters in Alexandra

The power utility says more than 800 households in Riverpark were either not buying electricity at all or had “suspiciously low” purchase rates

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Brief | 30 May 2025

City says there’s no money for water and toilets for Mamelodi settlement

Residents say they have no choice but to illegally connect electricity and water

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News | 24 May 2025

Picket for jobs at Eskom offices in Joburg

Protesters from Mpumalanga demand local recruitment at power stations

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Brief | 22 May 2025

Removal of illegal connections sparks protests in Khayelitsha

Residents of Social Distance informal settlement demand electricity supply

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Brief | 20 March 2025

Eskom suspends services in part of Khayelitsha after hijacking

Employees were robbed at gunpoint in Makhaza

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Brief | 18 March 2025

Here’s how we can move to renewable energy in a just way

Mining companies could fulfil their social obligations by investing in these projects

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Opinion | 17 March 2025

Philippi families demand electricity

But in order for electricity infrastructure to be installed, the City of Cape Town says, some families must move

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News | 27 February 2025

Mondlo residents want to leave their municipality

Hundreds of people marched to the Abaqulusi Municipality offices to demand services

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Brief | 20 February 2025

Diepsloot protesters call for Premier’s help in dispute with Eskom

Dozens of transformers installed by residents have been removed by the power utility

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Brief | 19 February 2025